I need to test HTTPS connections to my local Rails script/server instance in development it doesn't seem to be supported and I wasn't able to Google-up any solutions.

Here's what it looks like from the client perspective:

ted@teflon-ted ~/Downloads[master]$ grep tedslaptop /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1   api.tedslaptop.com
ted@teflon-ted ~/Downloads[master]$ /usr/bin/curl https://api.tedslaptop.com:3000/
curl: (35) Unknown SSL protocol error in connection to api.tedslaptop.com:3000

And here's what I see on the server:

$ script/server 
=> Booting Mongrel (use 'script/server webrick' to force WEBrick)
=> Rails 2.2.2 application starting on http://0.0.0.0:3000
=> Call with -d to detach
=> Ctrl-C to shutdown server
** Starting Mongrel listening at 0.0.0.0:3000
** Starting Rails with development environment...
** Rails loaded.
** Loading any Rails specific GemPlugins
** Signals ready.  TERM => stop.  USR2 => restart.  INT => stop (no restart).
** Rails signals registered.  HUP => reload (without restart).  It might not work well.
** Mongrel 1.1.5 available at 0.0.0.0:3000
** Use CTRL-C to stop.
Fri Jan 16 13:06:50 -0500 2009: HTTP parse error, malformed request (127.0.0.1): #
Fri Jan 16 13:06:50 -0500 2009: REQUEST DATA: "\200d\001\003\001\000K\000\000\000\020\000\0009\000\0008\000\0005\000\000\026\000\000\023\000\000\n\a\000?\0003\000\0002\000\000/\003\000\200\000\000\005\000\000\004\001\000\200\000\000\025\000\000\022\000\000\t\006\000@\000\000\024\000\000\021\000\000\b\000\000\006\004\000\200\000\000\003\002\000\200xa\377\\?wEM??/\235F\020\232"
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PARAMS: {}
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