Initialize OpenSSL early before creating TCPSocket

OpenSSL make take some time to initialize, and it would be best to take that time before connecting instead of after. From joshc on Redmine. Fixes Ruby Bug #9459

Author: jeremyevans

lib/net/http.rb

@@ -973,6 +973,12 @@ def do_start
  private :do_start
 
  def connect
+ if use_ssl?
+ # reference early to load OpenSSL before connecting,
+ # as OpenSSL may take time to load.
+ @ssl_context = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
+ end
+
  if proxy? then
  conn_addr = proxy_address
  conn_port = proxy_port
@@ -1020,7 +1026,6 @@ def connect
  end
  end
  end
- @ssl_context = OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext.new
  @ssl_context.set_params(ssl_parameters)
  @ssl_context.session_cache_mode =
  OpenSSL::SSL::SSLContext::SESSION_CACHE_CLIENT |