Stop using SSLv3, and start using TLS 1.0 (or above) and Server Name Indication (SNI).
Here's what you are doing with Ruby:
$ openssl s_client -connect github.com:443 -ssl3
CONNECTED(00000003)
3069617360:error:14094410:SSL routines:SSL3_READ_BYTES:sslv3 alert handshake failure:s3_pkt.c:1275:SSL alert number 40
3069617360:error:1409E0E5:SSL routines:SSL3_WRITE_BYTES:ssl handshake failure:s3_pkt.c:598:
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no peer certificate available
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No client certificate CA names sent
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SSL handshake has read 7 bytes and written 0 bytes
---
...
Here's what you should be doing with Ruby. Notice TLS 1.0 and SNI:
$ openssl s_client -connect github.com:443 -tls1 -servername github.com
CONNECTED(00000003)
depth=1 C = US, O = DigiCert Inc, OU = www.digicert.com, CN = DigiCert SHA2 Extended Validation Server CA
verify error:num=20:unable to get local issuer certificate
verify return:0
---
Certificate chain
0 s:/businessCategory=Private Organization/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware/serialNumber=5157550/street=88 Colin P Kelly, Jr Street/postalCode=94107/C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=GitHub, Inc./CN=github.com
i:/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 Extended Validation Server CA
1 s:/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 Extended Validation Server CA
i:/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert High Assurance EV Root CA
---
Server certificate
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
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-----END CERTIFICATE-----
subject=/businessCategory=Private Organization/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.3=US/1.3.6.1.4.1.311.60.2.1.2=Delaware/serialNumber=5157550/street=88 Colin P Kelly, Jr Street/postalCode=94107/C=US/ST=California/L=San Francisco/O=GitHub, Inc./CN=github.com
issuer=/C=US/O=DigiCert Inc/OU=www.digicert.com/CN=DigiCert SHA2 Extended Validation Server CA
---
No client certificate CA names sent
---
SSL handshake has read 3652 bytes and written 384 bytes
---
New, TLSv1/SSLv3, Cipher is ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
Server public key is 2048 bit
Secure Renegotiation IS supported
Compression: NONE
Expansion: NONE
SSL-Session:
Protocol : TLSv1
Cipher : ECDHE-RSA-AES128-SHA
Session-ID: DD4041221B8CA5DAE8275F48D228A9CF6CE1EB8CCE58208877391CB061E8FE34
Session-ID-ctx:
Master-Key: 52979B9BF613EEC54C1F51364C1DA6FF88B9A7D419A66A8216E9A1B0FA0790DEB1B469ADD9AD881B6852913CE607E365
Key-Arg : None
PSK identity: None
PSK identity hint: None
SRP username: None
Start Time: 1485151489
Timeout : 7200 (sec)