This patch tentatively resolves home brew issues such as https://github.com/mxcl/homebrew/issues/22106 and enables homebrew to install applications hosted on the server with self-signed SSL certificate

a patch for homebrew downloader to accept insecure SSL certificate

diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
index 7d0115c..e1631b9 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/download_strategy.rb
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class CurlDownloadStrategy < AbstractDownloadStrategy
 
   # Private method, can be overridden if needed.
   def _fetch
-    curl @url, '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
+    curl '-k', @url, '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
   end
 
   def fetch
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class CurlApacheMirrorDownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
     url = mirrors.fetch('preferred') + mirrors.fetch('path_info')
 
     ohai "Best Mirror #{url}"
-    curl url, '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
+    curl '-k', url, '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
   rescue IndexError, Utils::JSON::Error
     raise "Couldn't determine mirror. Try again later."
   end
@@ -197,14 +197,14 @@ end
 class CurlPostDownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
   def _fetch
     base_url,data = @url.split('?')
-    curl base_url, '-d', data, '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
+    curl '-k', base_url, '-d', data, '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
   end
 end
 
 # Download from an SSL3-only host.
 class CurlSSL3DownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
   def _fetch
-    curl @url, '-3', '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
+    curl '-k', @url, '-3', '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
   end
 end
 
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ end
 # the formula.
 class CurlUnsafeDownloadStrategy < CurlDownloadStrategy
   def _fetch
-    curl @url, '--insecure', '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
+    curl '-k', @url, '--insecure', '-C', downloaded_size, '-o', @temporary_path
   end
 end