Index: lib/net/http.rb
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--- lib/net/http.rb	(revision 34551)
+++ lib/net/http.rb	(working copy)
@@ -1356,7 +1356,10 @@ module Net   #:nodoc:
       }
       end_transport req, res
       res
-    rescue EOFError, Errno::ECONNRESET => exception
+    rescue IOError, EOFError,
+           Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ECONNABORTED, Errno::ECONNRESET,
+           Errno::EPIPE, Errno::EINVAL,
+           OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError, Timeout::Error => exception
       if count == 0 && IDEMPOTENT_METHODS_.include?(req.method)
         count += 1
         @socket.close if @socket and not @socket.closed?