Add verify_ssl option #3677

Job	Run time
Build and Test Release Artifact (3.10)	2m 40s
Run Security Checks (3.10)	1m 35s
Build and Verify Docker Image (3.10)	2m 47s
Micro Benchmarks (3.10)	2m 23s
Generate Code Coverage (3.10)	3m 42s
Unit Tests (Python 3.13)	1m 48s
Unit Tests (Python 3.12)	2m 10s
Build and upload Documentation (3.10)	2m 14s
Run Various Lint and Other Checks (3.10)	4m 54s
Unit Tests (Python 3.14)	3m 0s
Unit Tests (Python 3.10)	2m 14s
Unit Tests (Python 3.11)	2m 10s
Unit Tests (Python pypy-3.10)	2m 42s
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