Iotedge Check: Timeout for aka.ms latest version http request (#6937)

[and-rewsmith]

Cherry pick #6937.

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[and-rewsmith]

@damonbarry dup PR merged:
#6937

Closing.

[damonbarry]

Correction: this is a dup of #6975.