How can one write a custom certificate verification logic on Amazon S3?

Question

From the developer guide:

When using virtual hosted-style buckets with SSL, the SSL wild card certificate only matches buckets that do not contain periods. To work around this, use HTTP or write your own certificate verification logic.

What I'm trying to do is host static files at S3, and access them via https://app.mysite.com/filename.jpg

It seems Virtual Hosted style URLs may not play well with SSL. Any idea what "custom certificate verification" means in this context?

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