On the Apple Community link, you state that you lack adequate logging of :443, could you not link bogusapple to localhost/dedicated server through the hosts file then boot up an Apache/whatever instance to log the access traffic?
I didn't want to pay for an SSL certificate that would pass SSL validation (read: not StartCom, not CACert, and I will never ever support GoDaddy). Domain registration fees aren't going to break the bank, SSL is another story. Not to mention the whole 'proving who I am' and other identity checks any worthwhile SSL agency employs.