In fact this is possible with their current environment:
http://wojciech.oxos.pl/post/277669886/save-on-herokus-custom-ssl-addons

On Dec 9, 7:58 pm, Wojciech Kruszewski <[email protected]> wrote:
> This is theoretically possible with their architecture, but they are
> currently reviewing how easy it would be to implement it and if it's
> worth the trouble.
>
> I created a public feature 
> request:http://support.heroku.com/forums/42310/entries/87156
> - would you care to add your vote?
>
> Cheers,
> Wojciech
>
> On Dec 8, 11:47 pm, Chris Hanks <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Wojciech, if you ask support about that and get some good news, would
> > you report back? I'm curious about this too.
>
> > Thanks!
>
> > Chris
>
> > On Dec 8, 2:05 pm, Oren Teich <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > I don't know if that's possible or not it's probably a function of the
> > > SSL protocol and our routing mesh, but it's beyond my technical
> > > knowledge.  Best bet is to drop support@ a line, and see what they
> > > say.  They'll be able to dig into the details for you.
>
> > > Oren
>
> > > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:42 PM, Wojciech Kruszewski <[email protected]> 
> > > wrote:
> > > > Thanks Oren, this makes sense.
>
> > > > So can that one mostly idle server handle SSL requests for multiple
> > > > applications?
>
> > > > I mean I tried Heroku and was very happy with the experience - looks
> > > > like it needs little to no maintenance on my part. I'd wish to host a
> > > > handful smaller web apps, each with 1-3 dynos.
>
> > > > I could live with piggyback ssl, if it was my own wildcard
> > > > certificate.
>
> > > > - Wojciech
>
> > > > On Dec 8, 8:58 pm, Oren Teich <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >> They are totally independent.  The way our architecture works, dynos
> > > >> run on machines called railguns, which are specially set up for the
> > > >> job.  We have to setup a special (and yes, mostly idle) server just to
> > > >> handle the SSL requests.  It's not possible with the product we have
> > > >> today to run dynos on that server.
>
> > > >> Oren
>
> > > >> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:48 AM, Wojciech Kruszewski <[email protected]> 
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >> > Hi,
>
> > > >> > I've read your explanation about why you charge $100/mo for custom 
> > > >> > SSL
> > > >> > (http://docs.heroku.com/ssl#faq). You need exclusive IP, Amazon
> > > >> > assigns only one IP for an instance, so you need to reserve full
> > > >> > instance just to use one SSL cert - seems fair.
>
> > > >> > Ok, but if you reserve full EC2 instance just for me... then why do I
> > > >> > have to pay for extra dynos? Aren't you double-billing for this
> > > >> > instance?
>
> > > >> > I believe it's "just against your architecture" but still I'd like to
> > > >> > know the explanation.
>
> > > >> > Regards,
> > > >> > Wojciech
>
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