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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion Doc/library/http.server.rst
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Expand Up @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ This module defines classes for implementing HTTP servers (Web servers).
.. warning::

:mod:`http.server` is not recommended for production. It only implements
basic security checks.
:ref:`basic security checks <http.server-security>`.

One class, :class:`HTTPServer`, is a :class:`socketserver.TCPServer` subclass.
It creates and listens at the HTTP socket, dispatching the requests to a
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -470,3 +470,14 @@ the following command uses a specific directory::
the ``--cgi`` option::

python -m http.server --cgi 8000

.. _http.server-security:

Security Considerations
-----------------------

.. index:: pair: http.server; security

:class:`SimpleHTTPRequestHandler` will follow symbolic links when handling
requests, this makes it possible for files outside of the specified directory
to be served.