New submission from STINNER Victor vstinner@redhat.com:

http.server documentation starts with a red warning:

"Warning: http.server is not recommended for production. It only implements basic security checks."

https://docs.python.org/dev/library/http.server.html

It would help to be even more explicit on what it means. For example, document that symbolic links are followed and SimpleHTTPRequestHandler directory can be "escaped" following symbolic links.

---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 342054 nosy: docs@python, vstinner priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: http.server: Document explicitly that symbolic links are followed type: security versions: Python 3.8

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