lightweight, fast http server

[Thomas Weholt]

SimpleHTTPServer is very easy to set up, but people told me when I asked a
similar question some time ago, that it'll scale very badly. Look into
medusa or Twisted instead.

Thomas

"John Hunter" <jdhunter at ace.bsd.uchicago.edu> wrote in message
news:mailman.1047489049.3389.python-list at python.org...
>
> I am looking for recommendations for a python based http server.  It
> will need to server large files (several 100 meg) over a nonstandard
> port (ie, not 80), preferably as fast as possible, but will not have
> to handle a large number of requests.  I need basic authentication.
>
> Will SimpleHTTPServer fill these needs?
>
> Thanks,
> John Hunter
>