Popularizing SimpleHTTPServer and CGIHTTPServer

[Steve Holden]

Jorey Bump wrote:

> "Michele Simionato" <michele.simionato at gmail.com> wrote in 
> news:1107412654.121488.157070 at c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
> 
> 
>>Just submitted a recipe with this goal in mind:
>>
>>http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/365606
> 
> 
> You may want to warn people that if they run those commands in their home 
> directory, they will instantly share all of their data with anyone that can 
> access the machine. Because the server runs as the user, it will have 
> permission to serve all of the files in the directory. I'd recommend that 
> they cd into a directory created specifically for the purpose of testing.
> 
> Does anyone know how to use SimpleHTTPServer to:
> 
> 1. Support virtual hosts?
> 
> 2. Support SSL?
> 
> I'd like to use SimpleHTTPServer to create some simple reporting utilities, 
> but can't get past these two points. Is there a NotSoSimpleHTTPServer?

You want ExtremelyBloodyComplicatedHTTPServer :-)

regards
  Steve
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