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 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.
+
 One class, :class:`HTTPServer`, is a :class:`socketserver.TCPServer` subclass.
 It creates and listens at the HTTP socket, dispatching the requests to a
 handler.  Code to create and run the server looks like this::