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bpo-34576 warn users on security for http.server (GH-9720) 
It was proposed to add an warning for http.server regarding security
issues. The wording was provided at bpo-26005 by @orsenthil
(cherry picked from commit 1d26c72)

Co-authored-by: Felipe Rodrigues <felipe@felipevr.com>
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This module defines classes for implementing HTTP servers (Web servers).

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

http.server is meant for demo purposes and does not implement the stringent
security checks needed of real HTTP server. We do not recommend
using this module directly in production.


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::
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