Building a new app in python and need some architecture advice.

[Sam Watson]

>Since web browsers are so familiar to everyone it's still worth considering
>(assuming it can hack your 'rich' GUI client needs).  I've written a couple of
>data entry web apps now based on BaseHTTPServer, one with state one without.
I hadnt given the web app idea a whole lot of thought only because my
experience with doing data entry with web pages has been pretty
dissatisfying.  

>pretty damn secure.  If you want to secure the app itself from snooping
>etc. then you might be able to use SSL on top of that (not sure, it's on my
>list of things to find out about).  It's simple enough that you can get useful
>apps together quite quickly.  For evidence of larger apps doing similar
>things, I believe roundup, which is a good system, works in the same way (but
>is obviously a lot bigger).
>
So apache is pretty easy to lock down?  MY fear is i dont configure
apache correctly and leave something wide open.  

>I was going to put together a recipe outlining how to create a simple app
>using BaseHTTPServer but like all good intentions...  Maybe when I get round
>to figuring out how to add SSL!
>
That would be cool.

Thanks eddie