Help with web dashboard

[Chris]

In article <1106924984.507889.265070 at c13g2000cwb.googlegroups.com>, 
fuzzyman at gmail.com says...
> Ifd you want to use standard CGI I've written a CGI user
> authentication/management module called logintools.
> 

Would this be preferred (or easier) than using an application server 
(ie. Zope or Webware)? 

If possible, I think it would be nice if the security aspect of it was 
already built-in so I would not need to write/test it myself.

Thanks for your help.