Simple HTTPS server example written in python

SimpleHTTPServer.py

# taken from http://www.piware.de/2011/01/creating-an-https-server-in-python/
# run as follows:
#    python SimpleHTTPServer.py
# then in your browser, visit:
#    https://localhost:8443

import BaseHTTPServer, SimpleHTTPServer
import ssl

httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('localhost', 8443), SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.socket = ssl.wrap_socket (httpd.socket, keyfile='cert.plaintext.key', ca_certs='ca.pem', certfile='cert.pem', server_side=True)
httpd.serve_forever()