Your HTTP server does not access the adaptor in this directory. Instead, it accesses a link or copy of it in the server's <cgi-bin> directory.

If the application's executable is in WOApps, you can also place the application's entire .woa directory in WOApps. This ensures the .woa directory's privacy; if you place the .woa under the document root and outside users have read access on .wos and .wod files, they have access to the application's source. However, if the application imports any images or sounds, you must leave a "sparse" copy of the application in the document root so that the client's browser can find these resources. In this case "sparse" means that the application's directory structure is reproduced in the document root, but the only files it contains are the static resources that the server must dispense to a client's browser.