Mark of the Web

Question

I have been reading about the Mark of the Web on Adobe's site
and on msdn.com to get an idea of what it's for. The gist I get is
that it simply allows you to run the FlashHelp system in IE on your
local machine without getting security warnings. Is that the only
benefit? I found only one line about Mark of the Web in RH7's help:
"Mark of the Web is a security option for Windows XP. Select this
option if your files will be viewed locally in Internet Explorer by
developers or end users." I don't see any difference in viewing my
help systems with or without Mark of the Web selected, on or off my
local machine. Does anyone know more about this and when or when
not to use it?

Does the fact that FlashHelp runs on my machine with no
warning even without Mark of the Web have anything to do with the
Flash Security Manager on this site (I have my hard drives allowed
on that page)? Thanks,

Ben

Anonymous · Answer

Thanks Rick--what I get from your explanation is that MOTW affects the help system only when someone is running it from the hard drive, so it doesn't do anything when the help is run over a server, is that right? Our users access help from the server, so MOTW isn't necessary? As I mentioned, I have my hard disks specified on the Flash Security Manager page you referred to, so I don't think MOTW helps me, either.

--Ben

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