[Blink] Mac: Firewall keeps asking authorization every times Blink opens

Yann Combarnous yann.combarnous at gmail.com
Thu Dec 16 14:16:19 CET 2010


Hi,

Thanks for the tip, but did not work for me. Have the same issue on 4
computers (all Snow Leopard).
Couldn't this be the separate VNC process that is launched by Blink?

Yann

On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 12:56 PM, Dan Pascu <dan at ag-projects.com> wrote:

> We do not know what causes this. It only seems to happen to some people,
> not everybody.
>
> Try this workaround:
>
> When asked, deny blink. Then go to the firewall preferences and manually
> switch blink from denied to allowed. Somebody reported this solved the
> issue.
>
>
> On 16 Dec 2010, at 12:42, Yann Combarnous wrote:
>
>  Hi,
>>
>> On Snow Leopard, I have my Firewall set to only allow white-listed apps to
>> go out.
>>
>> Generally, once a new app is launched, SL requires an authorization and
>> adds the app to the white list. Then on subsequent runs, authorization is
>> never requested again.
>> But with Blink, I always get the authorization request every time I launch
>> it, any idea why?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Yann
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