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

[Dan Pascu]

On 16 Dec 2010, at 15:16, Yann Combarnous wrote:

> 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?

I do not think that is the problem, as the VNC process is a server (it  
only listens on a port, it doesn't attempt to make any connections).  
Unless the firewall also prevents binding to an address, not only  
making incoming/outgoing connections.

>
> 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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