Bizarre FIrewall Message

Starting up Airtunes brings up a warning dialogue that tells me my Firewall settings will prevent Airtunes from working. When I press the button to open up Firewall settings everything (including permitting Airtunes) looks right.
If I try to go to network settings a warning dialogue appears telling me "The Settings have been changed by another application". Hitting the "close" button on the dialogue just makes the window pop up again. The only way I can leave the Network Settings window is to force quit System Preferences.
By the way, Airtunes works fine if I just ignore the warning and play my songs.

Same here.
Jesdad, you might want to look into a few threads that deal with the network setting problem like these ones:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1715241&tstart=0
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1716357&start=0&tstart=0
Doing the lock-unlock trick saved me from the pop up but somehow my network settings are still corrupted and I get the same iTunes error messages that you describe.

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According to this,
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port 445 is for a Microsoft domain server. So it looks like some microsoft software is trying to "call home" for some reason.
If I saw that on my machine I would block it or not let it through. I don't permit stuff communicating with third parties unless I am aware of what it is and why it is happening.
Of course, out of curiousity I would also google "Common Internet File System" to see what that means in case I decide to let it through.
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Bizarre error message when trying to add BT Vision...

I am getting a bizarre message when trying to add BT Vision to my BT Infinity broadband which is due to install on Thursday. I'm hoping it is only due to the fact the order has not completed and will be fine in a week. I did speak to an "advisor" but I helpfully was told the line cannot be checked until the current order is complete and I'd obviously want to know if there will be any problem with me getting BT Vision prior to that!
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Firewall Message with Airtunes and AppleTV

I am using iTunes 8.02 on a Mac running Tiger 10.4.11. I like to stream my music to my AppleTV (which is running the most recent version of the firmware). My wireless router is an Airport Express (running the latest v6.3 software).
In iTunes, I see a drop down menu showing me my AppleTV. When I select it, I see a pop up warning message:
"Your Computers firewall settings will prevent you from using Airtunes.
Please check your Firewall settings
Learn More Ignore Open Firewall Settings"
I click ignore and it works!!
But Why am I getting this message?
I have followed the instructions in:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS2278
I have even disabled "Stealth Mode" in Tiger's firewall suggested in the forums.
What am I missing?
Why do I still get this warning message (yet it works when I click Ignore)?
Rob

Then I would be wireless from G5 and AppleTV to the internet. But I would loose the AirTunes / Express capability?
You could only have one function at one time. (So you can't use your G5 and Apple TV on the internet while using AirTunes) as (AFAIK) the AirPort express can't be used as a 'wireless access point' at the same time as AirTunes.
To try and summarize
If you want to use AirTunes and have your computer and Apple TV connected to the same network with internet connectivity at the same time you can:
1. Purchase an AirPort Extreme base station.
2. Connect your cable modem to the AirPort extreme via ethernet, set up a WiFI network and connect your G5 and Apple TV.
3. Join your AirPort express to the AirPort extreme network via client mode.
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=108038#6

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Hi All,
I'm really new to firewalls, I have configured one using CCP and the basic firewall wizard with medium security. I just have my laptop plugged into the LAN port and I noticed a couple weird logs that I want to ask about when surfing the web, and retrieving outlook emails.
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004528: Jul 6 11:26:46.528 MDT: %APPFW-4-HTTP_DEOBFUSCATION: Deobfuscation signature (15) detected - session 192.168.0.2:64657 74.125.225.121:80 on zone-pair ccp-zp-in-out class ccp-protocol-http appl-class ccp-http-blockparam
004620: Jul 6 11:30:21.596 MDT: %APPFW-4-HTTP_DEOBFUSCATION: Deobfuscation signature (16) detected - session 192.168.0.2:64640 74.125.225.121:80 on zone-pair ccp-zp-in-out class ccp-protocol-http appl-class ccp-http-blockparam
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When using Send/Receive in Outlook i get:
004630: Jul 6 11:33:39.980 MDT: %FW-5-POP3_INVALID_COMMAND: (target:class)-(ccp-zp-in-out:ccp-protocol-pop3):Invalid POP3 command from initiator (192.168.0.2:64993): Invalid verb
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Thanks!!!
-Chris
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   Match request method copy
   Match request method delete
   Match request method edit
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Hi Chris, Mike here. I see the problem there. We have a section ask the expert where Julio Carvajal is answering Firewalling questions in IOS devices.
Going back to the question, I see where the problem is. Many Websites on the internet are not HTTP compliant, what you are doing with the configuration you did with CCP is creating this AGGRESSIVE inspection in layer 7 inspection for web traffic, meaning, the traffic on HTTP may slow down or have Random connectivity issues. This is mainly because of the service policy configured inside of the HTTP inspection.
As I can see is not only HTTP but it is extending to other protocols as well, my best advice for you is, if you are sure where attack may come from, apply a deep packet inspection to it. I dont particularly like wizzards so if you wanna get deep to a protocol it would be better if you know what you want to match.
Leave the protocols without layer 7 inspection, they will still look at the form of the packet and make sure it is RFC compliant, custom commands (POP and SMTP) custom Methods (HTTP) may get dropped as you can see.
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I just did an upgrade to 10.6.2
On checking Console, I see hundreds of messages like this:
23/12/2009 16:51:37 Firewall[109] Allow smbd connecting from 10.0.0.5:49649 to port 139 proto=6
and
23/12/2009 16:55:14 Firewall[109] Stealth Mode connection attempt to UDP 10.0.0.14:64140 from 10.0.0.2:53
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I'm not sure what these mean and if it's a problem? Is someone hacking into my system?

+23/12/2009 16:51:37 Firewall109 Allow smbd connecting from 10.0.0.5:49649 to port 139 proto=6+
This is the samba (windows client) network (lan) software trying to connect to your Mac's netbios
port to determine the machine's identity. Samba is included with SL.
+23/12/2009 16:55:14 Firewall109 Stealth Mode connection attempt to UDP 10.0.0.14:64140 from 10.0.0.2:53+
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trying to communicate with your Mac and your SL firewall is blocking it. Don't worry though, when
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Does this mean someone is accessing my computer?
What is at risk?

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions...
What application do you have open when this occurs? Is this a dialog box or audio? How do you know this is related to the Firewall ????
If would help us to help you if you could update your profile. Please add the Mac OS X version number and which Mac you have. Thanks!
Carolyn
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I am starting to get a bizarre error message.

I'm working in Mail.app, when occasionally I look at a new email, subject line is good, everything else seems normal, but the message itself reads:
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When I try to download them from the Waterstones website I get a message saying:
‘Some file types associated with EPUB files are not associated with Reader Library. Do you want to associate them now? When I reply yes I get another message; ‘Configuration error unable to update EPUB files check network firewall and try again’.
The ‘books’ are saved in the Download directory and I can’t transfer them from there to my E-Reader. I have not had any problems before, it was very simple; I saved the download and it automatically went into the Reader Library.
I contacted HP and they said it is a software error and suggested I contact Waterstones. I contacted Waterstones Customer Support and got the following response:
As the error message is specifically mentioning the firewall it does sound like something in the firewall settings is stopping the download from taking place correctly. However, the files should not be being saved to the Download folder. It would be worth trying again by going to your Digital Order History on your Waterstones.com account and pressing the download button, and then making sure to press "Open" not "Save". When you press Open rather than Save it should give the option to open the file with Adobe Digital Editions. If the firewall message still comes up then I'm afraid something is blocking it on your end.
If the above "Open" download method works but you then still get an error message it could possibly be that you have accidentally created a new Adobe ID when setting up on the new computer, rather than signing in with your old Adobe ID. It would be worth trying the aforementioned download technique again first, but if problems did still persist it would be worth calling Adobe themselves on 0207 365 0735, as they should be able to sort out any account issue.
In response to the first para of Waterstones email I already do what they suggest I do press ‘Open’ not ‘Save’ but I don’t get the open with Adobe Digital Editions (we have installed Adobe Digital Editions on the new computer. Waterstones say we may have ‘accidentally created a new Adobe ID when setting up the new computer’ does that mean that we shouldn’t have installed Adobe Digital Editions on the new computer as it would have already been there? How do I sign in with my old Adobe ID?

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VoiceOver Kit 1.4 (222093/222742)
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CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
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Apple Mobile Device Driver 1.55.0.0
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HDCP is not supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
Intel Corporation, Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
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Description:    Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
IP Address:    192.168.1.2
Subnet Mask:    255.255.255.0
Default Gateway:    192.168.1.1
DHCP Enabled:    Yes
DHCP Server:    192.168.1.1
Lease Obtained:    Sun May 15 20:23:07 2011
Lease Expires:    Mon May 16 20:23:07 2011
DNS Servers:    192.168.1.1
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Description:    Realtek RTL8101E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)
IP Address:    0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask:    0.0.0.0
Default Gateway:    0.0.0.0
DHCP Enabled:    Yes
DHCP Server:
Lease Obtained:    Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969
Lease Expires:    Wed Dec 31 18:00:00 1969
DNS Servers:
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Connected:    Yes
Online:        Yes
Using Modem:    No
Using LAN:    Yes
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TLS 1.0 Support:    Enabled
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Windows Firewall is on.
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We'd better check on that, kris. If you enable iTunes in your Windows firewall, does that help with your connection? See the following document for instructions:
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EDIT: Drat ... gave you the link to the wrong document. Try this one instead for your Vista:
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