Firewall Notification: Block or Allow?

My Firewall notification pops up saying that computer fd00:6587:... is trying to access my awacsd on my computer. I've been clicking block every time it appears but then another box appears saying SymUIAgent wants to make changes, to type my password to allow. I've just been clicking cancel. Should I be clicking allow when the first box appears?

Thanks, hatter. I forgot to mention I am using the Airport Extreme. I see options for logging, but I want to PREVENT connections before they happen, i.e., an Allow/Block dialog popup or creating rules themselves based on IP addresses. I don't see options for that.

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I had a [problem with SSH|http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1990417&tstart=0] on my iMac not long ago where SSH was being blocked by the Leopard firewall, even though it is configured to allow it through. I have the firewall configured as "Set access for specific services and applications" and "Remote Login (SSH)" appears on the list automatically since Remote Login is enabled on the Sharing tab of System Prefs.
The first time I had the problem I solved the problem by turning off the Leopard firewall ("allow all incoming") and then turning it back on again (in "specific services" mode). I thought it was just a one time glitch being the first time I'd ever tried getting SSH to work. After that it worked great until restarting my iMac yesterday when the firewall started blocking SSH again. Once again, turning off the firewall and then turning it back on again resolved the problem.
Any ideas? Anyone had similar problems?

Most routers thesedays even consumer routers have a stateful packet inspection firewall and also NAT.
With NAT unless you specifically open ports from the router to your mac then the outside world cannot access any of the services on your mac.
If you want to use SSH from the outside world then you would have to portforward tcp port 22 from the router to your mac. But this is not a problem if you use a strong password eg not a dictionary word or name or better still you can turn off password authentication in your ssh configuration and use public key access only.
So if you have not opened up ports on the router then your application firewall is only preventing access from other computers on your local network.
Call me paranoid, but I don't know anything about how solid the router firewall is, whereas I have much more confidence in the OS X firewall.
If you are savvy enough to know about and how to use SSH then it should be really easy for you to find out how good your router's firewall is. Understanding a router's web interface is far less demanding than learning how to use SSH.
In most cases you simply put the router's IP address into your web browser and you can see all of its services.
But something you should be aware of it is not really incoming connections you should be concerned about. It is outgoing connections that require more control.
For example if you were socially engineered by a website or elsewhere and they convinced you to install a trojan or spyware on your mac then your Mac's Application firewall would not stop these processes dialing out.
Little Snitch from obdev is an application aware firewall that controls your outgoing connections and is far more useful than the mac's application firewall on a desktop computer behind a router.
Apart from that, I'd really like to understand what's going on!
Did you try nerowolfe's suggestion of creating a test user account and login in as that user and see if the problem is still there?

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I open Adobe Muse for the first time and I'm trying to use it, after going thru some updates and questions I get Windows Firewall has blocked some features of this program. Does Adobe Muse need to have an Internet or network connection for anything at all before I publish? the Publisher is Unknown according to the alert I get from Windows. Do I need to check the box for Private networks or Public networks, I couldn't find anything related to it on Adobe Help and when I searched for Firewall on Adobe Muse Help I get results for other applications instead that I don't use like Flash Media Encoder.

Yes, you would need to tick both the checkboxes and click Allow Access after that.
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Go to the site and look for an unsubscribe link. Or, contact the site and ask them to stop.

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Well, not that helpful unless you can determine if that window is coming from Safari or iOS or from whatever the other "3rd party web application" you were talking about.
If you don't want to play in that pool, then assume that iOS and/or Safari are working incorrectly. Your Users Guide has a whole chapter (at the end) devoted to what you do when things aren't going well, generally following the sequence of
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I need to disable only inactive notifications firewall in the action center PCs through GPO.
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Hi Christian,
Sorry, it seems that we can’t achieve this.
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Can't get artwork, I get a -609 error. I have tried turning off firewall and antivirus. \\\windows firewall is set to allow itunes anyhow

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I would like to add a new Firewall 'Inbound Rule' to allow remote access by
SQL Server 2008.
SQL Server Management Studio shows two TCP/IP instances, both of which are Enabled.
One uses port 1433 and the other uses ‘TCP Dynamic Ports’.
In SQL Server, the server has ‘Allow remote connections to this server’ checked.
My Firewall allows port 1433 for the one TCP/IP instance.
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I’ve read that the SQL Server executable is commonly named SQLSERVR.EXE, but there is no such file on my laptop.
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Hi Bontrager,
Firstly, please run
Discovery Report to the detect the existing SQL Server 2008 instance. If SQL Server 2008 is installed properly on your machine, the sqlservr.exe should exists in C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.<instance_name>\MSSQL\Binn.
Secondly, if SQL Server 2008 is configured to use dynamic port, it is difficult to configure the firewall to enable access to the correct port number because the port selected might change every time that the Database Engine is started.
Therefore, if a firewall is used, please reconfigure the SQL Server 2008 to use the static TCP port by using SQL Server 2008 Configuration Manager.
For more information, please review this
article. After that, you can add the port number in firewall inbound rule.
Thirdly, if you want to connect to SQL Server 2008 from outside the firewall by instance name, SQL Server Browser should be turned on and you'll have to allow the SQL Server Browser through the firewall, which is UDP port 1434.
Reference:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc646023.aspx
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10539900/opening-ports-sql-server-instances
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Lydia Zhang
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Cannot connect to the iTunes store. Get 'Error 11222'. Claims it is being blocked by Windows Firewall when it is allowed through.

When an external application tries to connect to it through iTunes I get 'Error: 11222'. When I try to connect through the iTunes app it just continuously loads but nothing appears. Diagnostics says that Windows Firewall (Which is being managed by McAfee) is blocking it, even though it is allowed through both firewalls I have. Even when I turn WF off iTunes claims it is being blocked by it. I have done almost everything Apple's support pages have suggested but nothing has worked. I'm using it on an Acer Aspire laptop, and the main PC can use iTunes without trouble so it isn't the ISP. I have uninstalled and reinstalled iTunes twice. Here is a full diagnostics:
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Acer Aspire 5738
iTunes 10.6.3.25
QuickTime 7.7.2
FairPlay 1.14.43
Apple Application Support 2.1.9
iPod Updater Library 10.0d2
CD Driver 2.2.0.1
CD Driver DLL 2.1.1.1
Apple Mobile Device 5.2.0.6
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Gracenote SDK 1.9.6.502
Gracenote MusicID 1.9.6.115
Gracenote Submit 1.9.6.143
Gracenote DSP 1.9.6.45
iTunes Serial Number 0042AD4403249D18
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The current local date and time is 2012-08-23 23:19:38.
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WebKit accelerated compositing is enabled.
HDCP is supported.
Core Media is supported.
Video Display Information
ATI Technologies Inc., ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
**** External Plug-ins Information ****
No external plug-ins installed.
iPodService 10.6.3.25 (x64) is currently running.
iTunesHelper 10.6.3.25 is currently running.
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Lease Expires:       Fri Aug 24 21:30:18 2012
DNS Servers:         192.168.1.254
Adapter Name:        {43E41B54-39BF-45DB-A846-41062D127AFE}
Description:            Broadcom NetLink (TM) Gigabit Ethernet
IP Address:             0.0.0.0
Subnet Mask:          0.0.0.0
Default Gateway:    0.0.0.0
DHCP Enabled:      Yes
DHCP Server:
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Lease Expires:       Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970
DNS Servers:
Active Connection: LAN Connection
Connected:             Yes
Online:                    Yes
Using Modem:        No
Using LAN:             Yes
Using Proxy:           No
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