On 01.10.2014 13:27, Mark Rotteveel mark@...
[firebird-support] wrote:

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> On Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:14:52 +0200, "marcus marcus@...
> [firebird-support]" <firebird-support@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
>> Yes, you likely will loose the connection: greetings from the firewall.
>> Albeit you have ticked the option "Notify" - i've seen it rarely. So as
>> precautionary measure: Add the fbserver process to the exceptions or, at
>> least: allow incoming tcp/3050, outgoing tcp/any. That should be enough.
>> Tearing down the firewall isn't an option.
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> The notify option only applies to user processes that require firewall
> access. As Firebird runs as a service which is isolated from your user
> session, you don't get a notification popup.

Dooh! Me idiot - why haven't i thought about that...

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> However I think that the Firebird installer should - optionally - arrange
> the Firewall exception.
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> Mark
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