Firewall Settings for Bonjour

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Firewall Settings for Bonjour

I believe my security software is blocking Bonjour. What settings do I need in the firewall, e.g. ports to open, in order to get Bonjour to work?

Dell, Windows 7

Posted on Mar 5, 2010 1:13 AM

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Answer 1

The hatter

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Mar 5, 2010 3:16 AM in response to scywin

It is a very noisy app. It 'talks' all the time.
I uninstall it and disable, but when installed Kaspersky, Norton, even Windows firewall has always asked me whether to allow or deny.

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b noir

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Mar 5, 2010 11:01 AM in response to scywin

There's a good listing of BonJour ports given in the following document:

["Well known" TCP and UDP ports used by Apple software products|http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1629]

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b noir

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Mar 5, 2010 11:05 AM in response to scywin

Actually in addition to the ports explicitly mentioned in there, I'd also try making sure it is allowed on TCP 3689 (since iTunes music sharing is also tied up with BonJour).

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scywin Author

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Mar 7, 2010 1:03 AM in response to scywin

I already took care of the Home Sharing port, but given the number of ports that need to be opened up for Bonjour, I believe I'll keep the firewall and pass on Bonjour. Thanks to everyone who responded.

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AKAC

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Mar 29, 2010 8:39 PM in response to The hatter

Sorry but that's a load of bull. Bonjour is Zero Conf networking, a standard. Not some Apple only thing. And its not chatty at all. AppleTalk of the 80s and early 90s was. Bonjour is nothing like that.

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