Java accept incoming network connections
Hi... I have several home security cameras that utilize Java... I've had them for years... But just in the past day, I've begun noticing a lightning fast popup that comes flying by and leaves so fast I can't even read it... It happens when I first launch one of the cameras in either Safari or Firefox (likely would do the same in other browsers too...
I finally had to use a screen recording app to be able to record when the pop up flies by.. I then slowly scrolled and paused on the message...
It is a standard security message that says,
"Do you want the application "Java" to accept incoming network connections?"
There is an ALLOW and DENY button but there's no way the popup ever is on the screen long enough for you to even read it, let alone click on a selection. I see lots of other posts about this around the discussion forum and I see how I could go into the Security preferences and perhaps allow network connections there, assuming I can figure out how to point to the correct piece of Java code (System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk???)
But my bigger question is why now???? I haven't done any updates in the recent past and I log onto to these cameras every day... Granted this popup goes by fast but it is noticeable... Had it been there a week ago I would have noticed it... But no... It just started today... Why??? And why would any message that seeks a user choice automatically appear and then disappear within a fraction of a second???
thoughts??? Any help would be much appreciated... thanks... bob...
MacBook Pro, Mac OS X (10.7.3)