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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)

Posted on Mar 13, 2012 7:56 AM

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Jun 27, 2012 7:52 PM in response to Robert Paris

I had the exact same problem and found the message the exact same way as you did: using a screen recording device. I looked around my computer a little bit and i believe i have figured out the solution. First open "System Preferences" then "Security & Privacy". Make sure that you open up the Firewall pane. Then click the lock on the bottom left and enter in your administrative password (if you have one). After this you can click on the button titled "Firewall Options...". Make sure that the check box titled "Block all incoming conections" is unchecked and that the chackbox titled "Automatically allow signed software to recieve incoming connections" is checked. Make sure you press the "ok" button once you are done. I only just did this a few minutes ago and am not sure if it will work so fingers crossed. Hope this helps!
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Jun 27, 2012 8:27 PM in response to allô

What you describe for the setup of the Firewall pane is exactly how mine was set up while I sufferend the problem I described above... So I doubt that will fix the issue... However, the issue for me has magically disappeared for me, probably about two months ago... See that my original post above was made back in March and I would say that the problem ceased some time in April or May... But the Firewall pane never changed... Beats me as to what caused it or what made it go away on my machine... Maybe the Firewall pane will help in your situation... Strange problems often find strange or unexpected solutions... Like for me, it just went away... Likely it had something to do with updating something, Java maybe??? Beats me...

Jul 4, 2012 9:59 PM in response to Robert Paris

I know you probably dont care because this in no longer an issue for you but incase anyone else still has this problem i found out how to fix it. To fix the problem you must repair your disk permissions. This option is available in the Disk utility. You can go to Finder - /Applications/Utilities/Disk Utility, highlight your Macintosh HD volume and press on "Repair Disk Permissions". Let it complete repairing and then restart your Mac. Sorry for this first comment that was completely wrong. I only posted this because apparently 22 other people have this problem and I didn't know whether or not they still needed help or if the problem had fixed itself for them as well.

Oct 31, 2012 1:02 PM in response to Robert Paris

Sorry guys.. but above mentioned things did not solve the problem.


I exactly did as you told above, recorded the startup as a video file, track the message, google it and I ended up here..


I did repair the disk permissions but it is still there... just for half second, but still there..


It is very annoying


There was no java installed on the machine so I installed java... but I couldnt find anything on the java control panel..


Do you have any new suggestions?

Oct 31, 2012 6:47 PM in response to yalimyokes

Hi... I still have it too... Been there for months now... Like you, only a fraction of a second so it really doesn't harm any functionality... It's just that it shouldn't be there and curiously I wanted to figure it out and have it go away... But I've given up for the time being anyway and just decided to ignore it... I had it a couple of OS's ago, like say Leopard or Snow Leopard... And then, somewhere along the line, maybe when Lion came in, it went away... And then along came Mountain Lion and back it came... It's something between the OS and Java that's not playing well together but beyond that, I'm stumped... Maybe someone else here might chime in with something useful.. One can also send feedback to Apple... I had an even tougher problem where in Mountain Lion and on Safari I could not get my security cameras to stream data... They would freeze and it clearly happened at the beginning of Mountain Lion.... I an others sent feedback to Apple and in the most recent update, 10.8.2, they fixed it... Now did they fix it because we sent feedback??? Beats me... But it can't hurt to send feedback... You can do so here...


http://www.apple.com/feedback/

Nov 1, 2012 8:47 AM in response to yalimyokes

Yes, I was guessing when I said it might have been with Lion when it went away... It might well have been Snow Leopard (the OS before Lion) when it went away and Lion (like you said) when it came back... Do note that Apple tells you right on their feedback site that they won't be able to respond to you (or anyone) directly... But they do say they read all the feedback... I will send them feedback on this again myself... And also, if the problem turns out to be something caused by Java (Oracle) and isn't something that Apple could fix on their end, then of course sending feedback to Oracle (I haven't looked in to how to do that) might be useful...


I've also installed newer versions of Java (no help) and like you, made adjustments to the firewall, again with no success... I've just sort of hoped it would one day go away but it has been persistent this time...


My thoughts... thanks... bob...

Mar 23, 2013 2:16 AM in response to Robert Paris

Heeey 🙂 i think i have solved this problem 🙂 i was googling on the internet for mayby 3 mounths to find this little article!!


http://techblog.willshouse.com/2012/10/17/how-to-allow-java-in-the-firewall-on-o s-x-mountain-lion/


Everything you need do is in there. If you will not be able to find "java" in folder which is written in the link, you must first install java from the internet and then try it again! 🙂


I hope i helped you a little bit.

sorry for my english.

Java accept incoming network connections

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