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I have a client – server application, where I want to add a exception to firewall so that my applications can communicate properly.
I want to add add an exception to the firewall (without changing the setup for the other firewalls options).
I am using Carbon, Qt, C++. However, I feel this has more to do with some install time settings.
I’m not sure this is would be good practice without notifying the user or asking the user for permission. Since osx has a built in system for creating application signing and the user must explicitly enable this level of security.
That being said, you should have a look at
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OS X also use ipfw and I’m pretty sure it supersedes any rules set by the application filter. So you could make an ipfw rule as well.