Firewall permission continuous

[SprSynJn]

I am not sure if this is an Steam problem or not, but every time I open the Steam client I am asked to either allow or deny incoming connections for it. I have already selected "allow" several times, and even selected "deny" once to see what would happen. Still, it continues to ask me every time it is launched. Is there a way to stop this from occurring?

[forink]

Me too. Your operating system is Mac OS X? Do you turned on the firewall ? I think it is a new update of the Steam is not signed, so Mac OS X stop make it through. The only thing to do is turn off the firewall or wait for Steam new updates.

[. G u h]

Same here. turn off the firewall doesn't work too =/

[SprSynJn]

Yes, I am using Yosemite. I would rather not turn off the firewall, so I will just deal with it until they release a fix. I must say, Valve doesnt seem to have much experience with OS X, do they?

[Kent]

Same problem here. No idea how to fix it, Google searches don't turn anything up.

[Kent]

Spoke a little too soon. Just found this thread, with a solution that appears to have worked for me: http://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/2/540744937114663265/

[SprSynJn]

I appreciate your help, but that solution did not solve my issue. I still get a pop-up asking for firewall permission everytime the application is started. Thank you though.

[histeachn]

Same here. The Mavericks workaround isn't working for me on Yosemite. I'm assuming Valve will get to this soon enough. I imagine there are enough people with Macs to warrant it.

Unless they're getting close to finishing Half-Life 3, then I'll forgive them.

[SprSynJn]

It has started to get rather irritating. In the last few days I have been unable to login on occassion due to this problem. I hope they get to sending out a fix before I get too frustrated to use Steam.

[Kent]

Yeah that previous fix stopped working for me. Asked every time I launch Steam again. Very annoying.

[SprSynJn]

The recent update hasnt resolved the issue. Is it best to directly email these people then? They dont seem to be paying much attention on these forums.

[histeachn]

That would be my guess. This can't be too complicated of a thing for them to do.

[SprSynJn]

Most recent update seems to have fixed the issue. Can anyone else confirm?

[histeachn]

Seems to have gone away for me too.

[Fun In Bed]

2018 and this is still a problem
Seriously, WTF valve?

Anyone have a new work-around for this Steam bug?

[--|B-TEAM|-- SPiNX]

Avoid turning off an entire (OSX) firewall or allowing ANY incoming connection FROM ANYWHERE unless you understand what it really means. Valve, nice of you to tolerate brute-nuisance you-into-it 'permission hack' for this long. No other app or OS does this. Honest assessment. It happened to me today. This has been on-going for years. Please do not consider it non-malignant. DO NOT ALLOW INCOMING CONNECTIONS from app in the midst of perfectly good game. What mod still has client-side dedicated servers??? Then why are you allowing this on firewall as users and as company why not fix it?