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How can I open a port (not application) in the OS X 10.6 firewall?

Let me preface this by saying: I do not want to drop my firewall completely Yes, I really do need particular ports rather than an application. So I see that there is the option to allow particular ...
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Is ipfw the same as pf in FreeBSD?

I'm wondering if references referring to pf in FreeBSD are applicable to ipfw in Mac OS X Snow Leopard? I'd like to know to see if it's worthwhile to consult books on pf for use with Mac OS.
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How to get rid of firewall “accept incoming connections” dialog?

I've accepted this so many times that firewall should already remember it. For example, I get it for Eclipse when starting my java programs in debugging mode ... sometimes this dialog is displayed ...