Should I allow a connection if my firewall asks?

Should I allow a connection if my firewall asks?

StreamBase includes StreamBase Studio, which lets you define and test StreamBase applications. When you open an application in StreamBase Studio (for example, launching one of the demos in the Demo perspective), StreamBase Studio makes a local network connection to a StreamBase Server. The purpose of this local server connection is to allow StreamBase Studio to typecheck the application's properties. When this connection is attempted, you may notice two things:

1. Your Firewall or Internet Security software issues a warning message. Click the option that allows StreamBase to make the connection. The option may be to "Allow" or "Unblock" or similar.

2. In StreamBase Studio, the connection progress bar cannot proceed until you allow the Firewall or Internet Security software to let StreamBase make the connection.

The message may refer to "sbd.exe" (StreamBase Server), or "sbstudio-bin.exe" (StreamBase Studio), or "javaw.exe" (Java). Allow StreamBase Studio to make the connection. Note that StreamBase is not performing an outgoing "phone home" connection.

You may see similar messages if you select options on the StreamBase Studio Welcome page that accesses an external website (streambase.com) or opens a topic in the local StreamBase Help (which uses a Java viewer).