Hello,

I'm trying to figure out why using a cygwin compiled version of rsync [both the 
cwRsync distribution and the deltacopy distribution] are prompting the user for 
an inbound firewall exception on Windows [testing on Win7]. I'm not doing 
anything fancy, just pushing out to a remote through ssh [rsync.exe local_path 
[email protected]:/absolute/remote path]. Everything works fine even if I deny 
the entry through the firewall - which you'd expect. Even if I operate only on 
local paths I still am prompted for the firewall exception.

1. What is the reason rsync is opening a port? Is this some odd artifact of a 
cygwin compilation?

2. Can I disable this behavior without a custom patch?

I ask because I'm trying to cleanly wrap the program for novice end users and 
the firewall prompt is confusing & disconcerting.

Thanks!

-Jeff 
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