Default install doesn't add a firewall exeption to Windows which causes a application hang.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Have an activated Windows firewall
2. Install Duplicati (32 or 64bits) on Windows 2008
3. Create a FTP job
4. Click on "Test connection"

Result: application hangs and needs to be killed manually, no backup jobs are 
able to run.

Running Duplicati 1.3.2 32bits and 64bits on Windows 2008sp2 64bits.

Workaround: 
Add an exception to the Windows firewall by executable name, backups runs fine 
afterwards.

Could it be a installation option siilar to the "Run at startup" option?

Thanks,

Original issue reported on code.google.com by jasminle...@gmail.com on 8 Aug 2012 at 4:08

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I think the installer should just add the exception to the firewall, no 
questions asked.
After all, Duplicati is supposed to make outbound connections.

Strict sysadmins will force a firewall setup anyway.

We need to do this for 2.0 anyway, because it runs with a local mini-webserver 
for controlling the service.

Original comment by kenneth@hexad.dk on 9 Aug 2012 at 9:21

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