What's the difference between "Ask User/Block" and "Ask User/Allow"?

[Frankiec]

What's the difference between "Ask User/Block" and "Ask User/Allow"? No matter which I choose, it's the same, just asking me to allow or block the action.

[Bubba]

http://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=610767#post610767
-{ Quote: "Permissions
Each protection in AppDefend can be set to 5 different states :-

BLOCK - This means the protection item will be blocked without popping up an alert
ALLOW - This means the protection item will be allowed without popping up an alert
ASK USER / ALLOW - This means a popup alert will occur when this protection item occurs. If for some reason it is unable to ask the user it will ALLOW it.
ASK USER / BLOCK - This means a popup alert will occur when this protection item occurs. If for some reason it is unable to ask the user it will BLOCK it.
DEFAULT - Use whatever is defined in the .Default rule" }-

[Jason_R0]

Just to clarify, occassionally it is impossible to ask the user what they want to do. The system could have certain user interface threads paused, or it could be in the middle of some other task which cannot be blocked by user activity. With the newer AppDefend this matters more since it works from boot and not all of those early activities can be alerted upon since the display hasn't been initialized yet.