OS Ventura Firewall

I do not understand what is happening with the firewall on my machine. It is running OS Ventura 13.2

I set the Firewall according to the settings I want, in this instance to block all connections.

When I go back to it, Control Centre, which is embedded in it, and which I cannot remove, changes the settings by itself to allow all incoming connections. No matter how many times I alter it, it always goes back to allow all connections.

Even if I alter the settings through terminal, this is the case. Also, if I check the status with terminal it contradicts the graphical firewall settings display ie. Terminal will say the firewall is set to block all connections, but the graphical display says it will allow all connections.

This would not bother me so much, I suppose, but Control Centre is set to listen for incoming connections on two ports using complex-main and ASF 3 fileserver. This makes me worry that whether I like it or not, information is able to leave this machine through these ports through a compromised firewall.

Perhaps I am worrying too much?

Thanks for any help