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Dropbox LAN sync?

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Hello, I have never installed dropbox on my computer so why does wireshark show the following?

2279    813.777864000   192.168.1.4 255.255.255.255 DB-LSP-DISC 157 Dropbox LAN sync Discovery Protocol

im running windows 7

thanks

asked 25 Jan '15, 15:01

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edited 26 Jan '15, 02:38

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Another possibility is that something else happens to use the port (17500) that the Dropbox Lan Sync dissector registers for. There doesn't appear to be any validation in the dissector that the protocol is the expected one.

What did the protocol tree show for the packet in question? Can you post the capture somewhere public, e.g. CloudShark, Google Drive or (oh the irony) Dropbox?

answered 26 Jan '15, 02:44

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Another system on your network (192.168.1.4) is probably using Dropbox. If that is your address, you should probably check if Dropbox was installed as an "add-on" for another piece of software.

Regards
Kurt

answered 25 Jan '15, 17:46

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I forgot my gf is using dropbox. anyway I didnt expect to see it on my pc as I thought wireshark only shows network connections on my own pc. thanks

(26 Jan '15, 07:52) shinbone

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(26 Jan '15, 10:50) Jaap ♦