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Is the dropbox protocol specified anywhere? Edit: My google-fu isn't finding anything.

• jazzychad 17y ago
  I'm guessing not at the moment. But, if you are intrepid you could fire up Wireshark and start dropping/sharing/deleting files and see what happens. This actually sounds like fun, however I am otherwise indisposed right now.
  • freetard 17y ago
    No need to do that, their linux client is open source IIRC.
    • brlewis 17y ago
      The program that talks to their daemon is open source. The daemon itself is not.
      • freetard 17y ago
        That's why I said their "client".
        • brlewis 17y ago
          The daemon is also a client. It talks to their server.
          • deleted 17y ago
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        • mbrubeck 17y ago
          The client is split into two parts. The "dropboxd" daemon, which talks the server, is proprietary. The "nautilus-dropbox" plugin, which integrates with the GNOME desktop, is under GPL. The RPC protocol between nautilus-dropbox and dropboxd is documented. But (as far as I know) the network protocol between dropboxd and the server is not.