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manutenzionesv
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9 years ago

Dropbox changes IP of authentication and upload servers

Hi all, Dropbox changes IP of authentication and upload servers every some times? In my farm, from my app developed using Node RED, I need to upload a xls file to Dropbox every 24 hours. In my far...
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Greg-DB
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9 years ago
Yes, since the Dropbox IPs are subject to change as servers are added and removed, or as maintenance occurs, we are unable to provide you with a list of our IPs. We recommend you simply whitelist *.dropbox.com and *.dropboxapi.com instead.

You can find the full list of domains Dropbox uses here:

https://www.dropbox.com/help/security/official-domains
  • CrazySerb's avatar
    CrazySerb
    New member | Level 2
    6 years ago

    Yeah, if only domain whitelisting would work on hosted websites, cPanel control panels and such. Only IPs and IP ranges are allowed.


    And you're telling us that you can't keep an updated list, even if you update it only once a month, of all the IPs you're using, across all the networks and providers, but you can manage gazillions of terabytes of user data, syncing it all across the world instantly over hundreds of networks, devices, etc?

     

    Please.

     

    Get an intern on this and have him spend an hour or two every few weeks just updating the list with all the live IPs for everyone's sake. It's not that hard nor time consuming. Jesus...

    • Greg-DB's avatar
      Greg-DB
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      6 years ago

      Thanks for the feedback CrazySerb ! I'll send this along to the team.

      • CrazySerb's avatar
        CrazySerb
        New member | Level 2
        6 years ago

        Can you keep us posted here on any updates on this front?

        Thanks.

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