WebDAV file system authorization box

This box appears on my screen requesting login information: username and password. But it doesn't recognize either one that I input. I cancel the box (twice). Five minutes later, it's back, like a fly buzzing around. Two more cancels buys five more minutes. I don't even know what WebDAV is: so much for having a friend touch my Apple. Help!

WebDAV has nothing to do with synchronization - it's a technology for posting or 'publishing' content publicly on the internet. With Mac OS X, it is most often associated with selectively publishing iCal calendars as an alternative to doing so with .Mac. You are likely sharing selected files and directories on your computer with potentially everyone on the internet, and—if you do not know that you are doing so or why you are doing so—that's a big problem.
I suggest that you have a conversation with your friend about why your platform has anything at all to do with WebDAV. Keep in mind that it is intended to allow users to collaboratively edit and manage files on remote web servers. You might ask yourself, or your friend, if you are being managed remotely.
Incidentally, it is not a good idea to offer someone you do not absolutely trust sufficient access to enable such technologies on your computer. Maybe, there is an innocent explanation for this behavior - likely, there is not. The mere fact that you are not aware of what is going on should be sufficient cause for concern on your part.
Here is some background on the technology:
http://www.webdav.org/other/faq.html

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