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I developed an windows form application(vis ual c#), i want to protect it against copying(only licensed should be able to use) and i heard a topic like reverse engineering(c# decompilers) etc...Is there any free code available on net
---need hel
----seash
Nov 16 '05 #1
2 1985
Hi there -

you need to do 2 things in order to protect the app -

First - use licenses to secure the controls and the components that you're
distributing - there is a build in mechanism for this - for more info check
out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...tsControls.asp

Second - - obfuscate the assemblies in their final version with some
obfuscator (which will make the IL code unreadable) - check out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...ASP?frame=true
for more info

Hope that helps :)
Branimir

--
Branimir Giurov
MCSD.NET, MCDBA
"seash" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:D5******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
Hi
I developed an windows form application(vis ual c#), i want to protect it against copying(only licensed should be able to use) and i heard a topic
like reverse engineering(c# decompilers) etc...Is there any free code
available on net? ---need help
----seash

Nov 16 '05 #2
You can use CrypKey to protect your .NET application, and use XenoCode
obfuscator to prevent reverse engineering of the MSIl.
If you are interested, you can contact me at CrypKey.

Dave
da**********@cr ypkey.com
"Branimir Giurov" <br******@nospa m.com> wrote in message news:<eN******* *******@TK2MSFT NGP12.phx.gbl>. ..
Hi there -

you need to do 2 things in order to protect the app -

First - use licenses to secure the controls and the components that you're
distributing - there is a build in mechanism for this - for more info check
out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...tsControls.asp

Second - - obfuscate the assemblies in their final version with some
obfuscator (which will make the IL code unreadable) - check out
http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...ASP?frame=true
for more info

Hope that helps :)
Branimir

--
Branimir Giurov
MCSD.NET, MCDBA
"seash" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:D5******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
Hi
I developed an windows form application(vis ual c#), i want to protect it

against copying(only licensed should be able to use) and i heard a topic
like reverse engineering(c# decompilers) etc...Is there any free code
available on net?
---need help
----seash

Nov 16 '05 #3

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