Software protection(copying or reverse engineering etc)

[seash]

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I developed an windows form application(visual 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

[Branimir Giurov]

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

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Branimir Giurov
MCSD.NET, MCDBA
"seash" <an*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi
I developed an windows form application(visual 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

[Dave]

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**********@crypkey.com
"Branimir Giurov" <br******@nospam.com> wrote in message news:<eN**************@TK2MSFTNGP12.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*******@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D5**********************************@microsof t.com...

Hi
I developed an windows form application(visual 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