How do I remove MSIL from my native executable? - Page 2

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Hi all,

Playing VS2005 was more fun than Doom III, and I do enjoy my games. Anyway,
it's back to work for me and I'm bogged down in my familiar VB6 stomping
grounds because I don't want my secrets exposed to casual inspection via
MSIL. VB6 doesn't do this to me, whereas, if I read Balena correctly, VB2005
always will.

The one single and only issue holding up my migration is this matter of IP
security, and I'm sorry folks but no variation on MSIL ("obfuscated " or
otherwise) will cut it for me. What I want is to compile to true native code
with NO MSIL whatsoever. Is this possible to achieve? If so how is it done?

Please don't take this the wrong way, but this is a technical query, not a
product query. I paid more than a grand for VS2005 on the expectation that
I'd get a real compiler, and I don't intend to spend another cent,
especially for a feature that comes for FREE with old and "obsolete" VB6! So
please don't tell me to go spend another grand on "product X", because I
already feel that I didn't get what I paid for in the first place.

All I want is location and/or specification of the executable features that
will allow me to remove any and all MSIL from the binary of a VS2005
compiled "native" executable without disabling it. That'd be a cinch for
those of you who know 8086 & x64 architecture...

Anyway, Thanks in advance of your assistance...

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Thank you Chris, I have had a look. It's inspiring to say the least,
although diagramatic representation( ?) of an obfuscation technique without
the textual explanation seems a bit unusual.

There has been a start to this with the definition of specific "Setup"
behaviours in VB2005 - however, program behaviour also needs to be modified
in trial versions necessitating either a component or wrapper.

One of the problems with encrypted code is that it winds up decrypted in
memory somewhere, and knowing virtual memory, somewhere on the disk as well.
This is what happens to served material that's run client side but
"protected" - just sitting in a temporary directory - a potential issue with
SAAS based approached to IP protection.

I plan to run a pilot study on respective conversion rates of straight
versus obfuscated trial locking mechanism, using a simplified application
based purchasing system in otherwise identical products referenced at
random. I'll publish the results on my site when the study hits three
months, probably early January next year...

Anyway, I've sent Microsoft an email to see where they are at with SLP.

Thanks again...

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