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What are people using to protect their VB.NET software ????
Nov 21 '05 #1
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DavidB wrote:
What are people using to protect their VB.NET software ????


Depends what you mean. If you mean to stop people decompiling your software
then Dotfuscator is good:
http://www.preemptive.com/products/dotfuscator/

Otherwise if you're referring to stopping people from copying the CD your
software goes on then you'd have to look at something like Safedisc
protection from Macrovision:
http://www.macrovision.com/products/...sc/index.shtml
Nov 21 '05 #2
DavidB,

Have a look on Google for obfuscater
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...rch+this+group

or other words about that, it is as well very much discussed in this
newsgroup
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/...rch+this+group

I hope this helps?

Cor
Nov 21 '05 #3
"DavidB" <davidb@notreally_hotmail.com> schrieb:
What are people using to protect their VB.NET software ????


..NET Framework Developer's Guide -- Licensing Components and Controls
<URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconlicensingcomponentscontrols.asp>

..NET Licensing
<URL:http://windowsforms.net/articles/Licensing.aspx>

Commercial component:

XHEO|Licensing
<URL:http://www.xheo.com/products/enterprise/licensing/>

Obfuscation:

<URL:http://www.cetus-links.org/oo_dotnet.html#oo_dotnet_utilities_tools>

--
M S Herfried K. Wagner
M V P <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/>
V B <URL:http://dotnet.mvps.org/dotnet/faqs/>
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