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Securing my code - Encrypt/Obfuscate/Hide????

Apparently there are plenty of utilities out there that can dissasemble my
progam. My colleague found a progam that could read my exe file and show
all my source code! In any language (even though I wrote it in VB). It is
kinda scary. Interestingly, I had a DLL written for me in VC++, and the
utility could not reverse engineer that.

Is there any way that the code can encryptedd or ofuscated or hidden so
people cannot read the source? I thought there was something built into VS,
but I cannot find it.

Thanx,

--
Anil Gupte
www.keeninc.net
www.icinema.com
www.wizo.tv
Aug 5 '08 #1
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On Aug 5, 6:45*am, "Anil Gupte/iCinema.com" <anil-l...@icinema.com>
wrote:
Apparently there are plenty of utilities out there that can dissasemble my
progam. *My colleague found a progam that could read my exe file and show
all my source code! In any language (even though I wrote it in VB). *Itis
kinda scary. *Interestingly, I had a DLL written for me in VC++, and the
utility could not reverse engineer that.

Is there any way that the code can encryptedd or ofuscated or hidden so
people cannot read the source? *I thought there was something built into VS,
but I cannot find it.

Thanx,

--
Anil Guptewww.keeninc.netwww.icinema.comwww.wizo.tv
(Double post - replies in first thread)

Thanks,

Seth Rowe [MVP]
http://sethrowe.blogspot.com/
Aug 5 '08 #2
Sory for he doble post, I thought the first one did not go.

--
Anil Gupte
www.keeninc.net
www.icinema.com
www.wizo.tv
"Anil Gupte/iCinema.com" <an*******@icinema.comwrote in message
news:eP****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Apparently there are plenty of utilities out there that can dissasemble my
progam. My colleague found a progam that could read my exe file and show
all my source code! In any language (even though I wrote it in VB). It is
kinda scary. Interestingly, I had a DLL written for me in VC++, and the
utility could not reverse engineer that.

Is there any way that the code can encryptedd or ofuscated or hidden so
people cannot read the source? I thought there was something built into
VS,
but I cannot find it.

Thanx,

--
Anil Gupte
www.keeninc.net
www.icinema.com
www.wizo.tv

Aug 5 '08 #3
On Aug 5, 12:34*pm, "Anil Gupte/iCinema.com" <anil-l...@icinema.com>
wrote:
Sory for he doble post, I thought the first one did not go.

--
Anil Guptewww.keeninc.netwww.icinema.comwww.wizo.tv"Ani l Gupte/iCinema.com" <anil-l...@icinema.comwrote in message

news:eP****************@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
Apparently there are plenty of utilities out there that can dissasemblemy
progam. *My colleague found a progam that could read my exe file and show
all my source code! In any language (even though I wrote it in VB). *It is
kinda scary. *Interestingly, I had a DLL written for me in VC++, and the
utility could not reverse engineer that.
Is there any way that the code can encryptedd or ofuscated or hidden so
people cannot read the source? *I thought there was something built into
VS,
but I cannot find it.
Thanx,
--
Anil Gupte
www.keeninc.net
www.icinema.com
www.wizo.tv
Not a problem, I figured I'd tag it to make sure others posted to the
correct one.

Thanks,

Seth Rowe [MVP]
http://sethrowe.blogspot.com/
Aug 5 '08 #4

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