Protect Assembly or Code

[daimous]

Hi guys! What is the best way to protect my code/assembly from being disassemble? Becuase i found out from one of my Thread that it can easily be disassemble by using refelector or somthing like that, which can easily be obtain from the web, I even tried it my self. Any help guys..Thanks!

[Harsh Gupta]

Obfuscate it!!

[superbovine]

good article

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/is...deObfuscation/

[AsmIscool]

Best way to protect your code is to not protect it at all. Therefore the hackers will find no challenge in it and it will not end up cracked and put on every hackers site on the internet.

No form of copy protection has ever worked for very long.

[gamesguru]

Best way to protect your code is to not protect it at all. Therefore the hackers will find no challenge in it and it will not end up cracked and put on every hackers site on the internet.

No form of copy protection has ever worked for very long.

Exactly...but I do not agree with you in full...reflector can easily disassemble .net code, but with the use of an obfuscator, it would not be as easy for some noobs...but yes, no matter what you do, there's a way for people to crack it...

[nemaroller]

Truthfully, why are you attempting to make it hard to disassemble?

#1) If its for security purposes - you need to rethink your architecture. Any application running on a client computer is pretty much under their control. The best anyone can do is have that client application contact a central application that only runs under your control.

#2) If you are trying to protect intellectual property against copycats - don't flatter yourself and don't bother.

#3) If its for some licensing issue see point #1.