Simply a matter of opinion. I'm just saying that someone determined to crack or decompile your program could probably do it given enough time. It is, after all, only obfuscation.
-- -Christopher ASP.NET MVP | AspInsider http://www.chrisfrazier.net/blog > -----Original Message----- > From: Unmoderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J. Merrill > Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2005 4:56 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] looking for anti-piracy resources > > Do you have any evidence that this would be any more > difficult than disassembling a traditional Windows > executable? That is, it seems that it would take quite a bit > of time to grok even a moderately sized assembly that had > been decently obfuscated, even if looking at the source code > generated by Reflector or a similar tool. > > I haven't seen this "problem" discussed seriously in a few > years. Has a consensus been reached that obfuscation is not > in fact a solution to the problem, or are you expressing your > opinion? In either case, what tests have been done? > > The person who started this thread should at least check out > the products from Thinstall, Xenocode and RemoteSoft. > > At 01:20 PM 9/7/2005, Christopher wrote (in part) > > >As Frans stated, even if you protect the product with > licensing, it is > >still very easy to decompile (and output source files!) .net > >applications that are not obfuscated. Even then, if someone really > >wants your code they could probably find a way to break the > obfuscation. > > > J. Merrill / Analytical Software Corp > > =================================== > This list is hosted by DevelopMentor. http://www.develop.com > > View archives and manage your subscription(s) at > http://discuss.develop.com > =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentor® http://www.develop.com View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
