1.18. Make Your Assembly More Difficult to Decompile
Problem
You want to make sure that people cannot decompile your .NET assemblies.
Solution
The only way to ensure that your assembly cannot be decompiled is by not making it directly accessible. This can be accomplished using a server-based solution. If you must distribute assemblies, you have no way to stop people from decompiling them. The best you can do is use obfuscation and components compiled to native code to make your assemblies more difficult to decompile.
How It Works
Because .NET assemblies consist of a standardized, platform-independent set of instruction codes and metadata that describes the types contained in the assembly, they are relatively easy to decompile. This allows decompilers ...
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