[dba-Tech] .NET obfuscators

 Hi Gustav --

I have tried the 'Smart Assembly' (obfuscation) tool ( http://www.red-gate.com/products/dotnet-development/smartassembly/ ) - it's just great. And it's actually not only obfuscation tool but it has other useful features as e.g. making a single assembly from the main exe and its dependent dlls. I have tried it and it worked flawlessly for me for my customer application having main executable and a dozen of dependent DLLs.

-- Shamil


Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:35:48 +0300 from Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>:
>Hi Gustav --
>
>I believe/expect the 'Smart Assembly' obfuscation tool from Red-Gate company
>
>http://www.red-gate.com/products/dotnet-development/smartassembly/
>
>should be one of the best .NET code obfuscation tools on the market.
>
>I haven't tried it yet. I will probably try it this night. It has 14 days free trial.
>
>You can watch their short demonstration video (3+ min) at the above URL - they are able to obfuscate not only classes/methods/properties/.... names but also actual control flow, string values - obfuscated that way .NET assemblies can't be reverse-engineered by existing tools as .Net Reflector etc.
>
>Thank you.
>
>-- Shamil
>
>
>Mon, 22 Dec 2014 09:31:39 +0000 from Gustav Brock < gustav at cactus.dk >:
>>Hi Shamil
>>
>>Yes, it takes a lot more to interpret the output and turn it into readable and understandable code.
>>
>>/gustav
>>
>>-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
>>Fra:  dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Salakhetdinov Shamil
>>Sendt: 21. december 2014 21:42
>>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>>Emne: Re: [dba-Tech] .NET obfuscators
>>
>> Hi Gustav --
>>
>>Yes, de-obfuscators would be quite capable - there is no "bullet proof" defense from professional hackers/reverse-engineers. I'm looking for a tool to stop amateurs, even with a powerful de-obfuscators they will not be able IMO to reverse engineer properly obfuscated .NET assemblies.
>>
>>-- Shamil
>>
>>
>>Sat, 20 Dec 2014 09:37:10 +0000 from Gustav Brock <  gustav at cactus.dk >:
>>>Hi Shamil
>>>
>>>Short answer: No.
>>>
>>>Besides, it's my impression that the available deobfuscators are quite cabable, thus you should seek other methods to stay ahead of the bad guys.
>>>
>>>/gustav
>>>
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>>>Sendt: 20. december 2014 09:58
>>>Til: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
>>>Emne: [dba-Tech] .NET obfuscators
>>>
>>> Hi All --
>>>
>>>Do you use any of the tools from the following list ?:
>>>
>>>List of obfuscators for .NET
>>>  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_obfuscators_for_.NET
>>>
>>>Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>>--
>>>Салахетдинов Шамиль 
>>
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