.NET Code Obfuscation.

[Vikram]

Hi,

I need some advice on making the choice for a good code obfuscator. I have
looked at Dotfuscator from Preemptive.
Some of the disadvantages they list with their dotfuscator product are:

1. Applications making use of .NET Remoting will not work as is.
2. Applications making use of .NET Reflection for loading types would have
issues.
3. The Exceptions if logged would not show the correct method names and
would need a tool provided by Dotfuscator to decipher the method names and
Stack Trace.

The target application which I am trying to obfuscate has made use of all
the above three aspects. Are the above mentioned
issues part of every obfuscation tool or specific to Dotfuscator ?

Also, would like recommendations from people who have used obfuscation as to
how they have gone about with it and main
issues faced.

Regards,
Vikram

 

[William Stacey [MVP]]

Check out XenoCode to see if it fits your needs. Have used, but not with
remoting, so not sure. Good otherwise.

 

[Jonathan Pierce]

Hi Vikram,

Our Decompiler.NET product will generate obfuscated code which you can
recompile and fully supports remoting and reflection as well as other
COM Interop issues. You can download a free trial version and try it
out for yourself at http://www.junglecreatures.com/ Our obfuscator is
the only product that allows you to tweak the obfuscated code if you
like and recompile it, or relink it with other assemblies.

Jonathan Pierce
President
Jungle Creatures, Inc.
http://www.junglecreatures.com/