Should se send PDB files along with EXE/DLL's

[Dan]

Are these very sensitive? Can anybody read these files.
We want to keep our source code safe.

Thanks, Dan

 

[Michel Posseth [MCP]]

The answer is no you should not deploy the pdb files along with your
executables
as these files contain debug info see :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms241903.aspx

We want to keep our source code safe.

Well that is hard with a .Net app as anyone can decompile your application
pretty easy unless you use some form of obfuscation but even then it is not
100% safe .

Want to know how safe your code is ? wel a start would be to unleash .Net
reflector on your assemblies ( this tool is still free of charge
downloadable from the redgate website , and is superb in its kind )

HTH

Michel Posseth