.Net obfuscation

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RasputinDude replied

21 November 2012, 14:29
Originally posted by SimonMac View Post

All depends on what you got to hide?! Maybe you've been stealing someone else's code!

All mine.
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SimonMac replied

21 November 2012, 14:24
All depends on what you got to hide?! Maybe you've been stealing someone else's code!
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RasputinDude replied

21 November 2012, 13:51
n what way is it causing a problem?

I'm not sure at the moment. It's a bit complex - it's been elevated to MS (huzaah for contacts!) and they are calling me on Friday afternoon to go through it.

The algorithm isn't particularly special, to be honest.

I started obfuscating it when the product was in Beta and it was being tested in a few places where I knew the competition also had installations - I wanted to prevent the competitors from seeing what I was doing before it was fully launched. Now that it's out there and the competition have seen it, I'm not convinced that it's necessary.
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jmo21 replied

21 November 2012, 13:40
in what way is it causing a problem?

Performance?

Must be an interesting algorithm if you feel it needs any kind of protection.
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eek replied

21 November 2012, 13:24
.Net obfuscation

You live on selling and supporting not on whether people steal your software.

Personally I wouldn't bother
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RasputinDude started a topic .Net obfuscation

21 November 2012, 13:21
.Net obfuscation

Any thoughts on whether obfuscation should be used or not?

I ask because PlanB is now being bought by a number of organisations throughout Europe. Up until now, I have been obfuscating it, but the obfuscation is getting to the point where it is causing a problem.

Reading StackOverflow - security - Best .NET obfuscation tools/strategy - Stack Overflow - has caused me to wonder if it is necessary.

Anyone got any thoughts?
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