Hi John,

Thanks for the explaination. Fortunately, the thing I need to "evaluate" is not really valuable information. Good to know about this stuff though.

Regards,

Mike


>Mike,
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>.NET executables are easily decompiled. So if there is valuable IP involved in your dotNET work, you can "obfuscate" to protect it. As the label suggests, obfuscation means that instead of decompiling to your elegant, readable code, your Assemblies decompile as an incomprehensible mess that will run correctly but can be almost impossible to understand.
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>Most obfuscation includes conversion of Names into meaningless gibberish. If your runtime evaluation then includes something that has been renamed, the effect is obvious. Most obfuscators allow you to specify Names that are not to be altered but you need to consider and design it in advance if there is any chance you need to protect your work.
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>Regards
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>j.R