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C# obfuscation in Visual Studio Code Contents Prerequisites Create a sample application Enable obfuscation Conclusion Visual Studio Code (not Visual Studio!) is an open-source IDE from Microsoft that supports many programming languages. It can work …

How to obfuscate a C# application on Linux? Contents .NET obfuscator for Linux Creating a console application to obfuscate How to enable obfuscation? Conclusion .NET obfuscator for Linux Initially, applications built for .NET could run …

A .NET obfuscator for Visual Studio Contents Reasons to use obfuscators Enable obfuscation in Visual Studio Summary In this tutorial, we will show you how to obfuscate a .NET application in Visual Studio. ArmDot is …

Contents Why is it essential to obfuscate UWP applications? Prepare a sample application. Prepare the project for obfuscation. Conclusion Why is it essential to obfuscate UWP applications? UWP is a modern platform aimed to create …

Contents Why do developers need a .NET obfuscator? A sample application checks password Comparison of original and obfuscated code Conclusion In this article, you will learn how to obfuscate a .NET application in JetBrains Rider. …

What is Blazor? Blazor is a modern web framework from Microsoft aimed to let developers write web applications in C#. Blazor WebAssembly is one of the Blazor editions that allows to create single-page apps in …

Can obfuscation affect performance? Almost every commercial application nowadays uses code protection. Traditionally, .NET applications are protected by obfuscation. An obfuscator renames metadata, changes the code, making it difficult to decode, hides resources, encrypts string …

Developers, who write in C#, VB.Net, or any other .Net language, often ask how to get and check hardware id in their favorite language. No matter what language you use, the idea is the same. …

What is obfuscation? Almost all VB.Net developers know that compiled .Net code is well readable and easy to understand.  Most names, that a developer uses for classes, methods, and fields, are opened, and everyone can …

C# code is an intellectual property, no company wants their code to be stolen. Unfortunately, compiled code is opened to everyone: it is easy to extract, modify and rebuild it. Another problem is that embedded …