And they picked up Lutz Roeder's Reflector last year. Interesting combo. Think they could be going for domination of the optimization & obfuscation space in bytecode-style frameworks like .NET and the JVM? Or perhaps building some sort of IDE offering or plugin set that builds on these pieces?
∞ Andy Badera ∞ +1 518-641-1280 ∞ This email is: [ ] bloggable [x] ask first [ ] private ∞ Google me: http://www.google.com/search?q=(andrew+badera)+OR+(andy+badera) On Fri, Sep 4, 2009 at 5:09 AM, Britt King<[email protected]> wrote: > > Interesting bit of news in the .NET code protection niche: > http://www.pr-inside.com/red-gate-acquires-smartassembly-r1463604.htm > > Thoughts? > > On Aug 13, 6:56 pm, Cerebrus <[email protected]> wrote: >> I have used it... specifically the v. 3.0 Community edition which is >> provided with VS 2005. >> >> Personally, I found that in order to tame it down to a free "Community >> Edition", they disabled the most important features, thus rendering >> the whole Obfuscation thing toothless. The lack of these features >> makes the process of obfuscation a joke because the CE only does basic >> renaming of types. >> >> Some features which I felt were sorely missed were : >> >> a) Generics support >> b) String encryption >> c) Integration with VS. >> >> Additionally, they make sure to provide the full fledged UI (while >> disabled) which can make it confusing for a newbie until he/she "gets >> it". I've used a lot of Shareware in my time and the conventional way >> is to provide a different UI for trial versions. Either way, it should >> be clear that "this feature is only available in the xx version." >> >> Due to these reasons, I haven't really "used" it... just experimented >> a bit with it back in 2006. >> >> On Aug 13, 1:44 pm, BK <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Have any of you tried the community version of dotfuscator that comes >> > with VS? >> >> > Likes, dislikes? >> >> > Any recommendations on a code protection/obfuscation tool? >> >> > Thanks in advance, >> >> > -BK >
