I’d suggest a couple of points on this: * Dotfuscator has been around a long time, so you’d imagine that for them to still be in business their produce must be reasonable and that companies are indeed willing to pay.
* Suggesting that you could just re-write an equivalent for $15700 is just ridiculous. Could you create something that obfuscator some basic things, sure. I could then spend less than that reverse engineering your obfuscation. There’s nothing trivial about good obfuscation. * Lastly, and I think this is the reason why I think they charge so much – they probably need to have a fair bit of legal protection and insurance. They’re offering a product that’s designed to protect the IP of others….. if I were a betting man, this is not something I would undertake unless I knew there was no way that I couldn’t be sued if someone managed to extract the IP, or that I had enough insurance to cover any legal claim. Nick Randolph | Built to Roam Pty Ltd | Co-Founder, Technical Director | +61 412 413 425 | 1300 613 140 | www.builttoroam.com<https://www.builttoroam.com/> The information contained in this email is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not disclose or use the information in this email in any way. Built to Roam Pty Ltd does not guarantee the integrity of any emails or attached files. The views or opinions expressed are the author's own and may not reflect the views or opinions of Built to Roam Pty Ltd. From: ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com <ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com> On Behalf Of Greg Keogh Sent: Thursday, 1 October 2020 8:17 AM To: ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> Subject: Re: Dotfuscating My guess is that for $15700 upfront payment, you’d get a pretty reasonable obfuscator written for you at present. Pretty reasonable, you'd hope so! The guy replied already to say he appreciated my candor and suggested there are cheaper simpler alternatives, but said many customers had come to them due to dissatisfaction with the alternatives (he would say that). He also pointed out that some of their customers include Microsoft, NATO, CERN, Wells Fargo and World Bank, which is pretty impressive, but maybe that's why they've forgotten about a price-tier for a couple of blokes in the suburbs who haven't got the budget of NATO. GK
