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I have a .NET project (C#,WPF), and I was wondering if there are any good tools for encrypting this before releasing it to customers. I know a similar question has been asked before (Encrypting a .NET application and assemblies), but what I am looking for is someone who has done this on a commercial product.

I have been looking at Assembly Lockbox and CodeVeil, but I do not have any practical experience with either.

It would also be super-nice if any of the tools can be used in the build process on a Hudson server.

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Truls Unstad
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  • possible duplicate of [encrypting a .Net application and assemblies](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/494211/encrypting-a-net-application-and-assemblies) – Peter O. Jun 22 '15 at 17:35

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It is obvious as it was previously answered, that you need an obfuscation tool. Let me help with some of the tools that support integration with build servers:
http://www.secureteam.net/Obfuscator.aspx
http://www.foss.kharkov.ua/g1/projects/eazfuscator/dotnet/Default.aspx
http://www.red-gate.com/products/smartassembly/index.htm
http://xheo.com/products/code-protection
http://www.preemptive.com/products/dotfuscator/overview

Some of them are commercial products, but you definitely need to check them also. From my experience and previous usage, i had no problems and very satisfying results using RedGate's tool and dotFuscator also.

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  • This would be in addition to an obfuscation tool. What I am asking is if anyone has used any of the *Encryption* tools for encrypting .NET assemblies. – Truls Unstad Dec 03 '10 at 09:46
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I have used CodeVeil, it has command-line options for it's programs, and can be included in automated build systems. I haven't used Hudson, but it works with TeamCity.

Yes, this does encryption, which is different to obfuscation, although it can do that too.

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What you are looking for is a .NET Obfuscator. There are many of them out there, but you have some very specific needs as I read your post :

  1. You need a very strong .NET Obfuscator which can handle commercial app:
    • Therefore those apps are kind of big projects, aren't they ?
  2. The .NET Obfuscator you are looking for shall be compatible with build-process on some server

NETGuard.io is a cloud-based .NET Obfuscator, which means that you can protect your .NET Projct with ease on any plateform you can imagine. It has a strong compatibility module and some very nice feature such as the 'Error Reporter' one which can be very usefull for commercial applications. It is both strong and safe. I'm using it for my personnal project and for my profesionnal freelancing jobs too.

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