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Dotfuscator
DevelopersPreemptive Solutions, LLC
Initial releaseApril 2002; 24 years ago (2002-04)
Stable release
6.5.4 / 7 April 2023; 3 years ago (2023-04-07)
Operating systemWindows, Linux, MacOS.
TypeCode obfuscator
LicenseProprietary software
Websitewww.preemptive.com/products/dotfuscator

Dotfuscator is a software protection and obfuscation tool for applications built with .NET, C#, MAUI and Universal Windows Platform (UWP). Dotfuscator uses a multi-layered defense strategy that combines code obfuscation, encryption, code shrinking, and application hardening to make reverse engineering and tampering significantly harder.

Ordinarily, .NET executables typically retain a high level of metadata and intermediate language (IL) code, which can be analyzed or decompiled using free tools such as ILSpy, dotPeek and JustDecompile.

This can expose application logic, algorithms, intellectual property (trade secrets), licensing mechanisms, and security-related code. Applications can also be inspected at runtime through debugging tools. Dotfuscator is designed to reduce these risks by making code analysis, reverse engineering, and runtime tampering more difficult.

Dotfuscator was developed by PreEmptive. A free version, known as Dotfuscator Community Edition, has been distributed as part of Microsoft's Visual Studio.[1][2][3][4][5].

A separate Dotfuscator Professional edition is also available under a commercial license, with a trial version offered by PreEmptive.

References

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  1. ^ Massi, Beth (23 February 2010). "Dotfuscator Gets Better and Still Free in Visual Studio". msdn.com. Microsoft, Inc. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  2. ^ "Microsoft and PreEmptive Solutions announce enhanced version of Dotfuscator Community Edition to be included in Microsoft Visual Studio". NFV NEWS.
  3. ^ Richardson, Chris (2008). COBOL and Visual Basic on .NET: A Guide for the Reformed Mainframe Programmer. New York: Apress. p. 636. ISBN 9781430207726.
  4. ^ Johnson, Bruce (2012). Professional Visual Studio 2012. Indianapolis: John Wiley & Sons. p. 877. ISBN 9781118416488.
  5. ^ Patrick, Tim; Craig, John Clark (2006). Visual Basic 2005 Cookbook: Solutions for VB 2005 Programmers. Sebastopol, CA: O’Reilly Media, Inc. p. 34. ISBN 9780596101770.

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