Re: .NET Code reverse engineering

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Hello Lelic,

L> have been tasked to convert a VB6 app to c#. The app has a thick VB
L> client and communicates via internet with database. At the first
L> glance I was going down the path of Remoting for communication, but

Remoting over what? SOAP, binary? Why did u choose remoting?

L> than I have read couple of post about how easy it is to reverse
L> engineer the .NET code. I'm concerned that now my Remote server
L> component's interface and location will be exposed. L> The data is highly sensitive, so I'm looking for a suggestion on how to protect
L> compiled code from reverse engineering. Any suggestions are
L> appreciated.
L> 

sure, but nothing  is perfect. What kinda info u wanna protect? just code?
mb look at protection of  your data, not code?
..net gives u standart CryptoAPI. u can start from it.

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