Security of .NET Framework 2.0 assembly signing...

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework

12 Oct 2005 7:50 PM

Nick Z.

I heard that assembly signing in 1.1 was cracked.
Is version 2.0 better at signing assemblies?

Would it be sufficient to sign the assemblies to prevent them from being
tampered with? Should I use something else in addition (obfustication
tools, encryption tools)? Can you recommend such tools? Can you point me
in the right direction towards protecting my .NET applications in
general? (good articles, guidelines, etc would be appreciated)

Thanks,
Nick Z.

21 Oct 2005 4:14 AM

Nick Z.

Anyone?

I'll clarify my question:
What is a reasonably good way of protecting c# assemblies against
crackers and such?

Thanks,
Nick Z.

Nick Z. wrote:
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> I heard that assembly signing in 1.1 was cracked.
> Is version 2.0 better at signing assemblies?
>
> Would it be sufficient to sign the assemblies to prevent them from being
> tampered with? Should I use something else in addition (obfustication
> tools, encryption tools)? Can you recommend such tools? Can you point me
> in the right direction towards protecting my .NET applications in
> general? (good articles, guidelines, etc would be appreciated)
>
> Thanks,
> Nick Z.