Dotfuscator is a post-build .NET hardening and instrumentation platform for protecting, measuring and managing .NET applications.

One of the challenges associated with programming using .NET is that source code can be easily derived from compiled executables through the use of reverse-engineering tools and techniques. This quick access to source code increases the risk of intellectual property theft, source code vulnerability exploitation, privacy violations, and information loss, as well as potential revenue loss from piracy.

Introduced in 2003 alongside Microsoft's release of .NET 1.0, Dotfuscator uses a variety of advanced and patented techniques to harden .NET applications. Dotfuscator provides capabilities for obfuscation, compaction, tamper detection and resistance, expiration and notification ("Shelf Life") behaviors, watermarking, as well as the ability to inject runtime intelligence instrumentation, which is used by PreEmptive Solutions' Runtime Intelligence Service™.

Dotfuscator is used for applications targeted to run in desktop, mobile, web and cloud (e.g. Azure) environments; it is also used with Silverlight applications.

Dotfuscator works solely on compiled .NET assemblies, and Dotfuscator’s output files are standard .NET assemblies that run under the .NET Common Language Runtime with no additional dependencies

The Dotfuscator family is made up of 3 editions:

• Dotfuscator Suite is designed to meet the comprehensive needs of any organization that produces software.
• Dotfuscator MDE is an entry-level solution for developers with limited hardening needs.
• Dotfuscator CE is a free, light-weight edition that provides basic obfuscation “out of the box” for all .NET developers using Visual Studio.

Dotfuscator  Lets You:

• Protect Intellectual Property Reduce piracy
• Minimize vulnerability exploitation
• Improve beta process results
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• Safely and efficiently deliver user experience improvement programs
• Improve application value by connecting application usage to business intelligence and business performance metrics
• Increase control over distributed applications by encoding IT and application lifecycle policies directly into production software.

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