Protect DLL´s ?!

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Protect DLL´s ?!
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Hey Guys,
i have a Question.
Lets say i have a DLL Made with Visual Basic and i am using it for a Program that i also made in Visual Basic.
Can i Protect that DLL anyway so that only i can import it in my Program and others can not use it in there Programs ?!

Thanks in Advance!
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Re: Protect DLL´s ?!
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you can use ILMerge to merge the dll in the exe so noone can use it :P

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/d ... laylang=en

You can also give your functions and stuff weird names like blsosl() so noone knows what it is :P
http://vagex.com/?ref=25000
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When i am using ILMerge i still have the DLL then or it will be bind into the EXE and DLL and Program EXE is one exe file then ?!
Cause i need to have the DLL,its for my YouTube Downloader...it will contains the Download Code.
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I would have obfuscated the DLL and then used ILMerge to merge the exe and the dll into a single exe.
And yes the program would still work even if the dll is not present in the executable folder if you have merged the assemblies.
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Ok if it merge both into Single File then i have no use for ILMerge.
Some other Way maybe to Protect it ?!
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Hey Guys i found this would helps it to Protect my DLL´s so that no one other can use it in there Program ?!
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Make it require a 'secret' code, and then in your application, you add the code there, and then obfuscate your program.
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Codex wrote:
Make it require a 'secret' code, and then in your application, you add the code there, and then obfuscate your program.
That would be a Good and Easy way,thanks.
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Napster1488 wrote:
Ok if it merge both into Single File then i have no use for ILMerge.
Some other Way maybe to Protect it ?!
How ?
If you merge it no one will have the dll and theres no use for the exe
http://vagex.com/?ref=25000
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I need to have the Program Exe and the dll as seperate Files.
Cause i have Update Function and it should only Updates the DLL then.
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