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Oct 15

Obfuscating an F# assembly: discriminated unions, the [CompilationMapping] attribute, and what FSharp.Core reflects on

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 15

Renewal nudges that don''t nag: driving "expires in N days" from LicenseKind, not a date in your code

#keyright #licensing #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 15

Decompiling exception filters: the catch (e) when (...) that becomes a filter region and the endfilter that runs it

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 15

Obfuscating readonly structs, in parameters, and ref returns: the modreqs and compiler attributes Nebula must not strip

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

9 min read

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Oct 15

Verifying a Keyright license on Native AOT: no reflection, a trimmed verify path, and the public key as a ReadOnlySpan<byte>

#keyright #licensing #dotnet #deepdive

10 min read

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Oct 15

Decompiling optional and named arguments: default values in the Constant table and the temporaries the compiler emits for reordering

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

10 min read

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Oct 14

Obfuscating virtual and interface members: override chains, explicit implementations, and the MethodImpl table that ties them together

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

10 min read

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Oct 14

Licensing a .NET component library: the developer license, the key that compiles into your customer''s app, and what the end user never sees

#keyright #licensing #dotnet

14 min read

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Oct 14

Decompiling fixed: pinned locals, the null-or-empty array guard, and GetPinnableReference

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

12 min read

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Oct 14

Obfuscating generics: renaming type parameters, and the constraints and reflection that pin the names down

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 14

Choosing a signature algorithm for your license keys: Ed25519, ECDSA and RSA compared

#keyright #licensing #security

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Oct 14

Decompiling foreach: the enumerator, the hidden try/finally, and when it is really a for loop

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 14

Obfuscating enums: why the names survive renaming, and how ToString() and switch leak them

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 14

Pinning your verification public key: the attacker who just swaps your key for theirs

#keyright #licensing #security

9 min read

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Oct 14

Decompiling control flow: how Glass.NET rebuilds loops and if/else from a pile of branches

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

10 min read

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Oct 13

Renaming to collisions: how Nebula reuses one name across members, and why the CLR tells them apart by signature

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 13

Designing a license key humans can type: base32, segment grouping, and a check digit that catches typos

#licensing #dotnet #deepdive

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Oct 13

Decompiling anonymous types: the generated generic class behind new { a, b }

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

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Oct 13

One license, four runtimes: verifying the same Keyright key from .NET, Node, Python and Java

#licensing #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 13

Obfuscating custom attributes: what the metadata keeps, what renaming breaks, and the reflection that still works

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

6 min read

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Oct 13

Obfuscating async/await and iterators: why the state machine survives renaming (and the one binding a naive renamer breaks)

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 13

Verifying a license key is not free: caching the signature check without caching a stale answer

#licensing #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 13

Decompiling a?.b?.c: how the null-conditional operator becomes branches and one shared skip label

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 13

Decompiling a switch on strings: the hidden hash jump table the compiler builds

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 13

Licensing a .NET CLI tool: headless activation, KEYRIGHT_LICENSE, and runners with no "Register" dialog

#licensing #cli #cicd #guide

8 min read

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Oct 13

Decompiling C# events: the CompareExchange loop behind += and -=

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 12

Obfuscating an assembly your tests still have to pass: InternalsVisibleTo and friend assemblies

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #testing

6 min read

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Oct 12

A license is a capability token: Keyright entitlements as ASP.NET Core authorization policies

#licensing #entitlements #aspnetcore #guide

6 min read

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Oct 12

Decompiling params collections: where did my array go?

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

6 min read

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Oct 12

Obfuscating a WinForms app without losing your designer resources

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #winforms

7 min read

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Oct 12

One license, many clocks: per-entitlement expiry with Keyright

#licensing #entitlements #guide

7 min read

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Oct 12

Decompiling the new lock: when the compiler stops calling Monitor

#decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

6 min read

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Oct 12

Obfuscating an Avalonia app: compiled bindings, the ViewLocator convention, and what the XAML compiler already made rename-safe

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

11 min read

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Oct 12

Deactivating a license and moving it to a new machine: receipts, offline proofs, and transfer limits

#keyright #licensing #deepdive

11 min read

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Oct 12

Decompiling operator overloads: op_ names, checked operators, and the conversions that only compile as operators

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

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Oct 12

Obfuscating a plugin host without breaking the plugin contract

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

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Oct 12

When a VM gets cloned: detecting duplicate activations in node-locked licensing

#keyright #licensing #deepdive

9 min read

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Oct 12

Decompiling ref fields and scoped: how C# 11 ref structs look in IL

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 11

Obfuscating a gRPC service without breaking the contract on the wire

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 11

Turning on license enforcement without locking out your customers: audit mode first

#licensing #dotnet #guide

9 min read

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Oct 11

Decompiling init-only setters and required members: the modreq and attributes that make them

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 11

Obfuscating an ASP.NET Core app: controllers, DI, model binding, and what must stay public

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

12 min read

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Oct 11

Versioning your license payload: adding claims without breaking the clients already in the field

#licensing #dotnet #guide

12 min read

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Oct 11

Decompiling nullable reference types: where string? actually lives in the metadata

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

10 min read

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Oct 11

Obfuscating P/Invoke and DllImport code without breaking native interop

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 11

License heartbeats and lease reaping: counting concurrent seats when clients crash

#licensing #dotnet #guide

11 min read

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Oct 11

Decompiling C# 12 inline arrays and stackalloc: fixed buffers without the unsafe

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

8 min read

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Oct 11

Named-user licensing: binding entitlements to a person, not a machine

#licensing #dotnet #guide

8 min read

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Oct 11

Encrypting embedded resources: the data your obfuscator forgets

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

6 min read

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Oct 11

Decompiling static abstract interface members: how generic math compiles

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

6 min read

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Oct 10

Storing an activated license on the client: DPAPI, tamper-evident caching, and what not to trust

#licensing #dotnet #guide

6 min read

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Oct 10

When nameof and [CallerMemberName] leak your renamed members

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

6 min read

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Oct 10

Making a tampered build phone home: report-home across .NET and .NET Framework

#nebulanet #antitamper #dotnet #guide

6 min read

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Oct 10

Rotating your license-signing key without bricking the field

#licensing #dotnet #guide

7 min read

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Oct 10

Decompiling function pointers: calli, delegate*, and where the calling convention hides

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

7 min read

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Oct 10

Re-signing a .NET assembly after obfuscation: strong names and Authenticode

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #guide

6 min read

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Oct 10

Selling updates: how a license decides which versions it may run

#licensing #dotnet #guide

6 min read

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Oct 10

Decompiling tuples: where the names (count, name) actually live

#glassnet #decompilation #dotnet #deepdive

6 min read

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Oct 10

Obfuscating an Entity Framework Core app without breaking your data layer

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #guide

7 min read

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Oct 10

Licensing containers and autoscaled .NET services with Keyright

#licensing #dotnet #guide

7 min read

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