Is it hard to decompile a Java or .NET application?
Programs written for .NET are easy to reverse engineer. This is not in any way a fault in the design of .NET; it is simply a reality of modern, intermediate-compiled languages. The .NET Framework uses of expressive file syntax for delivery of executable code: MSIL (Microsoft Intermediate Language) for .NET. Being much higher-level than binary machine code, the intermediate files are laden with identifiers and algorithms that are immediately observable and ultimately understandable. After all, it is obviously difficult to make something easy to understand, flexible, and extendable while simultaneously hiding its crucial details. So anyone with a copy of a free decompiler such as Reflector for .NET or JAD can look at your code and reverse engineer your source code. Suddenly, your software licensing code, copy protection mechanisms, and proprietary business logic are much more available for all to see – whether it’s legal or not. Anyone can peruse the details of your software for whatever
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