source-code-protection

Why does vs2008 express shows me the source code for another dll Project?

Hi guys, i'm totally new to .net especially with c# 3.0 and i'm working on an access database wrapper application because we need to protect the password and content of the database from being directly accessed by a third party developer. I'm currently testing to write a simple client app to trigger the functions in the dll and to my su...

How to protect compiled Java classes?

I know, many similar questions has been asked here. I am not asking if I can protect my compiled Java class - because obviously you will say 'no you can't'. I am asking what is the best known method of protecting Java classes against de-compiling? If you aware of any research or academic paper in this field please do let me know. Also if...

How to protect applications ?

My boss have given me assignment to find how a web based application developed in .NET can be protected. As per agreement products developed in our company are an asset of the company and even non-developers can access the code. But my boss still he wants to know how he can protect products in case a developer steals the code and tries t...

Code Security for PHP

What is code security? And also what is obfuscator? Do they have major similarities? I have been hearing about the security issues of the code. How can we secure our code in php? How necessary is it to make our code secured and how? ...