'.NET 6 obfuscation

I'm trying to obfuscate an .exe file obtained after compiling my .NET 6 project with the "Produce a single file" option, the problem is that no obfuscator works on it, I wanted to know if anyone knows why?

Thanks in advance for your answer

c++sharp.netobfuscation.net-6.0


Solution 1:[1]

You have to obfuscate main application dll, which is located in the "obj\Release\net6.0-windows\win-x64" folder and copy obfuscated dll to the path.

Here is a working example using Obfuscar. These lines are located in the .csproj file.

    <Target Name="Obfuscation" AfterTargets="AfterCompile" Condition="'$(PublishProtocol)'!=''">
        <Exec Command="&quot;$(Obfuscar)&quot; obfuscar.xml" />
    </Target>
    <Target Name="PostBuild" AfterTargets="PostBuildEvent" Condition="'$(PublishProtocol)'!=''">
        <Exec Command="COPY &quot;C:\Users\Application\obj\Release\net6.0-windows\win-x64\Obfuscated\Application.dll&quot; &quot;C:\Users\Application\obj\Release\net6.0-windows\win-x64\Application.dll&quot;" />
    </Target>

After that, when you publish single file exe, your application code inside the archive will be obfuscated.

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Solution 1 Ozan Budak

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