News and Events Press Releases PreEmptive Solutions Launches Lucidator For Translating Obfuscated Code
PreEmptive Solutions Launches Lucidator For Translating Obfuscated Code |
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Dotfuscator Professional Edition and Lucidator easily integrate code level security into the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 development lifecycle.
San Francisco, CA. - March 24, 2004 PreEmptive Solutions, the leader in obfuscation, size reduction and optimization development tools, announces the release of LucidatorTM . Lucidator is a standalone stack trace and symbol translation tool used to debug obfuscated code created with Dotfuscator. Dotfuscator generates a map file that can be used by support personnel running Lucidator to translate the obfuscated stack traces and symbols back to unobfuscated stack traces and symbols. Lucidator is licensed for a group, defined as anyone associated with a particular team or product that has been obfuscated by an identified instance of Dotfuscator Professional. Lucidator is ideal for support teams that need to translate and debug obfuscated code. Unlimited number of users in a group can use Lucidator, and there is no registration process. PreEmptive also announces that its Dotfuscator Community Edition will support the forthcoming Microsoft Visual Studio 2005TM . By integrating its obfuscation tools with Visual Studio 2005, PreEmptive will provide developers writing code to run on the Microsoft .NET FrameworkTM with an extra layer of protection against reverse engineering, or decompilation. This integration enables organizations to make code level security part of their overall software development lifecycle. "We are excited to continue our strong relationship with PreEmptive Solutions and support Dotfuscator Community Edition in Visual Studio 2005," said David Lazar, director in the Developer Platform and Evangelism Division at Microsoft Corp. "This tool will help developers continue to protect their intellectual and feel more secure with .NET-based applications." "Protecting access to source code and creating compact and efficient applications are two of the most important issues in developing applications," says Gabriel Torok, president of PreEmptive Solutions. "Dotfuscator Professional Edition and Lucidator provide the security and seamless integration into the software development lifecycle that today's security environment demands." "Before undertaking a migration to the Microsoft .NET Framework, corporate enterprises must be sure that their enterprise applications are inherently secure. PreEmptive's Dotfuscator software--which is integrated into Visual Studio .NET 2003-- addresses that concern," says Laura DiDio, an analyst with the Yankee Group in Boston. "...Dotfuscator software is a positive step on the road to secure application development; it's meant to confuse and confound would be hackers, making it extremely difficult to tamper with the integrity of .NET Framework-based applications. I believe developing applications just got safer with the integration of PreEmptive's Dotfuscator." Dotfuscator Professional Edition provides full support of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 and has the following advanced features: Control Flow Obfuscation, Pruning, String Encryption, Enhanced Overload Induction, Incremental Obfuscation, Automated Stack Trace Translations, PDB Debugging Support, XML/HTML Report Files, Rich Visual Studio Integration and Integration with Build Scripts. Fortune 500 and smaller corporations have integrated code security into their development process and currently rely on Dotfuscator technology in their operations. Ease of use and platform migration continue to be driving factors in which code security software solution these companies select, according to Mats Hagberg of Volvo's IT operation in the United States. "We needed to protect our intellectual property and make sure no one has access to our code within these diagnostics," says Hagberg, method area manager for Volvo's .NET applications. "We chose PreEmptive Solutions for several reasons: the level of security PreEmptive Solutions provide, the low-maintenance and the fact that we needed a solution that worked on multiple platforms. PreEmptive Solutions was the best solution for us." Dotfuscator and Lucidator will support Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. Dotfuscator Professional Edition includes advanced features that provide strong code protection and makes .NET Framework-based applications as small and efficient as they can be. More information can be found at http://www.preemptive.com About PreEmptive Solutions All product and company names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. Press Contact: |