Category: Dotfuscator CE Change Log

Change Log – – Version 6.3.0 – Release Date May 2021

Important Compatibility Changes

This is a new major version of Dotfuscator Community.

• Dotfuscator no longer supports injecting PreEmptive Analytics runtime telemetry.
  Checks are still supported, and you can use custom code triggered via application notification to report security incidents to an analytics platform of your choosing.
• Dotfuscator no longer supports assemblies built for Silverlight, Windows Phone, or WinRT (e.g. Windows 8 apps).
• Dotfuscator no longer supports .appx files as input packages.
• Dotfuscator no longer supports the Unity game engine.
• Dotfuscator no longer has its own proxy settings.
  Please use the system proxy settings instead.
• Dotfuscator’s Check Attributes are now distributed separately from Dotfuscator.
  They are available in the PreEmptive.Protection.Checks.Attributes NuGet package on nuget.org.

Change Log – – Version 5.44.0 – Release Date October 2019

Important Compatibility Changes

• Running Dotfuscator now minimally requires .NET Framework v4.7.2 (previously, v4.6.1).

Change Log – – Version 5.42.0 – Release Date April 2019

Enhancements

• Added a new “Emit Debugging Symbols” setting. Selecting this option causes Dotfuscator to automatically emit updated debugging symbols (i.e., PDB files) in the same format as those included with the input assemblies. This option supports Portable PDBs as well as the original .NET Framework PDB format.

Change Log – – Version 5.40.1 – Release Date February 2019

Enhancements

• Localization changes, including up-to-date translations for all supported languages.

Change Log – – Version 5.40.0 – Release Date January 2019

Enhancements

• Revised User Guide instructions for protecting Xamarin apps.
• Sample projects have been moved to GitHub. You can still access them from Dotfuscator Community by choosing “File” -> “Download Samples”.
• The “Renaming” -> “Exclusions” tab’s code tree now consolidates Custom Attributes under a single node for each code item, allowing easier browsing.
• This release may include protection enhancements not described here.

Change Log – – Version 5.36.0 – Release Date July 2018

Enhancements

• Dotfuscator can now run when Windows is configured to only allow FIPS-compliant cryptography.

Change Log – – Version 5.35.0 – Release Date April 2018

Enhancements

• Added Root Check for Xamarin Android applications. Dotfuscator can inject code into an application to detect and react if the application is running on an Android device that has been rooted.

Change Log – – Version 5.34.0 – Release Date March 2018

Enhancements

• Improved ASP.NET Core Smart Obfuscation.
• Dotfuscator will now take into account configured Assembly Binding Redirects while performing cross-assembly obfuscation.
  • Dotfuscator honors configured Assembly Binding Redirects for non-strong-named assemblies.

Change Log – – Version 5.32.0 – Release Date September 2017

Enhancements

• A new user-friendly interface for configuring Checks has been added.
  • Tamper Checks, Debugging Checks, and Shelf Life Checks are now configured using the new Checks sub-tab. They can no longer be configured as extended attributes in the Instrumentation sub-tab.
  • A Check, when configured in the user interface, can now target multiple methods. Checks that are configured by in-code attributes only target the method they annotate.

Change Log – – Version 5.30.0 – Release Date May 2017

Enhancements

• Improved renaming support in Xamarin applications, particularly around data bindings.
• Improved performance when processing XAML.
• Dotfuscator can now find reference assemblies associated with an installation of Visual Studio 2017, in addition to reference assemblies that are shared machine-wide.
• Dotfuscator can now find UWP reference assemblies when targeting the Windows 10 Creator’s Update.