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Nov 13

Obfuscating a SignalR app without breaking the hub method names clients call by string

#obfuscation #nebula

7 min read

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Nov 13

Floating Seats with Keyright: Licensing by Simultaneous Use, Not by Machine

#licensing #keyright

9 min read

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Nov 13

Decompiling [CallerArgumentExpression]: the source text the compiler bakes into your call sites, and how Glass restores the clean call

#decompilation #glass

8 min read

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Nov 13

Obfuscating a .NET global tool without breaking the command surface

#guide #nebula

7 min read

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Nov 13

React to Licensing in Real Time: Outbound Event Webhooks from Keyright

#webhooks #keyright

7 min read

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Nov 13

Decompiling [Flags] enums: how Glass.NET turns ldc.i4.3 back into Read | Write

#decompilation #glass

7 min read

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Nov 13

Obfuscating an Azure Functions Isolated-Worker App Without Breaking Function Discovery

#azurefunctions #obfuscation #nebula

9 min read

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Nov 13

Retry-Safe License Operations: Idempotency Keys for Activation, Metering and Issuance

#reliability #keyright

8 min read

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Nov 13

Decompiling module initializers: the <Module> static constructor and ModuleInitializerAttribute

#decompilation #glass

7 min read

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Nov 12

Obfuscating a localized .NET app: keeping IStringLocalizer, .resx and satellite assemblies working under renaming

#localization #obfuscation #nebulanet #dotnet

7 min read

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Nov 12

Many meters, one license: metering per-feature usage with multiple credit pools

#metering #keyright

9 min read

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Nov 12

Decompiling boxing, unboxing and the constrained. prefix in C#

#boxing #glassnet #decompilation #dotnet

7 min read

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Nov 12

Obfuscating a WinUI 3 app: what {x:Bind} already made rename-safe, and the three strings that still break it

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

9 min read

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Nov 12

Perpetual-fallback licensing: run the versions you paid for, forever

#licensing #keyright

8 min read

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Nov 12

Reading top-level statements in decompiled C#: the synthesized Program class and the Main entry point

#decompilation #glassnet #dotnet #deepdive

6 min read

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Nov 12

Verifying your obfuscation in CI — the protection report and `nebula verify`

#obfuscation #nebulanet

6 min read

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Nov 12

Licensing AI features and autonomous agents with signed, offline entitlements

#ailicensing #keyright

7 min read

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Nov 12

Decompile and inspect .NET assemblies from the command line — and from an AI assistant

#cli #glassnet #mcp #dotnet

7 min read

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Nov 11

Anti-Dump for .NET: Stopping Attackers From Lifting Your Assembly Out of Memory

#obfuscation #dotnet #security

4 min read

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Nov 11

Licensing Software That Runs on Ephemeral CI and Cloud Build Agents Without Burning Seats

#licensing #dotnet #guide

4 min read

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Nov 11

Decompiling P/Invoke and DllImport: Reading a .NET Assembly''s Native Interop

#decompilation #dotnet #guide

4 min read

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Nov 11

OEM, White-Label, and Reseller Licensing: Letting Partners Provision Keys Without Your Admin Token

#licensing #dotnet #guide

4 min read

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Nov 11

Obfuscating a ClickOnce-Deployed App: Why Order of Operations Decides Whether It Even Launches

#obfuscation #dotnet #guide

4 min read

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Nov 11

Decompiling a Blazor WebAssembly App: Reading the .NET DLLs the Browser Downloaded

#decompilation #dotnet #blazor

4 min read

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Nov 11

Obfuscating Code That Generates Code: Reflection.Emit, DynamicMethod, and Expression Trees

#obfuscation #dotnet #guide

4 min read

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Nov 11

Keeping License Activation Across Desktop Auto-Updates: Velopack, Squirrel, MSIX, and ClickOnce

#licensing #dotnet #guide

4 min read

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Nov 11

Decompiling ReadyToRun (R2R) Assemblies: Why Precompiled Native Code Still Decompiles Cleanly

#decompilation #dotnet #guide

4 min read

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Nov 11

Per-Core Licensing for .NET Server Software: Counting Cores Correctly and Binding the Entitlement

#licensing #dotnet #guide

5 min read

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Nov 11

Obfuscating Unity Game Assemblies: Mono, IL2CPP, and the Keep-Rules Serialization Demands

#obfuscation #dotnet #unity3d

6 min read

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Nov 11

Decompiling F#-Compiled Assemblies in a C# Decompiler: Reading Unions, Records, and Modules

#decompilation #dotnet #f

5 min read

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Nov 4

Upgrade a self-hosted Keyright instance safely: migrations, zero downtime, rollback

#keyright #selfhosting #operations #upgrades

7 min read

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Nov 4

Decompile a single-file or self-contained .NET app with Glass.NET

#glassnet #decompiler #guide #dotnet

6 min read

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Nov 4

Diagnosing a protected .NET build in production: logs, PDBs and stack traces

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #guide

7 min read

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Nov 4

Obfuscating a multi-project .NET solution: one consistent protection strategy

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #guide

9 min read

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Nov 4

Protecting your Keyright activation endpoint from abuse and key-sharing

#keyright #security #operations #selfhosting

7 min read

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Nov 4

Extract and read embedded resources from a .NET assembly with Glass.NET

#glassnet #decompiler #guide #dotnet

7 min read

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Nov 3

Obfuscating a .NET app that uses AutoMapper, MediatR and FluentValidation

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #guide

8 min read

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Nov 3

Building a Nebula keep-list: what to exclude from renaming (and why)

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #guide

8 min read

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Nov 3

Back up and recover a self-hosted Keyright instance

#keyright #selfhosting #operations #disasterrecovery

6 min read

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Nov 3

Run self-hosted Keyright fully air-gapped, with no outbound internet

#keyright #selfhosting #airgapped #security

6 min read

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Nov 3

Understand unfamiliar third-party .NET code with Glass.NET

#glassnet #decompiler #guide #dotnet

6 min read

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Nov 3

See what a .NET assembly depends on and calls with Glass.NET

#glassnet #decompiler #security #dotnet

6 min read

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Nov 3

Obfuscating a .NET Worker Service: protecting a headless background worker

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #workerservice

10 min read

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Nov 3

Running Self-Hosted Keyright Across Multiple Nodes for High Availability

#keyright #selfhosting #highavailability #operations

7 min read

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Nov 3

Diff two versions of a .NET assembly with Glass.NET

#glassnet #decompiler #security #nuget

6 min read

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Nov 3

Did your obfuscation actually work? Check it in Glass.NET

#glassnet #decompiler #obfuscation #nebulanet

5 min read

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Nov 3

A SmartAssembly alternative in 2026

#comparison #dotnet #obfuscation

4 min read

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Nov 3

Migrating from Homegrown License Keys to Keyright Without Breaking Customers

#keyright #licensing #dotnet #guide

7 min read

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Nov 2

Fail-closed licensing in .NET: what your app does when it cannot check

#deepdive #keyright #licensing

6 min read

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Nov 2

Anti-tamper in .NET: making a patched assembly fail on its own terms

#deepdive #nebulanet #antitamper

6 min read

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Nov 2

Decompiling yield return: rebuilding iterator blocks from IL

#deepdive #glassnet #decompilation

6 min read

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Nov 2

Rotating a licensing signing key without breaking the field

#deepdive #keyright #licensing

5 min read

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Nov 1

String encryption in .NET: where the key hides and why it matters

#deepdive #nebulanet #stringencryption

6 min read

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Nov 1

Decompiling async/await: rebuilding the state machine .NET hid from you

#deepdive #glassnet #decompilation

6 min read

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Nov 1

Offline and air-gapped licensing in .NET: validating without a network

#deepdive #keyright #licensing

6 min read

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Nov 1

Control-flow flattening in .NET: turning methods into a dispatcher

#deepdive #nebulanet #controlflow

5 min read

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Oct 22

Decompiling C# expression trees: the lambda that became a tree of factory calls

#glassnet #decompilation #csharp

12 min read

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Oct 21

Obfuscating a type you serialize with Newtonsoft.Json: [JsonProperty] is the contract, and TypeNameHandling''s $type is a landmine

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

9 min read

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Oct 21

Decompiling C# string interpolation and interpolated string handlers

#glassnet #decompilation #csharp

9 min read

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Oct 16

Obfuscating code that uses dynamic: the runtime binder looks members up by name, so a renamed property is a RuntimeBinderException

#nebulanet #obfuscation #dotnet #deepdive

9 min read

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