Re: Does .NET detect alterations to an assembly?

From: Shawn Farkas [MS] (shawnfa@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/14/03 

From: "Shawn Farkas [MS]" <shawnfa@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 11:05:47 -0800

David,

    If you sign your assembly, then the framework will detect if it has been
tampered with, and refuse to load it.

-Shawn 

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"David Thom" <davidt@npsinc.com> wrote in message
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> If an assembly were altered - say, with a hex editor - does .NET detect
the
> alteration?
>
> If, for example, we embed a string value in a .NET assembly, can it be
> changed by a hacker? (we don't care if it can be viewed, we just don't
want
> it to be  changed).
>
> I seem to recall that .NET assemblies have a "hash count/code" to protect
> against this. But I don't know if that "feature" requires code signing or
> some other overt action on the developer's/deployer's part in order to
> activate it.
>
> If I simply create a .NET assembly and do nothing else, is it protected
> against modification?  Or should I say, will the alteration at least be
> detected?
>
> Thanks!
>
> David Thom
>
>
>
>

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