Re: Prevent dll replacing

From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 10/11/04 

Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 11:36:23 +0200

One option would be to digitally sign your dll file. If digital signature is
not what it is supposed to be, you can then terminate the program or notify
the administrator or ...

Mike

"R. Oliva" <ramiro_oliva@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23q514O2rEHA.1964@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Hi, I have a general security question concerning application design.
>
> When several dlls are used, I pass a connection object to some objects
> in different dlls. How can I prevent someone from replacing one of this
> dll and fetch de connection string of the object passed?
>
> Any advise?
>
> Thanks.

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