Anti ILDasm
Protection ID: anti_ildasm
This protection marks the module with an attribute that prevents ILDasm.
The 'Anti_ildasm' protection will not take effect for .NET 6 or newer versions, according to the official documentation.
Using 'Anti_ildasm' will be compatible with older versions, such as .NET 5 or earlier. However, if your application is .NET 6 or newer, this protection will be ineffective. Instead, use another Shield protection to prevent decompilation.
This protection is available in the editions:
Startup Enterprise
Parameters
This protection has no parameters or settings.
Rules configuration
shield.config.json
{
"protections": {
"anti_ildasm": {}
}
}
Modes
- Default: Mark the module with the attribute SuppressIldasmAttribute.
Compatibility
| Framework | Compatibility | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| .NET Core | ✔ | |
| .NET Framework | ✔ | |
| .NET (up to 8 version) | ✔ | |
| .NET Standard | ✔ | |
| Xamarin IOS | ✔ | |
| Xamarin Android | ✔ | |
| Xamarin MacOs | ✔ | |
| WPF | ✔ | |
| Blazor | ✔ | |
| .NET Maui | ✔ | |
| Unity | ✔ | |
| ASP | ✔ | |
| Silverlight | ✔ | |
| VBa (Visual Basic) or C# (CSharp) | ✔ | |
| WinRT | ✔ |
Shield is compatible with all versions of .NET, it doesn't matter if you use .NET 2.0, .NET 4.7, .NET Core 2.1 or Xamarin.Forms 5.0, it will adapt automatically according to needs, you don't have to worry about this.