How to compile my C# code in "microsoft way"?

Question

As known to all C# compiles to MSIL.
There are tools like NGEN, crossgen and even crossgen2 - all of them compile to R2R alongside with MSIL.

I would like to hide my code, i know know.. "reverse engineering is always possible, but there is a difference between "see you naked" and "imagine you naked".

There are also obfuscators who prevents decompilation, but these can be easily reversed too.

My question is this: what Microsoft does to hide their code when they ship they products?
Visual Studio for example, or even Windows OS itself are partly written in C#, so how come their code cannot be decompiled using ILspy?

Are they using a"secret tool" they do not share?

I just want to have the same result for my assemblies, where no one can see me naked.

Answer 1

Hi @Tomer.Z ,
You can check this question below.
How can I protect my .NET assemblies from decompilation?
Hope this could be helpful.
Best Regards.
Jiachen Li

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