Does ConfuserEx officially support .NET 8 DLLs?

[chayush24]

Hi Team,

I want to use ConfuserEx to protect (obfuscate/encrypt) a .NET 8 DLL.

From the repository README, I can see support mentioned for:

• .NET Framework (2.0 – 4.8)

But I could not find clear confirmation for .NET 8 / modern .NET (Core / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8).

My questions:

1. Does ConfuserEx officially support .NET 8 assemblies?
2. Has anyone successfully used ConfuserEx with .NET 8 DLLs in production?
3. If not supported, are there plans or branches (like Reborn) that work with .NET 8?
4. Are there any known issues related to metadata/runtime changes in .NET 8?

I want to use it for:

• DLL obfuscation
• Code encryption
• Tamper protection

Any clarification from maintainers or experienced users would be really helpful.

Thanks in advance 🙏

[AhmedAlsayedRashad-es]

I tried it with net8 dll files and it worked, it failed couple of times missing some dlls, i would just go to dotnet folder in my program files and search for the missing file and add the path to the folder in a <probePath> in my crproj file, for example
i had an error missing a System.Drawing.Common.dll, it is found at C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.22 so i added it the folder in a probePath
<probePath>C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.22</probePath>
the crproj looked like this.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<project baseDir="Z:\test\bin\net8" outputDir="Confused" xmlns="http://confuser.codeplex.com">
  <rule pattern="true" preset="maximum">
    <protection id="anti debug" />
    <protection id="anti dump" />
    <protection id="anti ildasm" />
    <protection id="anti tamper" />
    <protection id="constants" />
    <protection id="ctrl flow" />
    <protection id="ref proxy" />
    <protection id="rename" />
    <protection id="resources" />
  </rule>
  <module path="test.dll" />
<probePath>C:\Program Files\dotnet\shared\Microsoft.WindowsDesktop.App\8.0.22</probePath>
</project>

just like that worked fine for me