Dll - can make the lib only read from my tool

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hello code project.

i was wondering if i could make my lib file read only to my application.

am still learning and doing well but this thought came to mine is this possible to do so no else can use it for there tool.

am using c# coding.

thanks

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researched but no sure if am looking at the right stuff >

Posted 10-Nov-16 3:29am

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Updated 10-Nov-16 8:14am

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Richard MacCutchan 10-Nov-16 12:17pm

Make it a static library rather than a DLL and you do not need to release it to the public.

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CPallini · Answer 1 · 2016-11-10T03:53:00

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Well, there's a reason if DLLs are also called also shared libraries.
However you could implement a sort of authentication for enabling only allowed applications to access DLL functionality (e.g. return an handle just to thrusted, that is authenticated, applications, which in turn must use such a handle to access every DLL function).

Posted 10-Nov-16 3:53am

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Richard Deeming 10-Nov-16 11:46am

"Thrusted" applications, eh? :)

CPallini 10-Nov-16 14:03pm

Yes thrusted, you know, boosted, weaponed :-D