Published: 17 Feb 2024

Control Flow Obfuscation

The Skaters Tool fragments and transforms code according to the specified obfuscation criteria, rendering it concealed and resistant to reverse engineering. Control Flow Obfuscation employs deceptive conditional statements and other misleading constructs to confuse and disrupt decompilers. By applying a series of transformations to the code fragments, this obfuscation technique obfuscates control flows while maintaining the same execution outcome as the original code.

Linker Interface

The Skater's Linker interface combines multiple modules into a single file for deployment. This interface allows for multiple managed executables or assemblies to be linked against a single module or assembly. Alternatively, shared libraries can be generated after linkage.

Benefits of Module-Based Applications and Linkage

Separating an application's functionality into modules or libraries can improve performance and reduce the risk of missing DLLs during deployment. However, linked assemblies will not be obfuscated. The .NET runtime loads components only when a type is referenced.

Performance Benefits and Linked Modules

Packaging an application into a single file can enhance performance by eliminating the need for the loader to resolve dependencies. To achieve this performance gain, link the individual modules. The linked referenced and non-referenced assemblies will be incorporated into the final obfuscated assembly, which is performed after obfuscating the main assembly.