Cloud licensing model for .NET software protection

This paper introduces the main technologies of software code protection for .NET, and analyzes their advantages and disadvantages. On the basis of analyzing new demands of .NET software protection, we point out the necessarily and possibility of the trend from code protection to software licensing protection. Then a cloud licensing protection model for .NET software combining code protection with software licensing is presented. This paper provides theoretical and practical guidance for the intellectual property of .NET softwares.