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What’s the status of CAT.NET?


I’m trying to find Microsoft CAT.NET for VS2010 and it looks like there was a beta of their 2.0 version but every link to it in Microsoft Connect is now dead. This is the most recent reference I could find: http://blogs.msdn.com/securitytools/archive/2010/02/05/how-to-use-cat-net-2-0-beta.aspx

Some references suggest it may have been rolled into FxCop. Does anyone know the status of the project?


Solution

  • Unfortunately it looks like the answer to my question is "In a perpetual state of limbo". Back in June there was a last minute design issue right before it was intended to be released.

    In answer to my question on MSDN about the status I was told the same thing and that was now almost five months ago. There are a series of impatient follow-ups by the community on that thread and not a single word from Microsoft nor is there any update on the MSDN Security Tools page.

    Don't hold your breath folks!