I'm evaluating several obfuscators for protecting code in a WPF application.
For checking results of job done by each obfuscator on a given assembly I use Red Gate's .Net Reflector. Just after each obfuscation I open the assembly with .NET Reflector and see what it looks like.
Is it enough? Can .NET Reflector's results be treated as an indicator of quality of obfuscation, or should I try some additional tools? (not any possible instrument of such a kind, but from a point of view of practical common sense).
The results from Reflector should be enough on an indication of how any casual attempt at decompiling would fare. Some obfuscatory will obfuscate code to the extent that the assembly will not even open in Reflector.
Anyone who would try any deeper than that will not be easily deterred by more advanced obfuscation than others.