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Strings are not compile time encrypted #1

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@SteffenCarlsen

The strings aren't compile-time encrypted, they're just baked into the *.dll rather than the *.exe.

Reproducable with strings from SysInternals.

C:\Users\[User]\Downloads>strings.exe "[Path]\SecureStringNAOT\SecureStringNAOT\SecureStringNAOT\bin\Release\net7.0\SecureStringNAOT.dll" > out.txt

Shows the raw strings:
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While the *.exe doesn't show the strings:

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This means if you try to make a NativeAOT single-published file, the string is still in the executable.

I tried under both .net 7,8,9 with all the same result.

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