Ricardo Peres 11/10/2025

Scanning .NET Assemblies for References

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This technical article explains how to use the Mono.Cecil library to inspect .NET assemblies, extracting all external method and type references. It details the creation of a ReferencesScanner tool to analyze code for potentially problematic calls (e.g., Process.Start, SqlConnection) for security or sandboxing purposes, providing code examples and outlining future work.

Scanning .NET Assemblies for References

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