We’re excited to announce the release of Babel 11.5.0.0, bringing official .NET 10 SDK support, AI-powered licensing automation, and enhanced performance optimizations across our entire product suite.
.NET 10 SDK Support
Both Babel Obfuscator and Babel Licensing now fully support the official .NET 10.0 SDK:
- Multi-targeted Libraries: Service, client, and data libraries now target net10.0 alongside existing frameworks
- Enhanced Tooling: Updated babel.exe, Babel.Win, and MSBuild tooling with net10
.babelproject templates - Refreshed NuGet Packages: All packages (Babel.Obfuscator, Babel.Obfuscator.Tool, Babel.Data, Babel.Licensing) updated for .NET 10 compatibility
- Seamless Deployment: Run on the latest SDK while maintaining backward compatibility with existing target framework monikers
Babel Obfuscator
Babel Obfuscator 11.5.0.0 introduces comprehensive support for .NET 10 and C# 14, ensuring your applications remain protected while leveraging the latest framework capabilities.
Enhancements
- .NET 10 Support: Full compatibility with .NET 10 Long-Term Support (LTS) release, ensuring seamless obfuscation of applications targeting the latest framework.
Bug Fixed
- Memory Access: Fixed crashes that could occur when obfuscated applications use advanced .NET features like `Span<T>` for type-safe memory access.
Babel Licensing
New in Babel Licensing: Introducing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server – a groundbreaking integration that exposes Babel Licensing Service capabilities to MCP-compliant AI agents for automated entitlement validation and license management. Empower your AI assistants to handle licensing tasks intelligently and autonomously.
AI-Powered Licensing with MCP Server
As AI assistants become more common in development workflows, Babel Licensing introduces native integration support to work seamlessly with these tools.
Connect Claude or any MCP-supporting AI directly to Babel Licensing Service to create powerful, data-driven applications through simple conversations. Build interactive geospatial dashboards, generate real-time business intelligence reports, and transform raw customer data into stunning visualizations—all in minutes. The advanced query interface supports natural language commands, complex multi-parameter searches with LINQ filtering, semantic data exploration, and instant access to customer orders, licenses, and revenue analytics, turning conversational requests into actionable business insights with automatic visual presentation.
This demonstrates the power of AI-assisted development combined with real-time data integration.
- Optimized IP Filtering: Reworked middleware with compiled regex patterns and explicit exact-match handling for reduced latency under heavy traffic
- Enhanced License Validation: Improved retrieval logic checks both LicenseId and UserKey for more flexible license verification
- TOON Format Support: Added custom TOON input/output formatters and service wiring for native webhook and API payload exchange
Bug Fixes
- Report Date Serialization: Fixed field serialization issue in .NET 4.8 applications
- .NET 4.5 Compatibility: Added SendExceptionReport method with BabelReportingExtensions for net4 target
- Lic CLI: Corrected licensee company argument mapping to ensure automated scripts persist customer metadata properly
- Webhook Event Handling: Enhanced to verify service availability before processing events
Upgrade today to leverage the latest .NET 10 capabilities, AI-powered licensing automation, and improved performance across both Babel Obfuscator and Babel Licensing!