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                                              This repo contains the code to build the .NET runtime, libraries and shared host (dotnet) installers for all supported platforms, as well as the sources to .NET runtime and libraries.

                                                What is .NET?

                                              Official Starting Page: https://dotnet.microsoft.com

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                                                * Dogfooding .NET explains how to get nightly builds of the runtime and its libraries to test them in your own projects.

                                                Reporting security issues and security bugs

                                              Security issues and bugs should be reported privately to the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) via the MSRC Researcher Portal. You should receive a response within 24 hours. Further information can be found in the Security TechCenter. You can also find these instructions in this repo's Security doc.

                                              Also see info about related Microsoft .NET Bounty Program.

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                                              This repo should contain issues that are tied to the runtime, the class libraries and frameworks, the installation of the dotnet binary (sometimes known as the muxer) and the installation of the .NET runtime and libraries.

                                              For other issues, please file them to their appropriate sibling repos. We have links to many of them on our new issue page.

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