Veil

Moongazing.Veil

Sensitive Data Masking & PII Redaction for .NET
Sensitive data never leaks. Not in logs, not in responses, not anywhere.

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Overview

Moongazing.Veil is a high-performance .NET library for masking sensitive data in strings, objects, and text blocks. It ships with built-in patterns for the most common PII types and supports custom patterns, convention-based masking, and locale-aware rules.

Designed to help meet GDPR, KVKK, and PCI-DSS requirements with minimal configuration.

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Installation

dotnet add package Moongazing.Veil

Companion packages (install separately as needed):

Package	Purpose
Moongazing.Veil.AspNetCore	HTTP request/response redaction middleware
Moongazing.Veil.Serilog	Serilog destructuring policy and enricher

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Quick Start

Moongazing.Veil works out of the box with zero configuration. No DI registration required for basic use.

String Masking

using Moongazing.Veil;

// Auto-detect and mask
Veil.Mask("[email protected]");       // "j******e@g****.com"
Veil.Mask("+905551234567");             // "+90555***4567"
Veil.Mask("5425 1234 5678 9012");      // "5425 **** **** 9012"
Veil.Mask("TR330006100519786457841326");// "TR33 **** **** **** **13 26"
Veil.Mask("12345678901");              // "123*****901"
Veil.Mask("Bearer eyJhbGciOiJ...");    // "Bearer eyJh***..."

// Explicit pattern
Veil.Mask("some-value", VeilPattern.Full);  // "**********"

// Redact all sensitive data in a text block
Veil.Redact("User [email protected] paid with 5425123456789012");
// "User j***@t***.com paid with 5425********9012"

Extension Methods

using Moongazing.Veil.Extensions;

"[email protected]".Veil();                           // "j***@t***.com"
"Text with [email protected] in it".RedactAll();       // masked text
UserDto masked = user.VeilProperties();            // new masked copy

Object Masking with [Veiled]

using Moongazing.Veil;

public class UserDto
{
    public string Name { get; set; }

    [Veiled]
    public string Email { get; set; }

    [Veiled(VeilPattern.CreditCard)]
    public string CardNumber { get; set; }

    [Veiled(VeilPattern.Phone)]
    public string Phone { get; set; }

    [Veiled(Show = 0)]
    public string Password { get; set; }
}

UserDto masked = Veil.MaskObject(user);
// masked.Email      -> "j***@g***.com"
// masked.CardNumber -> "5425 **** **** 9012"
// masked.Password   -> "********"
// Original object is NOT modified

Convention-Based Masking

No attributes needed. Define rules based on property names at startup.

builder.Services.AddVeil(options =>
{
    options.Convention(conv =>
    {
        conv.WhenPropertyName(n => n.Contains("Email", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
            .UsePattern(VeilPattern.Email);

        conv.WhenPropertyName(n => n.Contains("Password") || n.Contains("Secret"))
            .UsePattern(VeilPattern.Full);
    });
});

Custom Patterns

builder.Services.AddVeil(options =>
{
    options.AddPattern("TaxId", new VeilPatternDefinition
    {
        Regex = @"\b\d{10}\b",
        MaskStrategy = (value, maskChar) =>
            $"{value[..3]}{new string(maskChar, 4)}{value[^3..]}",
        Description = "Tax identification number"
    });
});

Locale Support

builder.Services.AddVeil(options =>
{
    options.AddLocale(VeilLocale.Turkey);  // TC Kimlik, Vergi No
    options.AddLocale(VeilLocale.Italy);   // Codice Fiscale, Partita IVA
    options.AddLocale(VeilLocale.EU);      // EU VAT, Passport
});

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Built-in Patterns

Pattern	Example Input	Masked Output
Email	[email protected]	j******e@g****.com
Phone	+905551234567	+90555***4567
CreditCard	5425 1234 5678 9012	5425 **** **** 9012
Iban	TR330006100519786457841326	TR33 **** **** **** **13 26
TurkishId	12345678901	123*****901
Token	Bearer eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIs...	Bearer eyJh***...
ApiKey	sk-abc123def456ghi789	sk-abc***789
Ipv4	192.168.1.100	192.168.*.*
Full	mysecretpassword	****************

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Performance

• [GeneratedRegex] source generators for all built-in patterns -- near-zero startup cost
• Aggressive caching of reflection metadata and pattern match results via ConcurrentDictionary
• ReadOnlySpan<char> in hot paths to minimize heap allocations
• Immutable operations -- MaskObject returns a new instance, original is never mutated

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Configuration Reference

builder.Services.AddVeil(options =>
{
    options.DefaultMaskChar = '#';            // Default: '*'
    options.EnableAutoDetection = true;       // Default: true
    options.Convention(conv => { });          // Convention rules
    options.AddPattern("name", definition);   // Custom patterns
    options.AddLocale(VeilLocale.Turkey);     // Locale patterns
});

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License

MIT -- Copyright (c) Moongazing

Packages

Package	Version	Downloads
Moongazing.Veil	1.0.1	347
Moongazing.Veil.AspNetCore	1.0.1	266
Moongazing.Veil.Serilog	1.0.1	265