Strong Name

[icewampa]

Somebody knows how to create a "strong name" for my class in visual studio.net 2003

[Pirate]

The tool you'll need is Sn.exe (on my machine , it's in : C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003\SDK\v1.1\Bin\sn.exe)
You need to refer to MSDN Help to know how to use .

[Andy]

what is a "strong name"?

[Pirate]

Originally posted by Andy
what is a "strong name"?

MSDN Explanation


A strong name consists of the assembly's identity — its simple text name, version number, and culture information (if provided) — plus a public key and a digital signature. It is generated from an assembly file using the corresponding private key. (The assembly file contains the assembly manifest, which contains the names and hashes of all the files that make up the assembly.)

Remember that once you give an assembly a strong name, all assemblies that reference that assembly also have to have a strong name. The reason is so that the level of security implied by a strong named assembly is not compromised by less secure assemblies.

Note Once an assembly is created, you cannot sign it with a strong name. You can sign an assembly with a strong name only when you create it.