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CJ7
CJ7

Reputation: 23275

When is it necessary to sign a .NET assembly?

Visual Studio offers the option of signing .NET assemblies with a .SNK key.

In what situations would it be necessary to sign an assembly?

What effect does signing an assembly have on warning messages about "Unknown Publisher"?

Upvotes: -4

Views: 367

Answers (1)

Mike
Mike

Reputation: 1837

When whoever is using your assembly needs to know it came from you and a third party didn't sneak in and replace your application with their own. I believe you also need to sign an assembly if you wish to add it to the GAC.

Upvotes: 1

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