strong name util sn and partial signing

laimis

Hey,

So I get the idea of signing the assembly as to prevent any tempering with
it (besides the added ability to install it into the GAC). I did a lit
exercise myself there I signed the app, compiled, disassembled it, changed
some IL, assembled it and tried to load it but got the loader exception. Now
partial signing allows to keep the private key in the seperate location from
public. But how can I load the assembly which has been just partially
signed? If I am a dev and I work on some assembly, I want to test it, but I
cannot because I cannot loaded? What do I do know? Everytime I need to test
I have to resign it?

thanks for any advice or suggestion or explanation,

Laimis

Nov 16 '05 #1

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Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]

The strong name utility is a thing of many wonders

sn -Vr <assembly file name>

this turns on verification skipping which means the assembly loader will not attempt to verify the strong name. ALl it does in fact is set up a registry entry in a key which has an ACL only alloing admin write access.

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Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
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Hey,

So I get the idea of signing the assembly as to prevent any tempering with
it (besides the added ability to install it into the GAC). I did a lit
exercise myself there I signed the app, compiled, disassembled it, changed
some IL, assembled it and tried to load it but got the loader exception. Now
partial signing allows to keep the private key in the seperate location from
public. But how can I load the assembly which has been just partially
signed? If I am a dev and I work on some assembly, I want to test it, but I
cannot because I cannot loaded? What do I do know? Everytime I need to test
I have to resign it?

thanks for any advice or suggestion or explanation,

Laimis

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Nov 16 '05 #2

laimis

Works like a charm!
"Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]" <ri******@devel op.com> wrote in message
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The strong name utility is a thing of many wonders

sn -Vr <assembly file name>

this turns on verification skipping which means the assembly loader will not attempt to verify the strong name. ALl it does in fact is set up a
registry entry in a key which has an ACL only alloing admin write access.
Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
http://staff.develop.com/richardb/weblog

nntp://news.microsoft. com/microsoft.publi c.dotnet.langua ges.csharp/<OI************ **@TK2MSFTNGP15 .phx.gbl>
Hey,

So I get the idea of signing the assembly as to prevent any tempering with it (besides the added ability to install it into the GAC). I did a lit
exercise myself there I signed the app, compiled, disassembled it, changed some IL, assembled it and tried to load it but got the loader exception. Now partial signing allows to keep the private key in the seperate location from public. But how can I load the assembly which has been just partially
signed? If I am a dev and I work on some assembly, I want to test it, but I cannot because I cannot loaded? What do I do know? Everytime I need to test I have to resign it?

thanks for any advice or suggestion or explanation,

Laimis

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