In .Net a strong name consists of the assembly's identity. The strong name guarantees the integrity of the assembly. Strong Name includes the name of the .net assembly, version number, culture identity, and a public key token. It is generated from an assembly file using the corresponding private key.

Steps to create strong named assembly:

• To create a strong named assembly you need to have a key pair (public key and a private key) file.

        Use sn -k KeyFile.snk

• Open the dot net project to be complied as a strong named assembly. Open AssembyInfo.cs/ AssembyInfo.vb file. Add the following lines to AssemblyInfo file.

        [Assembly: AssemblyVersion("1.0.*")]
        [assembly: AssemblyDelaySign(false)]
        [assembly: AssemblyKeyFile("..\\..\\KeyFile.snk")]

• Compile the application, we have created a strong named assembly.