.NET Framework Security

Chapter 9. Understanding the Concepts of Strong Naming Assemblies

By Rudi Martin

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Assemblies and Identity

• Public/Private Key Pairs

• Signing and Verifying Assemblies

• Delay Signing Assemblies

• Comparison with Authenticode Signatures

Within the Windows environment today, there exists a serious code deployment problem commonly referred to as “DLL Hell.” This situation arises when multiple applications share common code—usually in the form of a dynamic link library, or DLL. Each application may require features from the DLL that are specific to a particular version of that code; therefore, it is common practice for applications to ship their own copies of shared DLLs as part of their main product deployment. During product installation, these ...