PublicKey of System.Xml assembly

[Guest]

I need to make some classes in my assembly internal. I am using XMLSerializer
to serialize the objects of my classes. XMLSerializer cannot access my
internal classes. So I am thinking that adding System.Xml as a friend would
make my internal classes visible to XMLSerializer.

Adding System.Xml as a friend requires public key of the System.Xml assembly
specified. I can get the PublicKeyToken, but not the public key. I tried
following code also but no luck, it just returns 16 bytes (0000000040000000).

Assembly assembly = Assembly.GetAssembly(

typeof(System.Xml.Serialization.XmlSerializer));
byte[] pubkey = assembly.GetName().GetPublicKey();


Any ideas to get the public key of System.Xml assembly, it doesn't have to
be programatically.

Thanks!

 

[Guest]

It turns out that "0000000040000000" is in fact the public key for System.Xml.