.snk file

[Kiran]

Hi,

Can Someone tell me what an .snk file is?

And how is it related to ASP.NET

Thanks
Kiran

 

[Manohar Kamath]

It has mor to do with .NET assemblies, than just ASP.NET. It contains
public/private keys with which you can strong-name your assemblies. For
details, take a look at this link:

http://www.ondotnet.com/pub/a/dotnet/2003/04/28/strongnaming.html

 

[Dave Fancher]

My bet is that this is what you're asking about. Strong names allow for
unique identification of an assembly in an attempt to avoid "DLL hell."

Signing an assembly with a strong name
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...ide/html/cpconassigningassemblystrongname.asp

Strong Name scenario:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...n-us/cpguide/html/cpconstrongnamescenario.asp

SN.exe
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...y/en-us/cptutorials/html/shared_name__sn_.asp

GACUTIL.exe
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/d...cpgrfglobalassemblycacheutilitygacutilexe.asp