Creating a Key Pair

You can create a key pair using the Strong Name tool (Sn.exe). Key pair files usually have an .snk extension.
To create a key pair
At the command prompt, type the following command:
sn –k
In this command, file name is the name of the output file containing the key pair.
The following example creates a key pair called sgKey.snk.
sn -k sgKey.snk
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samiksc

  • Jan 16th, 2006
 

To create a key pair use the dotnet command line tool sn.exe

sn.exe -k mykey.snk

This filename is used as the attribute value for AssemblyKeyFileAttribute in one of the code files of assembly. It generates a strong named assembly which could be installed into the GAC.

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