Explanation The Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) provides several ways to sign an assembly with a strong name: * Using the Assembly Linker (Al.exe) provided by the Windows SDK. * Using assembly attributes to insert the strong name information in your code. You can use either the AssemblyKeyFileAttribute or the AssemblyKeyNameAttribute, depending on where the key file to be used is located. * Using compiler options such /keyfile or /delaysign in C# and Visual Basic, or the /KEYFILE or /DELAYSIGN linker option in C++. (For information on delay signing, see Delay Signing an Assembly.)