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StrongName Class

.NET Framework 4

Provides the strong name of a code assembly as evidence for policy evaluation. This class cannot be inherited.

System.Object
  System.Security.Policy.EvidenceBase
    System.Security.Policy.StrongName

Namespace:  System.Security.Policy
Assembly:  mscorlib (in mscorlib.dll)
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[SerializableAttribute]
[ComVisibleAttribute(true)]
public sealed class StrongName : EvidenceBase, 
	IIdentityPermissionFactory

The StrongName type exposes the following members.

  Name Description
Public method StrongName Initializes a new instance of the StrongName class with the strong name public key blob, name, and version.
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  Name Description
Public property Name Gets the simple name of the current StrongName.
Public property PublicKey Gets the StrongNamePublicKeyBlob of the current StrongName.
Public property Version Gets the Version of the current StrongName.
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  Name Description
Public method Clone Creates a new object that is a copy of the current instance. (Overrides EvidenceBase.Clone().)
Public method Copy Creates an equivalent copy of the current StrongName.
Public method CreateIdentityPermission Creates a StrongNameIdentityPermission that corresponds to the current StrongName.
Public method Equals Determines whether the specified strong name is equal to the current strong name. (Overrides Object.Equals(Object).)
Protected method Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before it is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method GetHashCode Gets the hash code of the current StrongName. (Overrides Object.GetHashCode().)
Public method GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
Protected method MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Public method ToString Creates a string representation of the current StrongName. (Overrides Object.ToString().)
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The StrongName class represents evidence of a unique, cryptographically strong name of a code assembly. The strong name consists of a public key, a given name, and a version. The public key corresponds to the publisher's private key which is kept secret, and with which the assembly must be signed in order for the strong name to be valid.

Strong names are typically assigned to assemblies using either AssemblyKeyFileAttribute, AssemblyKeyNameAttribute or AssemblyDelaySignAttribute in conjunction with the SN utility (see Sn.exe (Strong Name Tool)).

StrongNameIdentityPermission uses this class to confirm that calling code is in a particular strong-named code assembly.

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0, 1.1, 1.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows XP SP2 x64 Edition, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.
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