Re: Does strong naming require deployment in GAC?

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Installing an assembly to the GAC requires that it be strong named.
However, every strong named assembly need not be installed to the GAC.
Hope that clears your doubt.

Regards,
Sarin.

Bruce Wood wrote:
> I still haven't gotten through the .NET Framework Security tome on my
> desk. Maybe the folks here can answer a burning question.
>
> I want to use strong naming at our organization as a security measure:
> we could then indicate that any assemblies we signed are fully trusted,
> and so deploy centrally rather than having to deploy on each server.
>
> However, we still want to deploy by copying each app to a separate
> deployment directory, rather than using the GAC. Can we do that? Or
> does strong naming mean that we have to deploy to the GAC?

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