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Verifying that a Strong-named Assembly is Genuine

To compute strong name of assembly:

Assembly
↓ Hash function
Hash
↓ Encode with private key
Strong Name

Append the strong name to the assembly to create a strong-named assembly:

Assembly

Strong Name

Here is a strong-named assembly to be verified as genuine:

Assembly to Verify

Supplied Strong Name

Compute the hash of the assembly to verify:

Assembly to Verify
↓ Hash function
Hash1

Also obtain the hash of the original assembly:

Supplied Strong Name
↓ Decode with public key
Hash2

If Hash1 == Hash2, then the strong-named assembly is genuine.