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 <file name>

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