What is strong naming and how do I strong name a binary?

Question

I heard somewhere that I need to strong name my binaries before I distribute them. Any ideas what this is?

Answer 1

In short strong named assemblies are signed with a certificate. They play a role for the CAS (Code Access Security): what the assembly has the right to do or not to do.

[Edit] as some of you pointed out: it is really advised to create strong assemblies as they will be more robust against attacks like introducing foreign malicious code into your application if you wrote some plug-in mechanism for example.

This way you can limit what the 3rdparty plug-ins are allowed to do in the context of your application.