Code signing cert for C# assembly

Question

Can I use an SSL Certificate to sign a C# assembly?

I am new to this so be gentle. I did the example where you create your own self-signed key and that worked fine. It appears I only need a valid .PFX or .snk file and I'm good to go. Is it really that simple?

.NET 4.0 on Windows 7, 64bit with Visual Studio 2010

Answer 1

No you can't. Certificates have a purpose built into them. SSL certs generally have server and client identification as their purpose. Code signing has it's own purpose.

You can generate a self signed code signing cert, it does need a few hoops but of course Windows will warn people about it.