Can I sign DLLs that are not open source?

Question

I am trying to add portable areas into my project using MVCContrib but am having problems with the fact that the dll is unsigned.

I am now trying to sign the dll, which means I have to re-sign all the references that it uses (including Microsoft.Web.MVC) - as the Microsoft dll is not open source, for example. does that mean that I cannot sign it? As I am unable to access the source code and create a SNK key for it..

EDIT: I want to sign the assemblies because: -After looking at this question it seems there are very few (good)reasons for using unsigned assemblies. -And I am finding that it has a knock-on effect where any assembly that references the portable area has to be unsigned, and any assembly that references that, and so on...

Answer 1

Yes.

Instructions on how to do so here. Will leave this up in case anyone else needs it..