.Net Assembly Binding Redirect with Differing Public Key Tokens

Question

Is it possible to perform an assembly binding redirect between different versions of a referenced assembly if the public key token is null on the older version and set on th

Answer 1

No, it is not possible. The assemblies need to have the same publicKeyToken.

The bindingRedirect tag only has the oldVersion and newVersion attributes, so there's no way to tell it about the "null" version anyway.

But the real reason behind is explained due to the strong name mechanism