Quite special PublicKey in .NET core assemblies

Question

I\'ve noticed that core .NET assemblies have PublicKey = 00000000000000000400000000000000. Not only it\'s shorter then those sn.exe allows to generate (min 384 bits) but als

Answer 1

This is NOT the proper answer to the question. The only thing this answer provides is the pointer to ECMA standard, apparently ECMA-335 with CLI specs. But this ECMA standard provides only a basic definition in terms of unique/fixed value and the name it should be called. Otherwise, it provides nothing about how and where the actual public key is found. The value 00000000000000000400000000000000 is NOT a public key, it is only a marker called Standard Public Key which has nothing to do with a real public key. This value is used to compute Public Key Token for the assembly that uses it but this value is not used to as any public key of RSA algorithm when processing the assembly signature. You need a real Public Key. The proper answer to the question should be how and where the actual Public Key is found for the assembly that uses it