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I am new to device drivers, and am finding that the documentation for
getting a driver signed is pretty confusing. So for reference, I thought I would share the list of online resources for obtaining a digital signature. Please feel free to comment on related issues: These are six options for getting a driver signature: 1. Self Sign Sign our drivers with a VeriSign certificate. This verifies that the driver comes from our company and hasn't been tampered with. 2. Microsoft Signature Submit driver, VeriSign certificate and results from a windows test suite to Microsoft to get the driver certified by Microsoft. This verifies to the user that the driver works without errors in the Windows operating system, has been verified by Microsoft and has not been tampered with. 3. Microsoft Signature with Designed for windows logo After getting a Microsoft Signature, we can submit our driver to the windows logo program. This lets us claim that the driver has been designed for windows. 4. Microsoft Signature with Windows Update After getting a Microsoft Signature and being accepted to the logo program, we could submit to the Windows Update program. This would allow us to automatically update users' drivers. 5. Authenticode digital signature This is used in cases where the driver is not eligible for the Windows Logo Program. But works on Windows Server 2003 and later OSs only. 6. Test Signature This signature cannot be used for driver distribution. If we want to try to get Microsoft signature, this would be the first step to make sure that our drivers would work as expected after getting the signature. 2. Microsoft Signature b. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/getstart/testing.mspx c. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/hwtes...ils.aspx?ID=172 d. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlo...gn/drvsign.mspx e. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlo.../digitsign.mspx f. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlo.../digitsign.mspx 3. Microsoft Signature with Designed for windows logo b. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/getstart/testing.mspx 4. Microsoft Signature with Windows Update b. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlo...sign/WinUp.mspx c. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlo...nUp-policy.mspx d. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/winlo...sign/WinUp.mspx 5. Authenticode digital signature b. http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/drive...thenticode.mspx 6. Test Signature b. https://winqual.microsoft.com/help/...guide_help.aspx c. http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...us;330315#step4 d. https://winqual.microsoft.com/help/...ps_testsig.aspx |
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