Re: Windows driver signing certificate purchase decision for WinPcap and Npcap

[Yang Luo <hsluoyb () gmail com>]

FYI, the result turns out to be that the old non-EV cert can be used to
sign a driver that is used for Win10 after Win10 RTM release. I built Npcap
0.03 r3 today and tested it against Win10 RTM x64, and it installs
successfully and runs well. It's a pity that I didn't buy a 3-year cert,
but the good new is that I can still use this old one for future releases.


Cheers,
Yang

On Wed, Jul 22, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>
wrote:

> On 22 July 2015 at 07:59, Yang Luo <hsluoyb () gmail com> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have found this link:
> > https://www.osr.com/blog/2015/03/18/microsoft-signatures-required-km-drivers-windows-10/,
> > in which it says: "*These requirements only apply to Windows 10 and
> > later.  In fact, Microsoft plans to offer a bit of a grace period: Drivers
> > signed before Windows 10 RTM will be able to use the older signing
> > mechanisms.  But once Windows 10 ships, if you want your driver to run on
> > Windows 10 desktop systems, you’ll need to (a) get an EV certificate, (b)
> > using that signature submit your driver to sysdev to get Microsoft’s
> > signature.*"
> >
> > So unfortunately, I think an EV cert has become a necessity for us to
> > sign a driver for Win10 after Win10 RTM release date.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Yang
> That's quite an old blog entry (March)  and from a 3rd party, although OSR
> are a well respected company in the driver world.
>
>
> --
> Graham Bloice
>
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