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

[Graham Bloice <graham.bloice () trihedral com>]

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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