do i need the WHQL for the NDIS Filter Driver on Vista 64

Hello~

I have a NDIS Filter Driver. and i want to install it on vista64.

I want to install nomally the NDIS filter driver without "Allow unsigned
driver installation( F8 Push Option before Windows Started) option".


Do I have to get WHQL for this driver from Microsoft?
or Do I need just Embed self-signning with Verisign to this NDIS Filter
Driver?

Regards.

All drivers must be signed in order to be loaded on 64-bit systems. Your
options are:
1. During development you can test sign the driver
2. Sign for identity using your own certificate
3. Sign for identity and quality by having WHQL sign your driver

Search the DDK docs for SignTool for information on how to sign your driver
and INF file

"Zec" <> wrote in message
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> Hello~
>
> I have a NDIS Filter Driver. and i want to install it on vista64.
>
> I want to install nomally the NDIS filter driver without "Allow unsigned
> driver installation( F8 Push Option before Windows Started) option".
>
>
> Do I have to get WHQL for this driver from Microsoft?
> or Do I need just Embed self-signning with Verisign to this NDIS Filter
> Driver?
>
> Regards.

"Brian Catlin [MVP]" <> wrote:
>
>All drivers must be signed in order to be loaded on 64-bit systems. Your
>options are:
> 1. During development you can test sign the driver
> 2. Sign for identity using your own certificate
> 3. Sign for identity and quality by having WHQL sign your driver
>
>Search the DDK docs for SignTool for information on how to sign your driver
>and INF file

Be careful with this advice. What you're talking about is the install-time
signature checking, which produces the "caution this driver is unsigned"
warning. That is ENTIRELY different from Kernel-Mode Code Signing, which
will prevent the driver from loading in a 64-bit system. WHQL cannot
provide that. That has to be done with an approved code-signing
certificate.
--
Tim Roberts,
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.