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driver signing for video (mirror) driver
Posted by Martin on February 13th, 2007


Hello,

What's the theory behind signing a video (mirror) driver? I can understand
how a catalog file could contain signatures of each of the files in the
package (the .inf, .dll and .sys). I don't see how signing each file
individually by using an embedded signature could work, since you can't sign
the .inf file that way. Do some types of drivers not use .inf files?

So I created a .cat file and signed it. I then registered the .cat file in
the catalog database. But Add/Remove hardware still says that my driver is
unsigned.

I don't understand whether a mirror driver is govered by kernel-mode signing
policy, since I think most of it is user-mode (except the .sys file??)

Thanks for any suggestions. I'm trying to get the signature working on XP
before I move to Vista.

Posted by WorldCitizen on March 29th, 2007


You may need to sign the SYS file AND the catalog file.

"Martin" wrote:


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