Re: [Libusb-win32-devel] will this be libusb-win32's death?

[Andy G. <an...@wa...>]

Stephan Meyer wrote:
> I just found this article on Microsoft's web site:
> 
> http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/64bit/kmsigning.mspx
> 
> Some discussion and further information about this issue can be found here:
> 
> http://www.osronline.com/showThread.CFM?link=86311
> 
> If Microsoft is actually implementing this "feature" in their upcoming
> Windows Vista release then:
> 
> - all open source kernel projects, including libusb-win32, will die sooner
> or later

Hi Stephan -

I had some experience hacking the original Xbox which involves
cryptographic signing.

This problem may not so bad as it as first seems.

Is this scenario not a possible solution: a FOSS-friendly company will
be given, or will develop a driver-loading driver.  Sort of like
ndiswrapper but all native to Win64.  The company will sign a binary of
their driver-loading driver and make it public domain.  Everyone who
wants to ship unsigned drivers will bundle the signed driver-loading
driver to get their driver loaded in two steps.

-Andy