Driver Package Integrity During Plug and Play Device Installs in Windows Vista

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Driver Package Integrity During Plug and Play Device Installs in Windows Vista

Source: Microsoft

Date: January 2008

Type: White Paper

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Overview: Software integrity is a top priority for customers. Code signing helps verify software integrity by identifying the publisher and allowing the system to confirm that the code has not been subsequently modified. However, the Windows XP driver-signing policies make it difficult for device vendors and corporate IT departments to deploy drivers. Windows Vista addresses these problems by allowing device vendors and IT departments to sign and publish drivers by using their own digital signature. Windows Vista now allows any Plug and Play driver to be signed by companies other than Microsoft.

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