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> So how would you fix this, keeping in mind you are not allowed to touch the vendor driver's binaries in any way? I'd change the premise, since Microsoft def
by awalton 10y ago
> So how would you fix this, keeping in mind you are not allowed to touch the vendor driver's binaries in any way?
I'd change the premise, since Microsoft definitely is allowed to enforce policy on vendor drivers through its WHQL/code signing program, and has wielded this power.
Not that I necessarily agree that all drivers should have to be signed, but refusing to sign drivers to solve quality problems is entirely in scope for having such a code signing program in the first place. Unsigned drivers Microsoft can simply wash their hands of: "We can't enforce policy on those, sorry." Since manufacturers want signed drivers to ease confusion, they will come in line, especially since it's a particularly low bar to set.