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Windows Kernel devs... They seem to be a rare breed
by joker99 5y ago
Windows Kernel devs... They seem to be a rare breed
- hackerfromthefu 5y agoWhat kernel work are you doing?
- joker99 5y agoEndpoint security. Mainly filter drivers, interdiction, sandboxing etc.
- the_only_law 5y agoI’ve tried a few times to wrap my head around the windows driver model, the KMDF/UMDF and related things a few times. I’m guessing it’s an overall supply issue. It kinda seems like you have to accidentally end up working for an OEM or MS early on in your career, I’ve seen very few kernel dev jobs and almost always very senior Otherwise, it’s not particularly amenable to hobbyists, while you can download the WDK, write and test drivers, you’re still kinda limited by the EV cert requirement and the fee communities out there with knowledge in this subject can be less than helpful sometimes (to the contrary Thou, I’ve gotten help from actually MS guys working on NDIS over on stack overflow and they were great). Docs are ok, but depending on where you are can degrade pretty badly. There are a few things that aren’t well introduced. I didn’t actually understand INF files until stumbling across an ancient blogpost that spelled them out and I was rather horrified by what I learned.
- joker99 5y agoYeah, it's a very hard field to master so finding people who know what they're doing is quite difficult