On 10 Jul 96 at 8:56, geeman@best.com wrote:

but they don't sign the drivers. they sign the CSP. only. drivers are (can be) shipped as totally separate pieces of code.

You missed my point. The crypto-service program they sign might be a DES library. One implementation would be entirely in software; another would be a front-end interface with hardware (essentially a driver), perhaps as part of the kernel [Admittedly I'll have to re-read MS's specs]. So say you're a manufactuer or DES hardware... you sure would like to get that covetted 'Win95' logo on your package if you want to go mainstream. Rob --- No-frills sig. Befriend my mail filter by sending a message with the subject "send help" Key-ID: 5D3F2E99 1996/04/22 wlkngowl@unix.asb.com (root@magneto) AB1F4831 1993/05/10 Deranged Mutant <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com> Send a message with the subject "send pgp-key" for a copy of my key.