Windows Driver/DLL

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Rob Kendrick <rjek at simtec.co.uk> wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 12:26:42AM -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
>> Hi Guys,
>>
>> I'm interested in using EntropyKey on Windows platforms. From past
>> threads [1] and the website [2], it appears Simtec has some pieces
>> available (but probably won't advance due to being a Unix shop [1]).
>
> We'd love to advance them further; just as soon as we have the time to
> sink into doing it properly :)
>
>> Would Simtec please provide the available Windows material (C/C++
>> source code is preferred). I don't object to an NDA.
>
> The prototype driver we have at the moment is very very crusty; it
> doesn't support any of the Entropy Key's security features (end-to-end
> encrypted entropy, authentication of device, etc) and essentially just
> runs the device in a dumb mode and parses the input, which it then
> exposes through a somewhat adhoc API thrown together as a proof of
> concept.
OK. Its probably not much different than I envision for an initial
driver to get things started.

> If you're really sure you want this, I can drop it to you in an email;
> no NDA will be needed.  However, depending on your comfort and
> experience of such things, you may find it easier to follow the protocol
> documentation that is included in the sources for our UNIX drivers to
> embed the functionality directly into your application in the mean time.
That sounds great, Rob. With a little luck, I should be able to move
the cause further a bit.

> Again, if anybody wants to help improve these drivers (or port the
> fully-featured UNIX ones to Windows) we'll provide whatever support we
> can.

Jeff