I promised to let the list know my experiences getting a Verisign code
signing certificate, so at the risk of reviving a thread that needed to die,
here it is.
First, my business organization is a single member LLC, i.e. a sole
proprietorship to the federal bloodsuckers, and Limited Liability
Corporation to the state bloodsuckers.
I filled out the form online without any issues.
The verification procedure that Verisign uses is:
- They check with your state/country/whatever to ensure that the company
exists. - They attempt to get a phone number for the company through directory
assistance and then call the company to verify the information.
The first check succeeded very quickly.
The second check failed at first, because there is no directory listing for
PrvTek’s VOIP line. Instead, I needed to FAX them a copy of my phone bill,
which they then used to contact me for the final verification.
If I had been unable to produce a phone bill in the company’s name, they
would have required a notarized letter.
In all it took about 3 days from online application to having the
certificate on disk.
- Dan.
----- Original Message -----
From: “Dan Kyler”
To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 7:26 AM
Subject: Re: Re:[ntdev] Re:Driver Signing for Kernel-Mode Software for
x64-based Systems
> Sounds like it’s time to move out of Mass. I did it 16 years ago, with no
> regrets. Well, exactly one regret: affordable, fresh, live Maine lobster.
>
> I’m not sure I understand your distinction between “going Sole
> Proprietor”, and doing what you’re doing now. You’re (presumably)
> accepting payment for services, without having an employment arrangement
> or a recognized organization of your own (LLC, Partnership, S-Corp,
> C-Corp, etc.). If that’s not a Sole Proprietorship on a schedule C, what
> is? Or, are you saying that just the act of getting a simple trade name
> puts you in the same boat with the PRM tax collector?
>
> I suppose you could be taking short term W2 jobs as an actual employee, in
> which case I can see no reason why your employer would not have their own
> certificate to sign their own code. Of course that sort of arrangement
> would be worse than the aforementioned root canal, to me. My teeth & gums
> still hurt from the last few years.
>
> Within the next couple of weeks, I am going to need to get my own (well
> actually PrivTek, LLC’s) Verisign certificate. I’ll let the list know how
> it goes.
>
> - Dan.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: “Don Burn”
> Newsgroups: ntdev
> To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 5:18 PM
> Subject: Re:[ntdev] Re:Driver Signing for Kernel-Mode Software for
> x64-based Systems
>
>
>> Dan,
>>
>> Been there tried that it will not work. Going Sole Proprietor let
>> alone LLC is to me about as appealing a root canal without anesthetic.
>>
>>
>> –
>> Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
>> Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> “Dan Kyler” wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>>> If I were you, I would say:
>>>
>>> Name: Don Burn
>>> Company: Don Burn
>>>
>>> Also, I don’t know about your state, but in Colorado it costs something
>>> like $5 to register a trade name (AKA DBA). You’d still be a sole
>>> proprietor, but could open bank accounts, have a phone line, a credit
>>> card, and, presumably a Verisign certificate under the name of “Don’s
>>> House of Drivers”.
>>>
>>> - Dan.
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: “Don Burn”
>>> Newsgroups: ntdev
>>> To: “Windows System Software Devs Interest List”
>>> Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2006 8:57 AM
>>> Subject: Re:[ntdev] Driver Signing for Kernel-Mode Software for
>>> x64-based Systems
>>>
>>>
>>>> One thing to report is that this weekend, I worked my way through most
>>>> of the forms to get a Verisign ID. I became disturbed at the number of
>>>> places I needed to fill in data about a company when I don’t have one
>>>> so I did not complete the process. Instead, I quiered Verisign about
>>>> how an individual can get a driver signing ID and what to put in for a
>>>> company when you do not have one (blank does not work). They indicate
>>>> that they answer most questions in less than 8 hours, so far I have
>>>> heard nothing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> –
>>>> Don Burn (MVP, Windows DDK)
>>>> Windows 2k/XP/2k3 Filesystem and Driver Consulting
>>>> Remove StopSpam from the email to reply
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> wrote in message news:xxxxx@ntdev…
>>>>> By the way, we’re planning a major article on x64 driver signing in
>>>>> the upcoming issue of The NT Insider. We’ve had good discussions with
>>>>> the folks at Microsoft who are implementing this (and are planning
>>>>> more). While we can’t PROMISE any break-throughs we SHOULD at least be
>>>>> able to provide some answers that have a lower BS-factor than those
>>>>> provided in the FAQ.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Jan/Feb issue of The NT Insider is planned to go to press next
>>>>> week,
>>>>>
>>>>> P
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>> http://www.osronline.com/article.cfm?id=256
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
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