Free EV code signing certificate to get Bluetooth driver signed

[Ririshi]

I found this website that offers free code certificates for OS projects. They also offer EV certs in certain cases. Might be worth a look? It would be great to have this version of the imbushuo driver work with Bluetooth!

Have a look here: https://ossign.org/

[vitoplantamura]

hi, I didn't know them. It seems our project doesn't qualify because of the "Public Automation" part. I'll try to find a solution with them, if possible. Thanks, Vito

[Ririshi]

Hi Vito, I'm really curious if you've had a chance to look at the services offered by OSSign. Did you reach out to them, and if so, did they have an encouraging response at all?

The company I work at will be getting signing certificates soon, so there's a small chance that I could get the driver signed that way. However, this would very likely only be for internal use, I doubt that they would want me to release it publicly. I don't even know if the certs they're getting will be usable for signing Windows drivers, I have no clue how that process works despite trying to read up on it a little...

Either way, it would be really nice if we could get a OSSign certificate for this driver. Perhaps we'd need a bit more activity on the development (e.g. working on some of the open tickets). I don't know much about Windows driver development, but I might be able to help out with the C# dashboard. I would also be interested in helping out to set up the automated release/signing flow.

[vitoplantamura]

hi @Ririshi,

Yes, I wrote to them the same day I received your first message: things are progressing!

You can follow the progress here:

https://github.com/OSSign/vitoplantamura--MagicTrackpad2ForWindows

The type of signing we'll use for the drivers is called attestation signing, and requires a manual step after the signing with the EV certificate done by the GHA workflow. I don't know if @scheibling needs help, but I don't think so since the bulk of the GHA workflow is done.

Regarding our project, I consider the two drivers (Bluetooth and USB) to be feature-complete: I've also implemented the battery level for the Bluetooth version, so there's not much to do there...

Regarding the Control Panel, perhaps something could be done to make it more aesthetically pleasing, I don't know...

Vito