AuthenTec will work with Microsoft to develop a driver that will be shipped with the Device Driver Kit (DDK) to other hardware makers as an example of how to code the driver. Once the device is plugged in, it will automatically load the driver.
Oracle is also developing a "device driver framework" that will help companies administer and build application software for their RFID systems, Fryhoff said. Oracle is working with a number of RFID reader makers, including Alien Technology and...
Theo de Raadt, the founder and lead developer of OpenBSD, told ZDNet UK that the main features in OpenBSD 3.6 are SMP support for Intel's i386 architecture and AMD's 64-bit processor, as well as new exploit mitigation features, and additional...
We also need to look at patch levels, auxiliary devices present, device driver versions and so on. And later pieces of kit will have direct capabilities to interrogate the hardware, firmware and software directly.
So you need to go and ask the manufacturer for a 64-bit driver for that three-year old printer. But speakers from Microsoft, Intel and Dell all agreed that the issue of device drivers was a hurdle that needs clearing.
For example, a DVD-ROM drive has a device driver, as does a monitor. Sans, the security organisation, is calling on operating system makers such as Apple and Microsoft to provide device driver security patches, which they do not do at present.