Driver registry settings

It is possible to specify additional parameters for driver in it’s registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\<driver name> as the following values. The parameters are applied on loading the driver.

seclevel

DWORD value, specifying access restrictions for the driver device.

It is possible to specify a bitmask:

0 - no restrictions, allow access for all accounts.

1 - allow access for LocalSystem account.

2 - allow access for administrative accounts.

4 - allow access for authenticated users.

Example:

seclevel=3 - allow access only for LocalSystem and administrative accounts.

disabledprotocols

DWORD value, allowing to disable the filtering of unused protocols for better performance.

It is possible to specify a bitmask:

0 - filter all protocols.

1 - disable TCP filtering.

2 - disable UDP filtering.

Example:

disabledprotocols=3 - disable the filtering for TCP and UDP.