RE: Vista logon vs Gina logon. Any DOC ?

From: Stephane Vinsot (svinsot_at_nospam.nospam)
Date: 09/02/05

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    Thanks for your help, i was sure not to be the only one ;o)
    Now i have the name of the replacing technology, i'll look at the
    documentation updates.

    Thanks again,

    Stephane

    "wolf777" wrote:

    > "Stephane Vinsot" wrote:
    >
    > > Hi,
    > >
    > > We have our own GINA and since it won't be supported on Vista, i'd like to
    > > know if there's any doc that would explain how we'll be able to integrate new
    > > authentication methods in the windows logon process.
    > > We'd like to be ready for the next big one ;-)
    > >
    > > Thanks
    > >
    > > Stephane
    >
    > Hi Stephane,
    >
    > I am glad to see I am not the only one searching for this kind of
    > information - I asked for it yesterday while searched from the beginning of
    > the week :-)
    >
    > Hopefully, I have already got some answers. Windows Vista introduce an event
    > driven credential provider model, which seems to be quite simple. Take a look
    > here:
    > http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/ShellCC/platform/shell/reference/ifaces/icredentialprovider/icredentialprovider.asp?frame=true
    >
    > You can also search for "ICredentialProvider", which is the interface it is
    > all about in Vista, but currently the search doesn't work (should be next
    > week according to MS).
    >
    > Personally, I am not pleased that MS placed all the API in the dark world of
    > COM and Windows Shell Extensions, as I must learn it now and that is actually
    > what I do all the day on friday :-(
    >
    > Anyway, hope it helps you. And if you get some other information, for
    > example on details of implementation the interface, I will be thanksfull to
    > get a link from you :-)
    >
    > Best Regards
    >
    > Wolf

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