This belongs to a PLAP (Pre-Logon Access Provider), which is a special kind
of credential provider.
They're meant to address cases where a network connection needs to be
established before the actual logon (RAS/VPN/...).
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Eric Perlin [MSFT]


"Fredrik Jansson" wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I have been assigned to rewrite functionality formerly implemented as a GINA
> on XP and 2k. My customer wants to capture the credentials entered by the
> user, connect a VPN service, and then let winlogon continue to logon when
> the VPN connection is established. The windows credentials may be used in
> the VPN connection setup and do therefore need to be captured before setting
> up the VPN connections. To furter complicate matters, depending on the
> authentication method setup on the server I may have to display additional
> dialogs to get more credentials as well.
>
> From what I have read it seems like what I try to accomplish is,
> functionalitywise, somewhere between a credential provider and a pre-logon
> access provider (PLAP).
>
> Any input on how to move forward would be very appreciated.
>
> Many thanks,
> Fredrik Jansson
>
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