Graphical identification and authentication: Difference between revisions

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The default GINA is provided by Microsoft as part of the operating system, and offers authentication against Windows ___domain servers with a supplied user name/password combination. Winlogon can be configured to use a different GINA, providing for non-standard authentication methods (like [[smart card]] readers or identification based on [[biometrics]], for example).

==Exported Functions==

ShellShutdownDialog 29, WlxActivateUserShell 30, WlxDisconnectNotify 31, WlxDisplayLockedNotice 32, WlxDisplaySASNotice 33, WlxDisplayStatusMessage 34, WlxGetConsoleSwitchCredentials 35, WlxGetStatusMessage 36, WlxInitialize 37, WlxIsLockOk 38, WlxIsLogoffOk 39, WlxLoggedOnSAS 40, WlxLoggedOutSAS 41, WlxLogoff 42, WlxNegotiate 43, WlxNetworkProviderLoad 44, WlxReconnectNotify 45, WlxRemoveStatusMessage 46, WlxScreenSaverNotify 47, WlxShutdown 48, WlxStartApplication 49, WlxWkstaLockedSAS 50

==External link==

*[http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/secauthn/security/winlogon_and_gina.asp Winlogon and GINA], developer information on how the login components interact