Re: [pGina-general] LDAP Auth plugin question (can it be used in non-pgina Credential Providers?)

[Nate Yocom]

Mark,

The plugins that pGina uses are actually .NET (C#) Assemblies that
implement a defined interface, and are loaded by a windows service.
The actual GINA and CP components of pGina then communicate with that
service at runtime to submit (and then effect logon with) user
supplied credentials.

More likely useful for you, would be to consider writing a pGina
plugin that does the domain controller centric stuff you're existing
provider does, and moving to pGina, or considering whether the domain
stuff you are doing is general purpose enough to perhaps submit as an
improvement/option in pGina itself.

So this begs the question - what is the domain controller centric
stuff you're doing? :)

Also - this discussion is probably better suited for the pgina-devel
list; I've posted there and CC'd you directly. Please join up and let
us know what your doing in your own custom provider! We love to hear
the things people are doing.

Nate

On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 5:54 AM, Mark Enstone <ma...@vbridges.com> wrote:
> Pgina folks,
>
> Please redirect me to an appropriate area to discuss/ask this if this is not
> the correct forum. I'm new to pgina ... :}
>
>
> I'm investigating using pgina's Windows LDAP Auth plugin. We have our own
> Windows 7 Credential Provider (I.e. our own pgina-equivalent), which I'd
> like to extend to authenticate against LDAP (it's Microsoft Domain
> Controller-centric now). I came across your LDAP Auth plugin which I'm
> wondering if I can use.
>
> Is the LDAP Auth plugin the piece that Windows 7 Credential Provider
> architecture calls an "Authentication Package"? I.e. can a Credential
> Provider "load" it by calling for instance,
> LsaLookupAuthenticationPackage(MSDN)? Or have I missed the point, and it's a
> plugin into pgina and can't therefore be used by other "gina"s?
>
> Thanks,
>
> ~Mark
>
>
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