Should I use a credential provider in this case?

> 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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> rights.
> 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
>>
>>