Msgina

[Project4]

Hi!
I want to replace the windows login mechanism by my own mechanism i.e. fingerprint login. This system is to be deployed over a network with Windows 2000 Advanced Server as the domain controller and Windows XP and 2000 as clients. I have no experience in Windows Programming. Any suggestions regarding books or any other resources would be appreciated! :)

I want to customize msgina.dll in the following way:
1. Currently I want to follow the default SAS (Ctrl+Alt+Del) but I might change it in future.
2. My login dialog box would prompt the user to place the fingerprint the fingerprint scanner. The only input by the user is username and fingerprint...n o password.
3. After that user logon data will be fetched from the Active Directory stored on the domain controller and will be matched with the live fingerprint at the client side.
4. If authenticated the user will logged on to the domain.

I want to start will GINA stub method as it sounds more easy. What do you think? Also how to program Active Directory. I will be using VC++ of which I have little experience.
Thanx a lot.

[bartonc]

Hi!
I want to replace the windows login mechanism by my own mechanism i.e. fingerprint login. This system is to be deployed over a network with Windows 2000 Advanced Server as the domain controller and Windows XP and 2000 as clients. I have no experience in Windows Programming. Any suggestions regarding books or any other resources would be appreciated! :)

I want to customize msgina.dll in the following way:
1. Currently I want to follow the default SAS (Ctrl+Alt+Del) but I might change it in future.
2. My login dialog box would prompt the user to place the fingerprint the fingerprint scanner. The only input by the user is username and fingerprint...n o password.
3. After that user logon data will be fetched from the Active Directory stored on the domain controller and will be matched with the live fingerprint at the client side.
4. If authenticated the user will logged on to the domain.

I want to start will GINA stub method as it sounds more easy. What do you think? Also how to program Active Directory. I will be using VC++ of which I have little experience.
Thanx a lot.

Wow! Great topic, ambitious project. But you posted in the sys admin/windows forum. Probably better to post in the C++ forum for more programmers to see your post.

[Colloid Snake]

It's pretty easy to alter the login page - both requiring (or not) Ctrl+Alt+Del and a logon message - through Start->Settings->Control Panel->Administrati ve Tools->Local Security Policy (then Local Policies, and Security Options), though I would recommend letting a GPO do that for you.

As for the biometrics, I would assume that (if you already have the equipment), you would just take the image and send it to whatever authentication server to validate the image, but I wouldn't know how to code that - maybe also through Group Policy so it is executed after boot, but before logon...?

Do you already have the equipment and everything?

-Snake

[Project4]

Thanx!Point noted.

[Cyberdyne]

I have biometrics at home but not at work. According to Microsoft it will not work within a domain environment but will be offered with the new version of Windows Vista Server. If you figure out the code let me know, I would be interested of implementing that kind of security at my work place instead of using smart cards =)


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