Re: GINA question: WlxMessageBox Function

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Hi Jeffrey,


I work for RSA Security Inc. RSA SecurID® provides two-factor
authentication which is based on something you know (a password or PIN) and
something you have (an authenticator)-providing a much more reliable level
of user authentication than a reusable password. Please see:
http://www.rsa.com/node.aspx?id=1156. One of the features of our product is
that we can store the Windows password so the user does have to enter it
each times he logs in using the RSA two-factor authentication. Some of our
customers have a requirement to have their Windows password changed and
randomized every n days. We want to trigger our password randomization when
the function WlxMessageBox is called with the text: "Your password will
expire in <n> days. Do you wish to change it?". We need to trigger this in
several other non-English languages so trying to do a C++ strcmp will not
work. What we need is a way of getting access to the message ID (from
within our WlxMessageBox function) that represents that message so we can
just look for that message ID. When the user's Window's password is
randomized the user will never see any of the WlxMessageBox messages and he
will not have to see the Change Password Dialog.

Also, If you can think of another way that I can trigger the change
password logic I am open to all suggestions.

Thanks in advance.

- Tom


""Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]"" <jetan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi Tom,



Thanks for your feedback.



I will contact the MSGINA team for best practice for this issue.



Before answering the question as asked, we wonder "Why are you

messing around with a custom GINA?". As our security estimated,

between 99 and 100 times out of 100, it's the wrong solution to

customize GINA. Also, the GINA architecture is gone in Vista.



If you can provide the reason of customizing GINA, we may understand

your scenario better, thanks.



Best regards,

Jeffrey Tan

Microsoft Online Community Support



""Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]"" <jetan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:rr0XtkdGIHA.4268@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Tom,

Thanks for your feedback.

I will contact the MSGINA team for best practice for this issue.

Before answering the question as asked, we wonder "Why are you messing
around with a custom GINA?". As our security estimated, between 99 and 100
times out of 100, it's the wrong solution to customize GINA. Also, the
GINA
architecture is gone in Vista.

If you can provide the reason of customizing GINA, we may understand your
scenario better, thanks.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
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