Credential Type Providers (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

A credential type provider understands the semantics of each credential type that it supports and determines what has to be cached. A credential type provider is an external DLL that supports single or multiple credential types.

There are three default credential type providers that are supported by credential manager Windows Embedded CE. Depending on the catalog item you choose, you get one of the three default type providers in your OS design.

The following table provides information about the type provider name, its associated sysgen and primitive credential types.

Credential type provider	Sysgen	Supported primitive credential types
Default	SYSGEN_CREDMAN	CRED_TYPE_PLAINTEXT_PASSWORD CRED_TYPE_CERTIFICATE CRED_TYPE_GENERIC
Kerberos	SYSGEN_KERBEROS	CRED_TYPE_KERBEROS
NTLM	SYSGEN_NTLM	CRED_TYPE_NTLM

For information about creating credential type providers, see Creating a Credential Type Provider.

See Also

Concepts

Credential Types

Other Resources

Credential Manager Application Development
Credential Manager
Credential Manager OS Design Development