Active Directory lockout in VB.NET

[jecairns]

I currently have an vb.net app that validates a user based on their Active Directory username and password (using System.DirectoryServices). I know that AD has a script that locks out users after n attempts of login. I was wondering if:

a) That script can be called by the app to verify if the user has attemped login before, and if the threshold is reached, lock the user out,

or

b) Have the login to the app appear as a windows "login" attempt into AD, and have AD handle the lockout.

Any help on this (pointing me in the right direction) would be greatly appreciated, I'm sure that this can be done. I'm probably looking for information in the wrong place in the web, and the rest that I've found is way too vague.

Thanks in Advance,

JC

 

[chiph]

I don't know for sure, but I would guess that the AD record contains a value for number of incorrect login attempts.

Chip H.


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