At 10:20 AM 11/20/99 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> >password as expected. It all works. However, my customer has asked for
>> either a
>> >timeout, a [Logout] button, or both so that the browser basically
>> 'forgets' the
>> >user id. This would then remove the requirement for the user to close down
>> the
>> >browser when they leave their system.
>>
>> Exactly. The Basic Authentication scheme requires that the username and
>> password be sent with each request; most browsers store this information
>> after it has been entered once, and hang onto it until they are closed
down.
>
>The way I've done this in the past is to have a logout button
>that loads a page that's password-protected under another realm.
>It's kind of suboptimal, but it might serve as a starting point.
>
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