jimw Fri Jan 12 15:25:53 2001 EDT
Modified files:
/phpdoc/en/features http-auth.xml
Log:
incorporate user note
Index: phpdoc/en/features/http-auth.xml
diff -u phpdoc/en/features/http-auth.xml:1.7 phpdoc/en/features/http-auth.xml:1.8
--- phpdoc/en/features/http-auth.xml:1.7 Tue Jan 9 04:37:56 2001
+++ phpdoc/en/features/http-auth.xml Fri Jan 12 15:25:52 2001
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
controls a non-authenticated URL from stealing passwords from
authenticated URLs on the same server.</simpara>
<simpara>
- Both Netscape and Internet Explorer will clear the local browser
+ Both Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer will clear the local browser
window's authentication cache for the realm upon receiving a
server response of 401. This can effectively "log out" a user,
forcing them to re-enter their username and password. Some people
@@ -99,12 +99,14 @@
standard, so you should never depend on this. Testing with Lynx
has shown that Lynx does not clear the authentication credentials
with a 401 server response, so pressing back and then forward
- again will open the resource (as long as the credential
- requirements haven't changed).</simpara>
+ again will open the resource as long as the credential
+ requirements haven't changed. The user can press the
+ '_' key to clear their authentication information, however.
+ </simpara>
<simpara>
Also note that this does not work using Microsoft's IIS server and
- the CGI version of PHP due to a limitation of IIS.</simpara>
-
+ the CGI version of PHP due to a limitation of IIS.
+ </simpara>
</chapter>
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