Thank you.
awarnier wrote: > > vpapado wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I have a problem in logout mechanism for my web app. For logging in I use >> Digest Authentication. Here is how things go: >> > ... >> >> Is there a problem in logout mechanism for Digest Authentication? Is >> logout >> not supported for diggest authentication? How could I manage to logout? >> I use Tomcat6. >> > In HTTP neither Basic nor Digest authentication provide a "logout" > mechanism. That is not an issue specific to Tomcat, it is a generic > characteristic of the protocol. > The browser "memorises" the authentication entered by the user for a > combination of host/realm, and will automatically re-submit the needed > authentication headers whenever the server requests an authentication > for the same realm, without user intervention. > In other words, the only way to "logout" is to close the browser and > re-open it. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org > > > -- View this message in context: http://old.nabble.com/Logout-mechanism-on-Digest-Authentication-tp27224384p27224953.html Sent from the Tomcat - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
