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List:       ipcop-devel
Subject:    Re: [IPCop-devel] Logout button
From:       Haute SubZero <sub0hero () gmail ! com>
Date:       2007-04-21 14:52:32
Message-ID: 462A2530.9030100 () gmail ! com
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Rainer Zocholl wrote:
> jason@ukfsn.org(Jason Clifford)  19.04.07 08:37
>
>   
>> On 18 Apr 2007, Rainer Zocholl wrote:
>>     
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>>> Appox. 3 years ago i made it because it was so easy. I just traced
>>> what was transfered during a normal page call and made a pseudo link
>>> in the menu line with a fixed (=wrong) password. That password
>>> overwrites browsers cached and all are happy... but the posting was
>>> ignored (or never reached the list?) But, sorry, i don't find that
>>> code on the anymore.
>>>       
>
>   
>> The problem with that solution is that it doesn't work with some
>> (prevelant) versions of IE.
>>     
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>   
>> It doesn't require code - just have a link like so
>> <a href="http://logout:password@www.yourdomain.com/logout/">Logout</a>
>>     
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> Ack, that way it was.
> Quite easy, isn' it?
>
>   
>> authenticates to the /logout directory.
>>     
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>   
>> On Mozilla based browsers this will clear the previous authentication
>> cache for the domain however it wont work on IE so it's not much of a
>> solution.
>>     
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> If browserclient=IE then warn: 
>    "Logout won't work, use Firefox"
>
>
> But if there is a way with timeout it would be better to spent the
> time on that.
>    
>
> Rainer
>
>   
There apparently is a way, since I know of apps that do it, both IE and 
Firefox.  Unfortunately the app is commercial, so I can't just give you 
the code.  I can check and see if how it was done however.  Perhaps the 
info can be passed along.



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