i am not sure i understand the question.  what are you trying to do / afraid
of others trying to do?

there probably is full access to remote users, for all we know, knowing MSIE
;)


On 4/22/02 2:19 PM, "Alvin Wang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> So is there any JavaScript or Java API that has the write access to the
> username/password stored in the browser? Thanks!
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phillip Morelock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, April 22, 2002 5:06 PM
> To: Tomcat Users List
> Subject: Re: How to logout for the browser based authentication?
> 
> 
> i know that IE on the Mac (any version) doesn't actually dump session data
> until you've "QUIT" the browser, not just closed the window.
> 
> IE on windows displays the behavior indicated in the previous
> response....it's based on parent-child relationships between windows.
> 
> IE on win32:
> 1.  File-->New Window or a target=_blank or javascript popup ... (same
> session data as current window)
> 2.  double-click "Internet Explorer" or any other method will create a
> totally empty new browser, devoid of previous session data.
> 
> i don't know about netscape / mozilla.
> 
> 
> 
> On 4/22/02 1:53 PM, "Oktay Altunergil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 
>> You have to close the browser otherwise the cached username/password will
>> still work. You might also close other instances that were spawned from
> the
>> same parent. ( like opening up one browser and creating new instances
> within
>> that browser )
>> 
>> Is it clean enough? This is probably dependend on the browser itself.
>> 
>> Oktay Altunergil
>> 
>> On Mon, 22 Apr 2002 16:45:59 -0400
>> Alvin Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 
>>> Is there anyway other than closing the browser rudely? And is it clean
>>> enough to close the browser?
>>> 
>>> Thanks!
>>> 
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