After assigning a null string to the cookie sent it to the browser in a 
custom HTTP header.

This will clear the session cookie at the client.

Presumably you will simultaneously do a 301 redirect to a login page to 
cause the hijacked/tailgated user to login and obtain a valid session 
cookie.

<@PURGERESULTS>
<@ASSIGN cookie$Witango_UserReference VALUE="">
<@ASSIGN NAME="httpHeader" SCOPE="request" VALUE="HTTP/1.1 302 
<@crlf>Location: 
login.taf<@crlf><@USERREFERENCECOOKIE><@SETCOOKIES><@crlf><@crlf>">

>Normally you would just set the value to nothing
><@ASSIGN cookie$Witango_UserReference VALUE="">
>
>The problem here is Witango is going to place a new value in there
>
>So you best bet is to place a value in there like
><@ASSIGN cookie$Witango_UserReference VALUE="HiMom">
>
>
>Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com
>Authorized Witango & MDaemon Reseller 
>Available for Witango Developement
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roland A. Dumas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:46 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: resetting userreferencecookie
>
>you can't?
>
>I see that the altuserkey is set at <@CGIPARAM CLIENT_IP> and deleted  
>it, figuring that it was keeping sessions alive that way, but it didn't
>
>work.
>
>So how do you kill a session cookie? Can you purge it?
>
>
>On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 12:36 PM, Ben Johansen wrote:
>
>> Ok,
>> My post from my other server didn't make it through.
>> to change the Witango_UserReference cookie you can't uses the EXPIRES
>> because it is a session cookie
>>
>> Ben Johansen
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:        Roland A. Dumas [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Sent:        Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:31 PM
>> To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Subject:     Re: Witango-Talk: resetting userreferencecookie
>>
>> Thanks
>> I figured I should be able to set @@cookie$witango_userreference to
>> expire and have witango server create a new one on the spot, but there
>> seems to be something very persistent about it. jest won't die.
>>
>> hmmm.. maybe Fergal knows
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 7, 2003, at 12:19 PM, Ben Johansen wrote:
>>
>>> I have been trying with my testautocookie.taf and seeing the same  
>>> thing
>>>
>>> I have been looking at it and wanted you to know that there was
>>> someone looking at itJ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Ben Johansen - http://www.pcforge.com
>>> Authorized Witango & MDaemon Reseller
>>> Available for Witango Developement
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Roland A. Dumas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 12:11 PM
>>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Subject: Witango-Talk: resetting userreferencecookie
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> If I try to rub out the userreference cookie thusly, it comes right
>>> back. How can I kill it and reset in the same request?
>>>
>>> @ASSIGN name="Witango_userreference" scope=cookie value="now"
>>> expires="Tue, 07-Oct-03 00:00:00 GMT ">
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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