Olaf,

How about generating a hash-enhanced (TM) realm name, such as:

Basic Realm Session <HASH>

Then store that timestamp-based hash in the session.  When you want to
user to  bugger off, change the realm name.  This is just a theory, and
I've not tested it at all.

David

Olaf Greve wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Alright: here's a bit of a "challenge" (so as to avoid the word "issue")
> ;) my colleagues have run into previously: how to kill HTTP
> authentication...
> 
> I remember that they never did figure that one out, and I too will now
> have to get my hands dirty with trying to find a proper way to do so.
> 
> Simply unsetting the PHP_AUTH_USER and PHP_AUTH_PWD variables doesn't
> seem to do any magic, and using a forced 401 ('Unauthorized') HTTP
> header is also highly ideal (not to say blatantly dirty)...
> 
> Soooo, has anyone found a proper way of achieving this (ideally from PHP)?
> 
> Also, in case this cannot be done from PHP, does anyone know of any
> Apache modules (or tricks/tweaks/settings) that will allow HTTP
> authentication to be neatly destroyed?
> 
> Thanks in advance, and cheers,
> Olafo
> 


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