Kind of.  With BASIC auth, the session from the server's perspective can
still go away.  But as the browser caches the credentials, new session
creation is automatic.  The end user experience depends on the data
stored in the session, webapp design, and where they were when they
abandon the previous session.

--David

Klotz Jr, Dennis wrote:

>Greetings all,
> 
>I'm trying to get my facts straight, and I'm hoping you will help.
> 
>I am using forms based login right now and when the tomcat session times
>out, the user has to login again. No surprise there.
> 
>Now, some of our customers don't like this, so for them - can I use a
>BASIC login (with SSL possibly) and their user will always be able to
>use the session as long as the browser doesn't go away. This is even if
>the tomcat session expires!
> 
>Is that right?
> 
> 
>Regards,
> 
>-Dennis Klotz
>
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Department of Entomology
College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
Cornell University
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