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Re: request for browser function
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Behlendorf)
Fri Sep 16 19:02:01 1994
Date: Sat, 17 Sep 1994 00:50:10 +0200
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From: Brian Behlendorf <brian@wired.com>
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On Fri, 16 Sep 1994, Dave Kristol wrote:
> I would like to see a function added to browsers to flush current
> authentication (and, in the future, payment) information. While I
> admit it's possible to exit and restart a browser, in some
> circumstances that's not desirable.
Definitely. Additionally, a little sign in the gui somewhere to the
effect of "you are authenticated as user *blah* on this page" - so that
people can tell when that info is being sent and when it isn't. I
consider it nothing more than luck that most browsers are currently
intelligent enough to not send authentification information for one site
to another by default.
Brian
