Password-protected pages and public Internet stations

[Brian Stone]

I don't know if this is the answer but you might try the Pragma html
header. Pragma forces a reload of the page each time it is accessed. It
works with netscape but not IE 3.0. We use it in our library for our
patron information pages. Keeps folks from seeing what others have
checked out.

Brian

Charles P. Hobbs wrote:

> Recently, while developing some password-protected pages, I noticed
> that once a user has gained access to the page (by inputting a
> username/
> password to the pop-up form provided by the browser), that password
> does not need to be input again as long as the browser is still
> running
> (i.e. the user might look at some pages on anotehr site, etc., then
> come
> back to the password protected page--the browser will not ask for the
> password for that page again).
>
> In home or office situations, this is not such a big problem. But . .
> .
> what about the users of public Internet stations in a library, or some
>
> other
> public place where, typically, the browser program is left running
> all day, and users are discouraged from restartoing the program (or
> computer)?
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