Does anyone know how I can make Mozilla Firefox log out of an HTTP-authenticated web site? I thought there was a menu option or extension to forget the auth details, but I can't find it now.
On my own sites, I always give the option of an "forbidden forever" page (aka a Babyshambles page), but the government site I'm accessing doesn't have one. I'll restart the browser this time, but it's irritating, isn't it?
Thanks for any info,
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:46:27PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
Does anyone know how I can make Mozilla Firefox log out of an HTTP-authenticated web site? I thought there was a menu option or extension to forget the auth details, but I can't find it now.
You'll perhaps want to try the "web developers toolbar" which (claims to anyhow) includes a menu option to clear http authentication.
http://chrispederick.com/work/webdeveloper/
Adam
On 07/10/05, Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:46:27PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
Does anyone know how I can make Mozilla Firefox log out of an HTTP-authenticated web site? I thought there was a menu option or extension to forget the auth details, but I can't find it now.
You'll perhaps want to try the "web developers toolbar" which (claims to anyhow) includes a menu option to clear http authentication.
It does. I have it installed and just tried it. Upon refreshing the secure page it asks for my http auth credentials again.
Cheers, Al.
Quoting Alan Pope alan.pope@gmail.com:
On 07/10/05, Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:46:27PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
Does anyone know how I can make Mozilla Firefox log out of an HTTP-authenticated web site? I thought there was a menu option or extension to forget the auth details, but I can't find it now.
You'll perhaps want to try the "web developers toolbar" which (claims to anyhow) includes a menu option to clear http authentication.
It does. I have it installed and just tried it. Upon refreshing the secure page it asks for my http auth credentials again.
Cheers, Al.
Makes you wonder why they don't include stuff like this as default, Firefox is meant to be very secure etc.
-Simon
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Simon sionide@sionide.net wrote:
Quoting Alan Pope alan.pope@gmail.com:
On 07/10/05, Adam Bower adam@thebowery.co.uk wrote:
On Fri, Oct 07, 2005 at 06:46:27PM +0100, MJ Ray wrote:
Does anyone know how I can make Mozilla Firefox log out of an HTTP-authenticated web site? I thought there was a menu option or extension to forget the auth details, but I can't find it now.
You'll perhaps want to try the "web developers toolbar" which (claims to anyhow) includes a menu option to clear http authentication.
It does. I have it installed and just tried it. Upon refreshing the secure page it asks for my http auth credentials again.
Cheers, Al.
Makes you wonder why they don't include stuff like this as default, Firefox is meant to be very secure etc.
Actually, worryingly enough, it makes me wonder why the HTTP spec is missing a chunk to tell the browser to forget those details... You'd have thought that it was a fundamental issue, really. A lot of things I've seen that use HTTP auth and then let you 'logout' do it in 'inventive' and obtrusive manners to the user. Maybe someone should suggest that it gets implemented in the next HTTP spec ;)
Cheers, - -- Brett Parker web: http://www.sommitrealweird.co.uk/ email: iDunno@sommitrealweird.co.uk
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