[cups.development] How to Delete authentication cookie

[Michael Sweet]

The session ID is not used for authentication, it is used for cross-site scripting protection.


On Feb 21, 2012, at 8:54 AM, vipul mahajan wrote:

> I thought it can be done by modifying "cgiSetCookie" function call in "cgi_set_sid" function in var.c. In the parameters of "cgiSetCookie" time is '0' which means cookie will expire when the browser will close. If we change it can it be possible?
> 
>> You'd need to check with your browser vendor, but no browser that I am aware of provides this functionality (Firefox might be able to be extended for this via a plugin).
>> 
>> 
>> On Feb 20, 2012, at 11:39 PM, vipul mahajan wrote:
>> 
>>> And how can I found that? Currently which browsers provide such facility?
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Only if your browser provides this functionality.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Feb 20, 2012, at 11:26 PM, vipul mahajan wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> I noticed that once authentication is done, CUPS GUI never ask for username password till we restart the browser. I want that after fixed amount of time that authentication should expire & it should re-ask for username password. Is it possible to do so?
>>>>> 
>>>>>> There is no authentication cookie, CUPS uses HTTP authentication (via WWW-Authenticate/Authorization headers).
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> The only cookie set by CUPS is for cross-site scripting protection.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Feb 20, 2012, at 3:12 AM, vipul mahajan wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Hello,
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I want to delete the authentication cookie set by CUPS GUI when a user login. Is it possible to do so?
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