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by aeronautic 3316 days ago
Still true when I tested last year. The core protocol does not have a defined way to get the browser to forget the login.

You have to resort to different fudges on different browser.

Net/Net: the http auth ui sucks, has bad usability, weak crypto, and is not robust with logout.

HTML/form based auth can be made robust and is a preferable alternative in every case.