Q1522 How can I disable the back button and prevent other users/hackers from viewing the private pages of the (site/contents) of a user who has logged out?

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Q1522 How can I disable the back button and prevent other users/hackers from viewing the private pages of the (site/contents) of a user who has logged out?

Open a new window for the user using post, not get (then user name and password is in the browser list of urls visited. Expire all pages so they do not end up in cache. Close the window when the user logs out. If necessary use location.replace(url) for links inside the application.

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• March 07, 2002 at 17:32:46: Bud Curtis