Prevent "Back" Buttom in Browser

[George]

I am trying to set up a login-logout website. I have a cookie about the
login status. I put it as logout once the logout link is clicked. And
I put a little security check about the status of the cookie variable
everytime before loading the detailed member profiling.

The page layout is like:

Login page,-->check the login name/password database-->profile page(only
login cookie is true, redirect back to login if false)

Logout link, set login cookie as false and redirect to the login page.


However, after I check a profile and then click logout, I can still get
back to profile page by click "back" button in browser. I was told
those are in the browser cache and the check of the "login" cookie does
not actually work in this situation.

Is there anyway to force the browser to clear the cache after I click
the "logout". It should be possible since lots of websites do that. I
just do not how to. Any help is highly appreciated!

 

[Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]]

Make sure the page isn't cached:
http://www.aspfaq.com/2022
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/dnwebteam/html/webteam07032000.asp

Also, you can use a client-side redirect (e.g.
window.location.replace('newUrl.asp') to prevent the current page from
being in the history.

If the page isn't cached and the session value is re-checked, after you've
issued a session.abandon() they shouldn't be able to see the secure content
again without logging in.

 

[Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]]

Also see http://www.aspfaq.com/2017

 

[George]

Thank you. I will try tomorrow and let you know if I fail.

 

[Carroll]

I tried your code in a couple of test pages... and I could not get this to
work. Test.asp had a link to Test_2.asp and if I had the <% noCache %>
included on the second page in the head it would give me a page error. Also
if I did not include the <% noCache %> on the second page I could still
click the back button and the page would open....

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Regards,

Carroll

 

[Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]]

it would give me a page error.

Could you be more specific?

 

[Aaron Bertrand [SQL Server MVP]]

included on the second page in the head it would give me a page error.

It has to be *BEFORE* any HTML.