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AuthenticationService::Logout Method
Visual Studio 2010
Clears the authentication ticket (cookie) in the browser.
Assembly: System.Web.Extensions (in System.Web.Extensions.dll)
The Logout method clears the authentication cookie from the browser's cookie collection. The user must log in again to be authenticated.
The AuthenticationService class does not store information on the server about which authentication tickets have been cleared.
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Do not call the Logout method from code that is executing on the Web server. You call the Logout method only as part of a WCF service. For more information, see ASP.NET Authentication. |
Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.
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