METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL LOGOFF FROM A WEB-BASED POINT OF CONTACT SERVER

A method carried out at a point of contact (e.g., reverse proxy, a web server plug-in, or the like) that serves as an intermediary between a client browser and one or more back-end applications (or application component), wherein each back-end application has the capability to set its own server-side session management data with respect to the point of contact that is independent of any client-side session management data set by the point of contact and used by the point of contact to manage a user session. The method begins as a given back-end application returns a response to a first request that has been issued from the client browser (the first request having been received at the point of contact and passed to a back end application or component for processing). The point of contact intercepts the out-going response, augments server-side session management data associated therewith with a "stamp," and forwards to the client browser the response together with the server-side session management data as augmented to include the stamp. The stamp provides a way for the point of contact to later determine whether the server-side session management data, if received with another user request, is valid for that request. Later, upon receipt at the point of contact of a new user request that includes the server-side session management data (and stamp), the point of contact uses the stamp to determine whether the new request is valid. If so, the point of contact removes the stamp from the server-side session management data and forwards the new request (and the management data) to the back-end application for handling.