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It can be hard (esp. with Basic or Digest authentication). With cookies its not as difficult, but it would be much better if there were a way that worked for all of these.

Yes, but are there any browsers out there that don't support cookies?

There are plenty that don't have them turned on :^) Another problem is that javascript has a _lot_ of leeway in screwing around with cookies... Brian Lloyd brian@digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com