How to log out user from web site using BASIC authentication?

Question

Is it possible to log out user from a web site if he is using basic authentication?

Killing session is not enough, since, once user is authenticated, each request co

Answer 1

An addition to the answer by bobince ...

With Ajax you can have your 'Logout' link/button wired to a Javascript function. Have this function send the XMLHttpRequest with a bad username and password. This should get back a 401. Then set document.location back to the pre-login page. This way, the user will never see the extra login dialog during logout, nor have to remember to put in bad credentials.