Overview#

Logout Mechanism is an implementation of a Logout Process

Single Logout

Logout Mechanisms may differ in the following:

• Whether logout is reliable or best-effort
• Whether only application is logged out or also the Identity Provider (IDP)
• Whether only web applications are logged out or also Native applications
• Which state is revoked/cleared by logout and which is not
  • cookies
  • Access Tokens
  • Refresh Tokens
  • Tokens
  • HTML5 local state
  • We are sure there are more

OpenID Connect supports three Logout Mechanisms:#

• OpenID Connect Session Management 1.0
• OpenID Connect Front-Channel Logout 1.0
• OpenID Connect Back-Channel Logout 1.0

SAML V2.0 also had multiple Logout Mechanisms

• Single Logout Profile

More Information#

There might be more information for this subject on one of the following:

• Logged out
• Logging Out
• Logout Process
• OpenID Connect Back-Channel Logout
• Why Use Tokens