[Mod_gzip] "mod_gzip_send_vary=Yes" disables caching on IE? (1.3.26.1a)

[Jordan Russell]

> > Could mod_gzip suppress the "Vary: Accept-Encoding" header when sending
back
> > uncompressed data? That seems like the perfect "solution".
>
> This is even as bad as not sending Vary headers.

The only reason mod_gzip is sending Vary headers in the first place is to
prevent Squid from sending back compressed pages to clients that can't
handle it, right?

With my proposed change, mod_gzip would still be sending Vary headers when
sending compressed data. So Squid should still "know" not to send the
compressed pages to clients that can't handle them. (Correct me if I'm
wrong.)

> In a office using a
> proxy and some UAs not capable to handle compressed content, the
> compressed version perhaps would never been send (uh, my English seems
> to be very bad, I'm sorry).

(Sorry, I don't understand what you mean here...)

Jordan Russell