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

[Christian Kruse]

Hello Kevin,

On Fri, Dec 06, 2002 at 08:03:19PM -0500, TOKILEY@aol.com wrote:
> 1. Despite what any 'changelog' comment says... how does this
> REALLY work?

My experiences say: correctly. I am using the Squid on a server as a
'httpd accelerator'. This was the first thing I tried:

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: some.host.de
Connection: close

[...]
X-Cache: MISS from some.host.de

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: some.host.de
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Connection: close

[...]
X-Cache: MISS from some.host.de

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: some.host.de
Connection: close

[...]
X-Cache: HIT from some.host.de

GET / HTTP/1.1
Host: some.host.de
Accept-Encoding: gzip
Connection: close

[...]
X-Cache: HIT from some.host.de

> 2. Has this version of SQUID been released to the public? Last 
> I heard it has NOT.

Hm? What do you mean? From http://www.squid-cache.org/:

STABLE: 2.5

> 3. If it has been released... then how many years will it take before
> this is still not an issue since there is no assurance that anyone
> will 'upgrade' their SQUID just because a new version is out.

In this point you are absolutely right. It will took a very long time
'till all old squids are replaced by newer versions. Just have a look at
NN4...

> What's the SQUID timeframe on full ETag support
> as per HTTP/1.1 specs?

Sorry, don't know. I'm not a squid developer :)

Greetings,
 CK

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