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

[Joe Laffey]

On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Christian Kruse wrote:
>
> > 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. 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). I think, there is no real solution.

But if the uncompressed version is cached local to that office then who
cares? More bandwidth is saved by NOT resending the data, even in
compressed form.

I see nothing wrong with the scenario... or am I missing something...

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