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

[Robert Collins]

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On Tue, 2002-12-10 at 00:24, Michael.Schroepl@telekurs.de wrote:
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> Hi Robert,
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> >> Note that this section applies to ALL caches - shared ones such as
> >> squid, and private ones such as IE's temporary internet files.
> > Oh, and based on your report it looks like IE is doing mostly
> > the right thing. It would be better if they used If-None-Match
> > conditionals though.
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> If I get you right then you say this about M$IE handling its
> browser cache.
> But as the discussion came up with an issue of the browser
> history (see my previous postings, addressing RFC 2616 chapter
> 13.13), do you still think M$IE is doing the right thing?

NO. For history manipulation IE is so so so broken. Let me count the
ways. Any history visit (as long as refresh is not pressed) should
result in 0 http traffic regardless of document cache policies.

Rob

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