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

[Jordan Russell]

TOKILEY@aol.com wrote:
> I still think the fact that MSIE really MUST cache the
> 'compressed' responses because it MUST have the
> disk file to do the decompression

Yes, that is a good possibility. Another may be that IE takes two completely
different code paths when handling uncompressed and compressed data, and
they forgot to make it check Vary when handling compressed data...

Whatever the case may be, it doesn't look to me like the difference in Vary
header handling between uncompressed/compressed data is intentional...

> If anyone is using any version of MSIE any older than
> this list then they are pretty much crazy just because
> of all the security flaws alone in any version less than 5.0.

Agreed. I could've tested IE 4.0 but decided against it...

Jordan Russell