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

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Mon, 9 Dec 2002 17:43:08 EST


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> Robert wrote...
>
> >> Or have people just come to believe it stops 'caching' because
> > it just 'looks' that way ( since document is being re-validated
> > but it actually DID get written to SQUID's cache? )?
> >
> > Ack.
> >
> > Rob
> 
> Thanks Robert...
> 
> ...but you didn't answer my question.
>
> I did - the paragraph I acked is 100% correct. Squid will cache and
> revalidate before serving responses with Expires: -1.
>
> Rob

Robert...

I don't mean to harp on this issue but it IS partially relevant
since we are just trying to really understand the REALITIES
of caching here and not the 'urban legends'.

I have another (quick) question for you regarding this "Expires: -1"
thing.

If SQUID does, in fact, actually CACHE a response that is
showing up with "Expires: -1" in the response headers
( which means it cannot possibly EVER be 'fresh' )...

...then when in the heck does such a response ever
get REMOVED from the cache ( erased from disk ) ?

If it was already STALE when it arrived... then how can
it ever get MORE STALE and when would SQUID 
purge this puppy from the disk?

Are all of these "Expires: -1" documents hanging around
forever in SQUID caches?

Yours...
Kevin






In a message dated 12/9/2002 4:31:12 PM Central Standard Time, 
robertc@squid-cache.org writes:


> > >> Or have people just come to believe it stops 'caching' because
> > > it just 'looks' that way ( since document is being re-validated
> > > but it actually DID get written to SQUID's cache? )?
> > >
> > > Ack.
> > >
> > > Rob
> > 
> > Thanks Robert...
> > 
> > ...but you didn't answer my question.
> 
> I did - the paragraph I acked is 100% correct. Squid will cache and
> revalidate before serving responses with Expires: -1.
> 
> Rob
> 
> 


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&gt; Robert wrote...<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt; &gt;&gt; Or have people just come to believe it stops 'caching' because<BR>
&gt; &gt; it just 'looks' that way ( since document is being re-validated<BR>
&gt; &gt; but it actually DID get written to SQUID's cache? )?<BR>
&gt; &gt;<BR>
&gt; &gt; Ack.<BR>
&gt; &gt;<BR>
&gt; &gt; Rob<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; Thanks Robert...<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; ...but you didn't answer my question.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt; I did - the paragraph I acked is 100% correct. Squid will cache and<BR>
&gt; revalidate before serving responses with Expires: -1.<BR>
&gt;<BR>
&gt; Rob<BR>
<BR>
Robert...<BR>
<BR>
I don't mean to harp on this issue but it IS partially relevant<BR>
since we are just trying to really understand the REALITIES<BR>
of caching here and not the 'urban legends'.<BR>
<BR>
I have another (quick) question for you regarding this "Expires: -1"<BR>
thing.<BR>
<BR>
If SQUID does, in fact, actually CACHE a response that is<BR>
showing up with "Expires: -1" in the response headers<BR>
( which means it cannot possibly EVER be 'fresh' )...<BR>
<BR>
...then when in the heck does such a response ever<BR>
get REMOVED from the cache ( erased from disk ) ?<BR>
<BR>
If it was already STALE when it arrived... then how can<BR>
it ever get MORE STALE and when would SQUID <BR>
purge this puppy from the disk?<BR>
<BR>
Are all of these "Expires: -1" documents hanging around<BR>
forever in SQUID caches?<BR>
<BR>
Yours...<BR>
Kevin<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
In a message dated 12/9/2002 4:31:12 PM Central Standard Time, robertc@squid-cache.org writes:<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">&gt; &gt;&gt; Or have people just come to believe it stops 'caching' because<BR>
&gt; &gt; it just 'looks' that way ( since document is being re-validated<BR>
&gt; &gt; but it actually DID get written to SQUID's cache? )?<BR>
&gt; &gt;<BR>
&gt; &gt; Ack.<BR>
&gt; &gt;<BR>
&gt; &gt; Rob<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; Thanks Robert...<BR>
&gt; <BR>
&gt; ...but you didn't answer my question.<BR>
<BR>
I did - the paragraph I acked is 100% correct. Squid will cache and<BR>
revalidate before serving responses with Expires: -1.<BR>
<BR>
Rob<BR>
<BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
<BR>
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