RE: List of site that shouldn't be Cached

Thank you all for responding to this email. The bottom line is no there
is not a list of non cacheable sites. I just wish more web masters had to
deal with caches, they might just get a better understanding of what is
needed to make thing work better.

Thank you again...

TJ

> > From: TJ Morgan [SMTP:tmorgan@cidera.com]
> >
> > Is there a list of sites that shouldn't be cached. ie. stock and gaming
> > sites..
> >
> Sites which shouldn't be cached should send cache
> control headers which prevent their being cached,
> so any explicit workarounds are for broken sites.
> The usual problem on today's web is sites that should be
> cacheable but don't meet the minimum technical requirements
> for cacheability.
>
> I don't understand what stock and gaming have to do
> with this. As I say, if you just want to prevent
> technically inappropriate caching, it is the responsibility
> of the site owner to mark his pages accordingly.
>
> On the other hand, are you trying to enforce a value
> judgement about sites that your users shouldn't be using,
> in which case you want to block all access, not just
> cacheing.
>
> Then again, is this a list of sites that you will turn
> a blind eye to your users accessing, but you don't want
> a permanent record in the cache, in which case you need
> to disable logging as well.
>
> I am not aware of any public lists of sites which falsely
> indicate cacheability or of stock and gaming sites. Look
> at the archives for possible leads on other undesirable content,
> but you will probably have to buy lists to keep reasonably
> current.
>
> You might want to note that most browsers cache more
> aggressively than a default configuration of squid.
>
Received on Sat Feb 05 2000 - 15:38:13 MST