Have a look at:
http://www.mnot.net/cache_docs/
Cheers,
On Sat, Feb 05, 2000 at 12:38:29PM +0800, Walter Klomp wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> Maybe a really stupid question. Please don't flame... But I am also
> maintaining a web-site on top of the squid caches I maintain... With exactly
> the same problem. The information regarding these headers is not so commonly
> available... I'm probably looking for the wrong words...
>
> Could you sum up what a web-designer could put in a
> not-supposed-to-be-cached-page in the <HEAD> area, or if it's a hidden
> cgi-bin script, what could be put in the first couple of lines ?
>
> Thanks
> Walter.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: TJ Morgan [mailto:tmorgan@cidera.com]
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 10:24 AM
> To: Dave J Woolley
> Cc: 'squid-users@ircache.net'
> Subject: 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.
> >
>
-- Mark Nottingham, Senior Developer Akamai Technologies (San Mateo, CA)Received on Sun Feb 06 2000 - 13:43:28 MST
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