Re: SQUID 2.2-STABLE3 stale cache

From: Henrik Nordstrom <hno@dont-contact.us>
Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2000 15:22:23 +0200

James Porter wrote:

> It APPEARS that what is happening is this. The local machine Internet
> Browser cache file If-Modified-Since field is being compared to one that
> SQUID is holding. So if the 2 fields are the same the page doesn't change.
> BUT apparently SQUID does not take the extra step of doing an
> If-Modified-Since comparison to the WebServer itself so the situation
> stands that a page can modified but still not appear as updated in SQUID if
> the Browser has the same version as SQUID.

refresh_pattern controls how long Squid considers the page fresh.

A reload of the page (except if the user are using IE, and you are
running a transparent cache) should always force an update.

--
Henrik Nordstrom
Squid hacker
Received on Sun Apr 02 2000 - 16:08:16 MDT

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