]OT] http-authorization:

[Donald Arseneau]

Benjamin Franz <snowhare at nihongo.org> writes:

> Frequently the people writing the scripts have no formal training in
> programming and so have no idea about such basic concepts as caching,
> ...
> It is more than that. CGI/other scripts freqently fail to implement the more
> advanced sections of the HTTP standard that provide guidance on caching such
> as Cache-Control, Modified, Expires, Vary, ETag or even plain old 'HEAD'. In
> essence, they *TELL* the browsers to not cache by failing to do so.

For a dynamic page, you really do not want the browser caching!




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Donald Arseneau                          asnd at triumf.ca