RE: configuration for dynamic pages

> From: frank.loepke@europe.eds.com [SMTP:frank.loepke@europe.eds.com]
>
> I have read a lot of the posted mails in the news group, but I still
> didn't
> manage to convince squid to cache the whole URL after a ?.
>
        You are attacking this in the wrong place; you should
        make sure that the server generates cacheable pages,
        not use unsafe refresh patterns (preferably with
        cache-control and expires, or at least with
        last modified).

> In addition I need a configuration where requests from one special client
> updates the cache and requests from all other clients use the cached
> information.
>
        I don't believe this is possible server side, although
        you can force a cache reload from the client by
        using appropriate headers (the equivalent of Netscape
        shift reload and IE control reload).

        This won't force a reload on remote caches; if you want
        that behaviour, you will have to hack the code to
        take out the cacheability headers, or make the page
        cacheable, but less cacheable.

        You should think very carefully before you compromise
        the cacheability in order to allow fast updates; doing
        so is bad for the net as a whole.
Received on Tue Nov 09 1999 - 12:42:35 MST