Re: Cookies and cache

• From: Koen Holtman <koen@win.tue.nl>
• Date: Wed, 19 Mar 1997 20:16:45 +0100 (MET)
• To: advax@triumf.ca
• Cc: http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
• Message-Id: <199703191916.UAA09307@wsooti08.win.tue.nl>

Andrew Daviel:
>
>OK, so I haven't read every piece of mail on this list ... 
>
>Can someone answer this simple question:
>
>If I make a request for a page with a Cookie header, is the result 
>cacheable in a public cache ?

According to both HTTP/1.1 and the state management spec: Yes, unless one of
the usual headers which prevent caching is added.  See the state management
spec (RFC 2109) for details.

>Andrew

Koen.

Received on Wednesday, 19 March 1997 11:19:07 UTC