- From: David W. Morris <dwm@xpasc.com>
- Date: Wed, 9 Jul 1997 22:45:01 -0700 (PDT)
- To: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com>
- Cc: Henrik Frystyk Nielsen <frystyk@w3.org>, http-wg@cuckoo.hpl.hp.com
On Wed, 9 Jul 1997, Jeffrey Mogul wrote: > I think the first part is still somewhat misleading. How about: > > If the representation was selected using criteria not limited to > the request-headers, then the server MUST include a "Vary: *" > header field in the response. > In this case, a cache MUST NOT use the response in > a reply to a subsequent request unless the cache relays the new > request to the origin server in a conditional request and the > server responds with 304 (Not Modified), including an entity tag or > Content-Location that indicates which entity should be used. > > As long as we are going to say MUST, we should be explicit about > what the requirement is. I vote for your variant. I didn't really care for the prior version with a header talking to a cache. Dave Morris
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