- From: Jeffrey Mogul <mogul@pa.dec.com>
- Date: Mon, 01 Mar 99 16:47:34 PST
- To: Larry Masinter <masinter@parc.xerox.com>
- Cc: HTTP Working Group <http-wg@hplb.hpl.hp.com>
Jeff Mogul pointed out that "Pragma: no-cache" is not a response
header, and "in retrospect, I think the wording of the specification of
Pragma should have included a Note to this effect, because
lots of people seem to be confused by this (even me, at times)."
But I couldn't think of a simple 'Note' to add that would be only
editorial, so I decided not to pursue this.
Is this simple enough?
(at the end of section 14.32)
Note: because the meaning of "Pragma: no-cache" as a
response header field is not actually specified, it does not
provide a reliable replacement for "Cache-control: no-cache"
in a response.
-Jeff
Received on Monday, 1 March 1999 16:50:25 UTC