RE: NEW ISSUE: Methods and Caching

On ons, 2008-11-19 at 18:14 -0600, Brian Smith wrote:

> (3) When a cache receives a GET (or HEAD) request, it MAY return a
> previously cached POST response that was a cached using the criteria in (2)
> above, or it MAY return a previously cached GET (or HEAD) response. This
> isn't stated anywhere in RFC 2616.

Almost.

The POST invalidates any prior responses, and the cache which have seen
the POST passing by MUST NOT return a previsouly cached GET (or HEAD)
response.

Regards
Henrik

Received on Thursday, 20 November 2008 10:07:25 UTC