- From: Eric J. Bowman <eric@bisonsystems.net>
- Date: Tue, 9 Oct 2012 13:42:18 -0600
- To: Amos Jeffries <squid3@treenet.co.nz>
- Cc: <ietf-http-wg@w3.org>
Amos Jeffries wrote: > > IMO, the Age header is not useful in this case. Since the requestor > already appears to have a copy of the representation, thus already > has or can calculate its Age. > Sure, if the cache validates with the origin, but what if that isn't the case? Client has representation, reloads. Cache also has representation, but responds 304 without validating to the origin. Without Age, how does client know if the cache's 304 is referring to a newer or older representation than the one the client already has? -Eric
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