Re: Enforce reloading of page when using the back-button

Dan,

   I thought this section was only applicable to proxies and intermediate 
caching servers / services?  Even if it is applicable to the User Agents, 
If the response reached the requesting agent then, IMHO, it is considered 
to be a private (non-shared) cache and will therefore cache the page.  I 
haven't found any reference that indicates what a User Agent should be 
considered, or how one might reset one.

                         Kevin

At 12:19 AM 3/9/00 , Dan Connolly wrote:
>Actually, I find quite explicit protocol support in HTTP 1.1 for this
>case:
>
>"private
>      Indicates that all or part of the response message is intended for
>a single user
>      and MUST NOT be cached by a shared cache. This allows an origin
>server to
>      state that the specified parts of the
>      response are intended for only one user and are not a valid
>response for
>      requests by other users. A private (non-shared) cache MAY cache the
>response.
>
>      Note: This usage of the word private only controls where the
>response may be
>      cached, and cannot ensure the privacy of the message content. "
>
>-- http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9.1
>
>Again, I think your issue is with User Agents that lack support for
>this sort of thing.

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Received on Thursday, 9 March 2000 19:26:16 UTC