Re: Caching CGI output

From: Tom Minchin <tom@dont-contact.us>
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 20:35:38 +1100 (EST)

>
> I have noticed that squid appears to, under certain circumstances cache
> output from CGI scripts particularly when the HTTP server generates no
> headders and the CGI script has no arguments passed to it in the URL
>
> has anyone else noticed this ?? if so how have you got around it ??
>
You can't get around it really. It's the fault of the author who hasn't
followed the correct spec.

A direct browser -> broken CGI session will also result in the output
from the CGI being cached to local disk.

It's up to the author of content to follow the specs, not the end user or
intermediates to interpret "what they really meant to do".

tom@iacom.com.au
Received on Thu Dec 19 1996 - 01:40:58 MST

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