RE: [squid-users] Serious probem with transparent caching?

> I've been running a transparent cache using WCCP for a few weeks now. On
> several occasions I have encountered problems with web site updates not
> showing up for users. Hitting refresh in the browser doesn't work.

What browser are your clients using? Maybe there's a workaround.

> If I have the cache server query the origin server for modification
> information for every cache request, there will be little advantage to
> caching. At this point, I am considering turning off the cache.

Even if the cache must query for the modification info, that's probably less
bandwidth than fully downloading the object each time.

> How have other cache admins dealt with this issue?

You could try turning off transparent caching.

Adam

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