Re: [squid-users] about refresh_pattern

Sandy lone wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Under what cases squid will use refresh_pattern?
> If the response objects have expire or age headers, squid will follow
> their values.

Yes. Unless refresh_pattern have been specified with ignore-* HTTP
violations.

> If the response objects have neither expire nor age headers, squid
> will not cache them at all.

No, squid will try to cache unless forbidden (private, no-cache, sets a
cookie, authenticated pages).

> So when will squid use the refresh_pattern settings?

Any pages which had no age information and passed the cacheability tests
for the above.
I think its tested when followup request need to know about freshness,
or on garbage collection.

Amos

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