Re: Transparent cache problem: clients cannot refresh pages!

Alexandre K wrote:

> 2) Evidently some component is violating HTTP standard. So is MSIE
> violating the standard, or transparent caching is actually prohibited in
> the standard ?

Transparent redirection is probhibited by internet standard #5 "Internet
Protocol".

HTTP assumes no transparent redirection is taking place.

> 3) Does this problem exist on commercial transparent caches (like
> Cisco CE Cache Engines, etc) ?

Yes, but some/most of them have workarounds by handling all
If-Modified-Since requests from IE as refresh requests.

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