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Re: New precondition fields and caching

Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net> Mon, 07 September 2020 07:17 UTC

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Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2020 17:14:27 +1000
From: Martin Thomson <mt@lowentropy.net>
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On Mon, Sep 7, 2020, at 17:02, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> I think the answer is yes, but with the footnote that Cache-Control
> should also be set to mitigate downright disasters, if an intermediary
> does not grok If-*

Are you talking about using Cache-Control for damage mitigation or a genuine backstop?  It seems like you get to choose between bustage and no caching at all if you take that path.

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