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How to prevent Internet Explorer from locally caching pages
From: Adrian Caneva <acaneva () nexttech com ar>
Date: 4 Apr 2003 00:26:55 -0000
Hi, Expiration headers seem to be ignored by Internet Explorer behind a Proxy server when using BACK / FORWARD buttons. On Microsoft's Knowledge Base Article 234067 (HOWTO: Prevent Caching in Internet Explorer) I've found that in fact this can happen. And I could verify that, behind a Proxy, IE (6.0, 5.5, 5.0) gets the page from local disk cache although Expire = -1 header should force it ask the web server for an updated version. The only workaround I've found was to place dynamic pages in an https:// environment where (Pragma, no-cache) header prevents IE from storing in local cache the response. Any better ideas ? Thanks very much in advance. Regards, Adrian Caneva
Current thread:
- How to prevent Internet Explorer from locally caching pages Adrian Caneva (Apr 03)
- Re: How to prevent Internet Explorer from locally caching pages Liam Quinn (Apr 03)
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- RE: How to prevent Internet Explorer from locally caching pages David Cameron (Apr 03)
- Re: How to prevent Internet Explorer from locally caching pages Adrian Caneva (Apr 04)