Re: [privacy] Google Cache gone?

["Dr. Neal Krawetz" <hf () hackerfactor com>]

Hi Alex,

It's the weirdest thing!

Firefox on 2 different computers did not show cache.
After posting, I checked and Mozilla and Safari -- both showed it.

I went under Firefox on one computer and cleared everything under the
Privacy tab.  Now one of the Firefox browsers shows the cache.

I plan to look at the HTTP traffic and see if some cookie value is
being sent that turns off cache.  -- Cookies are the only thing I can
think of that would do this.
(And then find out how it was initially enabled!)

                                        -Neal
--
Neal Krawetz, Ph.D.
Hacker Factor Solutions
http://www.hackerfactor.com/
Author of "Introduction to Network Security" (Charles River Media, 2006)
http://www.charlesriver.com/Books/BookDetail.aspx?productID=126130


On Sun, Jun 18, 2006 at 09:55:30AM -0400, Alex Eckelberry wrote:
> Works fine on my side... 
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dr. Neal Krawetz [mailto:hf () hackerfactor com] 
> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 10:14 PM
> To: privacy () whitestar linuxbox org
> Subject: [privacy] Google Cache gone?
>
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone else noticed that Google's cache is no longer an option in
> the search results?
>
> Also, if you search for a domain you normally get a choice between
> searching for pages from the domain, links to the domain, the actual
> quoted term, or viewing the Google cache for the domain.
> If you click on viewing the Google cache, you get back a blank page.
>
> I first noticed the cache being disabled a few days ago.
> Anyone know why it was turned off?  (I'm assuming due to privacy and
> copyright issues -- that's why I'm posting this the privacy list.)
>
> I can find no discussion of this on the Google Blog or other forums.
>
>                                       -Neal
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