Re: Digex transparent proxying

[shields () crosslink net (Michael Shields)]

In article <35935600.FF54EBFE () infowest com>,
"Aaron D. Gifford" <agifford () infowest com> wrote:
> It might also be time for content providers of time-sensitive data on the web
> to redirect requests coming from Digex' proxy harvest machines to a web page
> that says something along the lines of "Digex has intercepted your web request
> and directed it through their web caching system.  This impacts the
> time-sensitive data at this site.  Hence you cannot access this site in this
> manner.

Any content provider savvy enough to put that up could just as easily
put in the proper headers to tag their content as cacheable or
uncacheable or cacheable until time X, and that would be better for
*everyone* involved.
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Shields, CrossLink.