Re: Is disabling browser caching secure?

[Reid Nichol <rnichol_rrc () yahoo com>]

Hello:
  One cannot trust what is out of the realm of control of his/her app. 
The behaviour of the browser is clearly not within this realm of
control and thus should not be depended on, nor trusted.

best regards,
Reid Nichol

--- smith.norton () gmail com wrote:
> Many articles on the net speaks of disabling browser caching.
>
> I don't feel its secure because even if a browser faithfully follows
> the protocol, a programmer might write a small browser of his own
> which caches all pages.
>
> What do others say?
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