[squid-users] squid and php-sites

hi,
i am not sure if squid is required to not cache sites without suitable
headers (lastmod, expires,...).
does anybody know?
it seems as if for such objects the refresh-patterns are NOT used in
squid.conf.
is this right?

thx in advance,
alp

----- Original Message -----
From: "SSCR Internet Admin" <admin@sscrmnl.edu.ph>
To: "alp" <alpheus@gmx.de>
Cc: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 1:11 AM
Subject: RE: [squid-users] question concerning php-sites and caching -still
some questions

> some sites dont want their pages to cached, so i guess squid will
eventually
> reload pages.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: alp [mailto:alpheus@gmx.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 11:01 PM
> Cc: squid-users@squid-cache.org
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] question concerning php-sites and caching
> -still some questions
>
>
> thanks marc,
>
> i knowed this page already, it's a really nice one.
> but my problem is: does squid never caches an object without validation
> headers (expires, max-age, lastmod,...)?
> if i have a refresh-pattern like
> refresh_pattern . 0 20% 5
> such an object should retain at most 5 minutes in cache, shouldn't it?
> or is refresh_pattern only used if an object has validation headers?
>
> thx in advance,
> alp
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc Elsen" <marc.elsen@imec.be>
> To: "alp" <alpheus@gmx.de>
> Cc: <squid-users@squid-cache.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 5:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [squid-users] question concerning php-sites and caching
>
>
> >
> >
> > alp wrote:
> > >
> > > hi,
> > > i have on my webserver a simple php site which i query via squid 2.5.
> > > this works (of course) and i see that no last_modified or
expiry-header
> is
> > > replied, which is correct for dynamic sites, too, as far as i know
> > > i have no cache_deny for php-sites and only the usual refresh_patterns
> of
> > > default squid.conf.
> > >
> > > squid does not cache this php side (also ok), but my question is: why?
> > > is it hardcoded into squid not to cache php-sites, or is the missing
of
> > > expiry and last_mod headers the reason for this?
> >
> > Most probably, you may,for instance check objects (urls)
> > with :
> >
> > http://www.ircache.net/cgi-bin/cacheability.py
> >
> > M.
> >
> > >
> > > thx in advance,
> > > alp
> >
> > --
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> > General Relativity is a direct consequence of QM
> > (M.E. Mar 2002)
> >
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