[whatwg] Gears caching at identical URIs (was: Gears design goals)

[Robert O'Callahan]

On 7/3/07, Robert Sayre <sayrer at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 7/2/07, Robert O'Callahan <robert at ocallahan.org> wrote:
> > On 7/3/07, Robert Sayre <sayrer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > On 7/2/07, Robert O'Callahan <robert at ocallahan.org> wrote:
> > > > On 7/2/07, Robert Sayre <sayrer at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Basically, I think offline caches should respect the Vary: HTTP
> > > > > header, and maybe more. Applications will need to do this right
> > > > > anyway, if they want to function correctly in the presence of ISP
> HTTP
> > > > > proxies (AOL, TMobile, etc),  corporate firewalls, and server-side
> > > > > stuff like Citrix Netscalers.
> > > >
> > > > No they don't. For example, they can just use Cache-Control:private
> to
> > > > bypass those caches. That's what GMail does.
> > >
> > > Yes, I should have mentioned that I don't think an Offline API will be
> > > able to handle Cache-Control:private stuff better than other proxies
> > > unless it reinvents other HTTP caching mechanisms.
> >
> > I don't know what you mean. Offline storage is a private cache and can
> > ignore Cache-Control:private.
>
> Seems to me that if you are worried about users seeing content
> intended for other users, it isn't a private cache.


It's private as far as HTTP is concerned: private to one client application.
The fact that Web applications are supporting multiple "users" sharing the
browser cache isn't relevant.

Rob
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