On 3/17/06, Kishore Jalleda <kjalleda@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > I compiled apache 1.3.34 with mod_expires module, and add the > configuration in httpd.conf, as follows > <Directory "/export/htdocs/"> > <IfModule mod_expires.c> > ExpiresActive on > ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 5 hours" > ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 5 hours" > ExpiresByType image/jpg "access plus 5 hours" > ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 5 hours" > ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 5 hours" > </IfModule> > </Directory> > > now when I try to load a page with lot of gif's for first time , i see that > IE requests all the objects (gif, jpg, css, js etc), > and I also see a expires header sent by apache, but when I load it the > second time, i see that the number of packets between apache and IE have > reduced but , IE still sends requests for *.gif files and apache responds > with a 200 OK header, and sends all the gif's again, but surprising IE sends > a If-Modified-Since header for objects like *.js, *.css, even though I > haveen't included them in the conf, and apache nicely sends back a 304 and > IE loads them from cache. > > on a test box with the exact conf, when I load a page second time, IE sends > the If-Modified-Since header with the GET request and apache returns a 304 > not modified header thus IE loads the images not modified from its cache.. > > so I am wondering what is happening here, I have tried this conf on 3 to 4 > production boxes but IE never ever sends the If-Modified-Since header with > the GET request, so that apache can return a 304 not modified...... > > is there somehting I am missing, its surprising its working as expected on > the test box ... Look at the full set of response headers sent by apache on each box. Perhaps on one box its not sending a Last-Modified header (because of processing by mod_include or something like that). joshua. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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