I talk nothing about cache. if mod_deflate didn't compress a file, why it still send a Vary header? This is what I'm always talking about. On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 11:25 AM, Joshua Slive <joshua@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 8:46 PM, J. Peng <peng.kyo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I mean I access to apache directly, didn't go through any cache/proxy. > > ie6 with http/1.0 has problems with a Vary: header, if the response > > was not gziped. > > What I think is if mod_deflate DIDN'T compress a file, it SHOULD NOT > > send a Vary header. > > That is NOT how Vary works. Go read the HTTP spec. If your content > changes based on a header, then you must report that header in Vary > for ALL requests. Otherwise, a cache would take the request that it > got for a client that didn't have support gzip and send it to browsers > that do support gzip, negating the benefit of gzip. > > I also showed you an easy way to work around the problem if you don't > care about incorrect responses from caches. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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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