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Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 00:02
by RalphM
The proxy server used in my work environment makes it a real PITA to view this forum and to download new beta's.
I had a chat with one of our IT guys about it and he told me, the easiest way to prevent caching by our proxy server would be if caching was switched off on the xyplorer.com website itself.
Don't ask me how to do it, but I would be grateful for a solution to this...
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 08:58
by admin
RalphM wrote:The proxy server used in my work environment makes it a real PITA to view this forum and to download new beta's.
I had a chat with one of our IT guys about it and he told me, the easiest way to prevent caching by our proxy server would be if caching was switched off on the xyplorer.com website itself.
Don't ask me how to do it, but I would be grateful for a solution to this...
Could you ask the IT guy how to do it? (I know a couple of ways but there are many and with subtle differences, so maybe he can spare me the research.)
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 10:04
by CyGho
Isn't it just done by using meta-tags?
Some info:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q234067/
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 14 Nov 2008 10:07
by admin
Oh, I know. But, as I said, there are many ways to do it.
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 15 Nov 2008 01:48
by RalphM
admin wrote:Could you ask the IT guy how to do it? (I know a couple of ways but there are many and with subtle differences, so maybe he can spare me the research.)
Will do on Monday...
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 20 Jan 2009 20:34
by RalphM
I did do it that Monday in November, but the mail was lost somehow, so it took two months to get that question answered, sorry about that.
So here's the answer finally:
He had mostly used the meta tag Response.CacheControl = "no-cache" so far, but after reading the MS article, he agreed, that using the Response.Expires = -1 would probably be the better choice.
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 20 Jan 2009 20:57
by admin
RalphM wrote:I did do it that Monday in November, but the mail was lost somehow, so it took two months to get that question answered, sorry about that.
So here's the answer finally:
He had mostly used the meta tag Response.CacheControl = "no-cache" so far, but after reading the MS article, he agreed, that using the Response.Expires = -1 would probably be the better choice.
Ah, finally I can sleep in peace again!
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 20 Jan 2009 23:29
by RalphM
admin wrote:Ah, finally I can sleep in peace again!
Meaning, you're gonna stop the proxy caching of XYplorer.com in the near future?
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 21 Jan 2009 07:40
by admin
RalphM wrote:admin wrote:Ah, finally I can sleep in peace again!
Meaning, you're gonna stop the proxy caching of XYplorer.com in the near future?
I wonder: Would it be enough to do it for the download.htm page? I'll try that. I'll let you know...
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 21 Jan 2009 08:46
by admin
admin wrote:RalphM wrote:admin wrote:Ah, finally I can sleep in peace again!
Meaning, you're gonna stop the proxy caching of XYplorer.com in the near future?
I wonder: Would it be enough to do it for the download.htm page? I'll try that. I'll let you know...
Since 20081210 I use this in download.htm:
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<meta http-equiv="pragma" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="cache-control" content="no-cache">
<meta http-equiv="expires" content="0">
So it did not help?
Well, if the downloaded file itself is cached independently of download.htm, then I don't know how I could stop that.
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 22 Jan 2009 00:49
by RalphM
Don't know since I haven't tried to download betas at work for months...
Will check the next couple of days and report back.
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 22 Jan 2009 07:48
by RalphM
Just checked and the problem still persists, though I only had to download it twice until I got the current beta.
Before I had to do it up to five times until it worked.
Will keep an eye on this the next days and keep you posted.
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 22 Jan 2009 14:59
by RalphM
Just checked with the current beta.
Took me five downloads again, until I finally had the current beta.
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 22 Jan 2009 15:26
by admin
RalphM wrote:Just checked with the current beta.
Took me five downloads again, until I finally had the current beta.
Try it with Firefox. I heard it might help.
Re: Prevent Proxy Caching of xyplorer.com
Posted: 22 Jan 2009 17:05
by RalphM
admin wrote:Try it with Firefox. I heard it might help.
I would if I could, but IE is company standard and therefore not possible.