Intel 1520 User Manual

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Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance Administrator’s Guide
The following table lists the HTTP caching directives that the appliance follows. 
Transparent proxy caching
In nontransparent proxy caching, client browsers must be configured to send Web 
requests to the Intel NetStructure Cache Appliance proxy. Many sites have no 
direct control over user browser settings, making it necessary for site 
administrators to tell users to configure their browsers to direct requests to the 
proxy. 
Transparency solves this problem. The transparency option enables the appliance 
to respond to Internet requests without requiring users to reconfigure their 
browser settings. It does this by redirecting the traffic flow into the cache after it 
has been intercepted by an L4 switch or router.
This section provides the following:
✔ An overview of how the appliance serves requests transparently. See Serving 
✔ A discussion of interception strategies supported by the Intel NetWorking 
Directive source
Caching directives
administration 
options
Don’t cache objects with URL addresses containing 
?
;
/cgi
 or end in 
.asp
.
Don’t cache objects served in response to the Cookie: 
header.
Set never-cache rules from the command-line 
interface. Refer to Configuring caching rules‚ on 
page 79
.
client
Don’t cache objects with the following request headers. 
You can override some of these directives using 
administration options.
Cache-Control: no-store header
Cookie: header
Authorization: header
Web server
Don’t cache objects with the following response headers. 
You can override some of these directives using 
administration options.
Cache-Control: no-store
www-Authenticate: header
Set-Cookie: header
Cache-Control: no-cache header
Pragma: no-cache header
Expires: header with value of 0 (zero) or a past date