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Re: www.debian.org in the proxy



On Sat, 14 Nov 1998, Philipp Frauenfelder wrote:

 : Hi,
 : 
 : I noticed that the pages from www.debian.org cannot be read from 
 : proxy because the expire at the time when they are loaded form 
 : the server (that was my conclusion -- am I right?). Why is it 
 : set up this way?

I believe this is due to content negotiation.  The pages expire so that
someone who uses the same proxy as you but wants the pages in a
different language will not be disappointed.

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