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Re: Is disabling browser caching secure?


From: lucip <lucian.padurariu () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 08:05:37 +0300

I think that it is about user secure, not web application secure :)


smith.norton () gmail com wrote:
Many articles on the net speaks of disabling browser caching.

I don't feel its secure because even if a browser faithfully follows the protocol, a programmer might write a small 
browser of his own which caches all pages.

What do others say?

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