[thelist] Avoiding Downstream Caching from AJAX Request

[Chris Marsh]

All

I have a page that makes regular requests to a resource on a web server
via an AJAX mechanism. A critical business requirement states that the
data obtained from this request must not be cached. ISA Server 2002 sits
between the client and IIS, and handles downstream caching. Naturally,
requests for this resource would be cached.

Am I correct in saying that including the following HTTP request header
will ensure that downstream caching is *not* performed for this
resource?

CACHE-CONTROL: no-cache

I understand from my googling that this *should* be the case, but can
anyone confirm whether this is the case in practice? Many thanks in
advance!

Chris Marsh
chris.marsh at priocept.com

Tel: +44 (0)1344 845454
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