Anton Yuzhaninov wrote:
> If last-modifed date of file is not changed, bandwidth saved:
>
> client send in request
>
> header If-Modified-Since:
>
> and if time in request same as time of file modification on disk nginx
> send reply
> HTTP/1.x 304 Not Modified
>
> In general Etag for static files is not better than Last-Modified header.
>
> Etag is useful for dynamic content, when modify time is not known. In
> this case Etage can be generated from hash (md5/sha) of content.

Can this work with the memcached module in any way? For instance, if the
resource requested is in the memcached store then the 304 header is sent?

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*Phillip B Oldham*
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