The following table shows the options:

Option

Description

 

 

Options to Verify freshness

Choosing this option lets you configure how

 

the appliance asks the original content server

 

to verify the freshness of objects (revalidate

 

them) before serving them.

 

Select from one of the following options and

 

press Enter. After pressing Enter press

 

CTRL-X to save your changes and return to

 

the previous screen.

 

When The Object Has Expired—The

 

appliance revalidates objects with explicit

 

expiration dates after they expire.

 

Otherwise, it uses heuristic methods to

 

evaluate freshness and revalidates the

 

object should it be stale.

 

When The Object Has Expired Or Has No

 

Expiry Date—The appliance revalidates

 

objects with explicit expiration dates after

 

they expire. All other documents are

 

revalidated before serving.

 

Always—The appliance always revalidates

 

objects before serving them.

 

Never—The appliance never checks object

 

freshness.

 

 

Freshness information

Specifies the minimum freshness information

 

required when considering to cache a

 

document.

Select from one of the following options and press Enter. After pressing Enter press CTRL-X to save your changes and return to the previous screen.

An Explicit Lifetime—The appliance only caches objects with Expires headers or

Cache-Control: max-age headers.

A Last Modified Time—The appliance only caches objects with Expires headers, or

Cache-Control: max-age headers, or Last-Modified headers.

Nothing—The appliance caches documents regardless of freshness headers.

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