References and Further Information
June 21, 1999
Cache Now! Campaign
http://vancouver-webpages.com/CacheNow/
Cache Now! is a campaign to raise awareness of caching, from all
perspectives. It contains more detail and tips than this document.
An excellent resource.
HTTP 1.1 Specification
http://www.w3.org/Protocols/
The HTTP 1.1 spec has many extensions for making pages cacheable,
and is the authoritative guide to implementing the protocol. See
sections 13, 14.9, 14.21, and 14.25.
Web Caching Overview
http://www.cs.rutgers.edu/~davison/web-caching/
Another introduction to caching concepts.
On Interpreting Access Statistics
http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/docs/stats/
Jeff Goldberg's informative paper on why you shouldn't rely on
access statistics and hit counters.
Cacheability Engine
http://www.mnot.net/cacheability/
Examines Web pages to determine how they will interact with
Web caches, the Engine is a good debugging tool, and a companion
to this tutorial.
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