in reply to Apache::CacheContent and unforeseen side effects

Apache::CacheContent is mostly a proof of concept. I recommend you ditch it and use it a cache reverse proxy instead. In addition to the basic caching features, it will also handle conditional-get (If-Modified-Since) for you. You really should be running a reverse proxy anyway with any mod_perl server that's getting siginificant traffic.
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Re^2: Apache::CacheContent and unforeseen side effects
by geektron (Curate) on Dec 27, 2004 at 21:34 UTC
    i did ditch Apache::CacheContent -- in favor of a simple Cache::FileCache solution that just caches the needed data fro mthe 3rd party site. took me about an hour, including reading the perldoc on it ...

    reverse proxy? i don't see how this would solve the problem. our servers are fine ... it's the 3rd party site that has the issues with the hits.

      Apache::CacheContent caches the whole generated page. So does a caching reverse proxy. That's why one is a good substitute for the other.