Chapter 5. HTTP Support for Caching and Replication

The previous chapters discussed Internet basics, including a basic introduction to HTTP. This chapter highlights the most important HTTP features relevant to caching and replication. While many of these features can be used for a wide variety of purposes, we will concentrate on their uses for caching and replication support.

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