[wp-hackers] Google Web Accelerator

[Jason Bainbridge]

On 10/25/05, inforequest <ai6bois02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> Jason Bainbridge jbainbridge-at-gmail.com |wordpress hackers list
> 092004| wrote:
>
> >On 10/25/05, Jason S <jason at zenenet.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Doesn't Google Accelerator 'click on every link' to prefetch all pages
> >>linked from the current one?
> >>i.e. doesn't this run the risk of deleting a user, submitting a blank
> >>post, changing the theme, enabling/disabling plugins, or something else
> >>retardedly retarded?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Please read http://webaccelerator.google.com/webmasterhelp.html before
> >jumping to wild unfounded conclusions.
> >
> >Regards,
> >--
> >Jason Bainbridge
> >http://kde.org - webmaster at kde.org
> >Personal Site - http://jasonbainbridge.co
> >
> >
> Jason,
>
> The "new" GWA is not announcing itself in the header, thus the 403
> method won't work and the problem is more serious than might be assumed
> based on a read of the document you so thoughtfully referenced. It seems
> Google has not updated that webpage in some time.
>
> http://37signals.com/svn/archives2/the_google_web_accelerator_is_back_with_a_vengeance.php
> http://www.threadwatch.org/node/4375

I was referring to the worry about GWA prefetching links like
index.php?action=delete&id=123, which was unfounded as GWA won't
prefetch those.

Also shouldn't those authenticated pages have no cahce headers set in
the first place anyway?

Regards,
--
Jason Bainbridge
http://kde.org - webmaster at kde.org
Personal Site - http://jasonbainbridge.com