What is difference between etags and normal browser provided caching?
问题 REST allows to use etags for caching. Similarly browser supports caching unless headers like the following are set -> maxage, expires, cache-control: private What is difference between etags and the above mentioned caching approach? 回答1: What is difference between etags and normal browser provided caching? I think you will find that they are very different ideas. In HTTP, caching semantics are defined by RFC 7234: Caching. Entity tags are defined by RFC 7232: Conditional Requests An entity