What is the difference between HTTP status code 200 (cache) vs status code 304?

I’m using the Google “Page Speed” plug-in for Firefox to access my web site. Some of the components on my page is indicated as HTTP status: 200 200 (cache) 304 By Google’s “Page Speed”. What I’m confused about is the difference between 200 (cache) and 304. I’ve refreshed the page multiple times (but have not … Read more

Difference between no-cache and must-revalidate

From the RFC 2616 http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.9.1 no-cache If the no-cache directive does not specify a field-name, then a cache MUST NOT use the response to satisfy a subsequent request without successful revalidation with the origin server. This allows an origin server to prevent caching even by caches that have been configured to return stale responses to … Read more