What's default value of cache-control?
My problem is: sometimes browser over-cached some resources even if i've already modified them. But After F5, everything is fine.
I studied this case whole afternoon. Now i completely understood the point of "Last-Modified" or "Cache-Control". And i know how to solve my issue (just .js?version or explicit max-age=xxxx). But the problem is still unsolved: how does browser handle the response header without "Cache-Control" like this:
Content-Length: 49675
Content-Type: text/html
Last-Modified: Thu, 27 Dec 2012 03:03:50 GMT
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Etag: "0af7fcbdee3cd1:972"
Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0
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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 07:46:16 GMT
They clearly cache them when "Enter in the bar"
Answer
RFC 7234 details what browsers and proxies should do by default:
Although caching is an entirely OPTIONAL feature of HTTP, it can be assumed that reusing a cached response is desirable and that such reuse is the default behavior when no requirement or local configuration prevents it. Therefore, HTTP cache requirements are focused on preventing a cache from either storing a non-reusable response or reusing a stored response inappropriately, rather than mandating that caches always store and reuse particular responses.