> > Basically a cached object is: > # > # FRESH if expires < now, else STALE > # STALE if age > max > # FRESH if lm-factor < percent, else STALE > # FRESH if age < min > # else STALE > # > > > This a sort of algorithm I read in the squid.conf file of > Squid 2.5 Stable7. > What I don't get is the first line states that an object is > fresh if the > expiry time is less than the current time. As I see it if the > expiry time > has passed and the current time is larger than that how come > ab object can > be fresh or else stale. > > > I thought expiry time is an absolute value. There is no 'relative context' w.r.t current time. So either it passed or not, and the algorythm is correct.
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