16.7 Preventing a Web Site from Being Cached

The Access Gateway is designed to cache Web pages. However, sometimes you need to use the Access Gateway to protect a Web site and provide single sign-on, but you do not want the content of the Web server cached.

To prevent the caching of a Web site, you need to add the site to the pin list with a pin type of Bypass.

  1. In the Administration Console, click Access Manager > Access Gateways > Edit > Pin List.

  2. Make sure the Enable Pin List option is selected.

  3. In the Pin List section, click New and fill in the following fields:

    • URL Mask: The URL pattern to match. Specify the published DNS name of the Web server that should not have its content cached. For example:

      http://myserver.mycompany.com

      This type of entry prevents the caching of pages on the Web site when accessed over HTTP. To block both HTTP and HTTPS, you can add a second entry for HTTPS or remove the scheme from the URL pattern.

    • Pin Type: The caching action. To prevent caching, select Bypass.

    For a NetWare Access Gateway, accept the default values for the other fields, or configure them to fit your needs. For more information, see Section 16.4, Configuring a Pin List.

  4. Click OK.

  5. To save your changes to browser cache, click OK.

  6. To apply the changes, click the Access Gateways link, then click Update > OK.

  7. To purge any pages that might have been cached while you were configuring the pin list, purge the existing cache. See Section 16.6, Purging Cached Content.