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LLFF_53640
Nimbostratus
Nov 02, 2007Content List Compression - BigIP
Hi all,
I have a question regarding the content list compression on a BigIP.
What are content types that we can include in the list of compressed content ?
By default, va...
Patrick_Chang_7
Nov 15, 2007Historic F5 Account
You can compress any content-type that is not already compressed. However, you will get the most improvement for content types that are text. This includes html, xml, javascript, and style sheets. The only one missing is the css (style sheets).
However, one must be a little careful about compressing style sheets and java script. Some older browsers (2 years ago and more) have a bug that causes them to store compressed java script and style sheets in cache in their compressed form, but then not realize they have to uncompress then when they are retreived from cache.
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