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Resource Cache and URL Query Strings

If you want to protect applications that use URL query strings, you can still take advantage of the resource cache by configuring the Web Agent to ignore the data in the query string. When the query string data is ignored, the truncated URL is stored in the resource cache. Query strings are ignored by setting the value of the IgnoreQueryData parameter in your Web Agent configuration.

Important! Do not enable this setting if you have policies which depend on URL query data.

The following table shows how ignoring the query strings in a URL determines whether the items from resource cache are used, or if the Web Agent contacts the Policy Server instead:

Requested URL with query string

Truncated URL
stored in cache

Cached
item used

Policy Server Contacted

/exampleapplication/page1.html
?user=firstuser

/exampleapplication/
page1.html

No

Yes

/exampleapplication/page1.html
?user=seconduser

 

Yes

No

/exampleapplication/page2.html
?user=seconduser

/exampleapplication/
page2.html

No

Yes

Note: For more information, see the Web Agent Configuration Guide.


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