What does it mean to have this in the control header?

Cache-control: private


Does it mean that the cache is disabled?

Hello Water,

Yes and no.

According to RFC 2616 (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/...html#sec14.9):
Indicates that all or part of the response message is intended for a single
user and MUST NOT be cached by a shared cache. This allows an origin server
to state that the specified parts of the response are intended for only one
user and are not a valid response for requests by other users. A private
(non-shared) cache MAY cache the response.

Cheers,
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Joerg Jooss
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"Water Cooler v2" <wtr_clr (AT) yahoo (DOT) com> wrote

Cache-control: private means that the content should not be cached by proxy
servers that help deliver the response.
Cache-control: public means that the content *can* (but not necessarially
will) be cached by proxy servers that help deliver the response.