Using <meta> tags to turn off caching in all browsers?

Question

I read that when you don't have access to the web server's headers you can turn off the cache using:

<meta http-equiv="Cache-Control" content="no-store" />

But I also read that this doesn't work in some versions of IE. Is there any set of <meta> tags that will turn off cache in all browsers?

Answer 1

Only Cache-Control: no-store can be recognized by Chrome, Firefox, and IE. IE can recognize other controls, but Chrome and Firefox can't do the same.

You can refer to this link for a Case Study on the industry-wide misunderstanding of controlling caches:

http://securityevaluators.com/knowledge/case_studies/caching/