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i'd like to add just one small detail..
this configuration has problems for users behind HTTP 1.0 proxies if IIS 6 is used. the reason is someone not interpreting the HTTP 1.0 correctly, related to chunked compression data... (http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=501192)
in short - compression for HTTP 1.0 clients has to be disabled by changing the option
HcNoCompressionForHttp10="FALSE"
to:
HcNoCompressionForHttp10="TRUE"
as explained in the accepted answer at: http://serverfault.com/questions/12398/http-compression-in-iis-6-0-causing-problems-with-certain-users
Commented Apr 15, 2010 on HTTP Compression and IIS 6.0 at Coding Horror
HTTP Compression and IIS 6.0
HTTP compression is the ultimate no-brainer. The network is really slow, and CPU time is effectively free and geting faster and, uh, "free-er" every day. Compression typically reduces plaintext size by 75 percent: that quadruples your throughput! Every website should be serving up HTTP compress...
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