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+# BEGIN Compress text files
+
+
+ SetOutputFilter DEFLATE
+
+
+# END Compress text files
+
+# BEGIN Expire headers
+
+ ExpiresActive On
+ ExpiresDefault "access plus 1 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType image/x-icon "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType image/jpeg "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType image/png "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType image/gif "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType application/x-shockwave-flash "access plus 2592000 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType text/css "access plus 604800 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType text/javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType application/javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType application/x-javascript "access plus 216000 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType text/html "access plus 600 seconds"
+ ExpiresByType application/xhtml+xml "access plus 600 seconds"
+
+# END Expire headers
+
+# BEGIN Cache-Control Headers
+
+
+ Header set Cache-Control "max-age=2592000, public"
+
+
+ Header set Cache-Control "max-age=604800, public"
+
+
+ Header set Cache-Control "max-age=216000, private"
+
+
+ Header set Cache-Control "max-age=600, private, must-revalidate"
+
+
+# END Cache-Control Headers
+
+# BEGIN Turn ETags Off
+
+ Header unset ETag
+
+FileETag None
+# END Turn ETags Off
+
+# BEGIN gzip
+
+mod_gzip_on Yes
+mod_gzip_dechunk Yes
+mod_gzip_item_include file .(html?|txt|css|js)$
+mod_gzip_item_include handler ^cgi-script$
+mod_gzip_item_include mime ^text/.*
+mod_gzip_item_include mime ^application/x-javascript.*
+mod_gzip_item_exclude mime ^image/.*
+mod_gzip_item_exclude rspheader ^Content-Encoding:.*gzip.*
+
+# END gzip