# Strange Error When Downloading File in IE8 from SSL Site

DevFeed: [Strange Error When Downloading File in IE8 from SSL Site](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/strange-error-when-downloading-file-in-ie8-from-ssl-site-21162.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://juri.dev/blog/2012/07/strange-error-when-downloading-file-in/>)

Published: 2012-07-15T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Juri Strumpflohner](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/juri-strumpflohner.md>)

Topics: [ASP.NET](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/aspnet.md>), [Caching](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/caching.md>), [Internet Explorer](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/internet-explorer.md>), [SSL](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ssl.md>), [mvc](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/mvc.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/browser.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [asp-net](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/asp-net.md>), [browser](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/browser.md>), [caching](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/caching.md>), [firefox](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/firefox.md>), [internet-explorer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/internet-explorer.md>), [mvc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/mvc.md>), [ssl](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ssl.md>)

## AI overview

A troubleshooting article explains that IE8 fails to download files generated by an ASP.NET MVC backend from an SSL-protected site when cache-control headers prevent caching. It proposes overriding the default output-cache behavior for file downloads in IE versions below 9.

## Source excerpt

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