How to turn output caching off for authenticated users in ASP.NET MVC?

Question

I have an ASP.NET MVC application. I need to cache some pages however only for non-authenticated users.

I\'ve tried to use VaryByCustom=\"user

Answer 1

So here is what I done:

public class NonAuthenticatedOnlyCacheAttribute : OutputCacheAttribute
{
    public override void OnResultExecuting(ResultExecutingContext filterContext)
    {
      var httpContext = filterContext.HttpContext;

      if (httpContext.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)
      {
        // it's crucial not to cache Authenticated content
        Location = OutputCacheLocation.None;
      }

      // this smells a little but it works
      httpContext.Response.Cache.AddValidationCallback(IgnoreAuthenticated, null);

      base.OnResultExecuting(filterContext);
    }

    // This method is called each time when cached page is going to be
    // served and ensures that cache is ignored for authenticated users.
    private void IgnoreAuthenticated(HttpContext context, object data, ref HttpValidationStatus validationStatus)
    {
      if (context.User.Identity.IsAuthenticated)            
        validationStatus = HttpValidationStatus.IgnoreThisRequest;          
      else          
        validationStatus = HttpValidationStatus.Valid;          
    }
}

Many thanks to Craig Stuntz who pointed me to correct direction and whose answer I unwittingly downvoted.