Burp Suite extension to help stop resource hogs from hogging your resources.
Download pre-built JAR file from here: https://github.com/NickstaDB/CachePlz/releases/download/0.1/CachePlz.jar
Lately I've seen a lot of web applications/servers wrongly responding with anti-caching HTTP response headers such as Cache-Control: no-cache and Pragma: no-cache whilst simultaneously serving up more bloatware than you'd get on a Compaq desktop horrific amounts of JavaScript for that fancy-pants front-end. The net result is a laptop that's constantly trying to take off as Burp Suite and other extensions repeatedly try to churn through 20+ horrendous MBs of JavaScript every single time a page loads. Not to mention the resulting GBs of Burp Suite save state data.
This extension attempts to ease the load by removing Pragma: no-cache and Cache-Control HTTP response headers whenever large resources are returned (e.g. .js, .css files, and for good measure some other extensions for static resources), allowing the web browser to take back control of caching. You'll know when a URL is "cached plz" as the URL will be written to the extension's output tab under the main Burp Suite "Extender" tab.
In the event you do need to force a cached resource to be re-loaded, simply force-reload in your browser (Ctrl + F5, usually). Ain't that lovely.
- Implement a GUI to manage the settings
- Add a context menu to manually mark URLs to be cached plz