diff --git a/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/schema.xml b/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/schema.xml
index b784f33c9..95b616d3e 100644
--- a/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/schema.xml
+++ b/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/schema.xml
@@ -250,6 +250,11 @@
   <copyField source="nameRaw" dest="acNameStemmed" /> 
   <copyField source="nameRaw" dest="nameText" />
   <!--  nameLowercaseSingleValued is not copied from nameRaw becasue nameRaw might have multiple values -->
+  
+  <!-- field for hash signature, used for comparing to versions from external caches -->
+  <field name="etag" type="string" stored="true" indexed="false" multiValued="false" />
+
+  
      
   <!-- ****************************  End Vitro Fields *************************** -->
   <!-- ****************************  Dynamic Fields *************************** -->
diff --git a/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/solrconfig.xml b/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/solrconfig.xml
index 4c6bca060..bfe0ae889 100644
--- a/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/solrconfig.xml
+++ b/solr/homeDirectoryTemplate/conf/solrconfig.xml
@@ -856,18 +856,14 @@
        type header if posted in the body. For example, curl now
        requires: -H 'Content-type:text/xml; charset=utf-8'
     -->
-  <requestHandler name="/update" 
+  <requestHandler name="/update"
                   class="solr.XmlUpdateRequestHandler">
-    <!-- See below for information on defining 
-         updateRequestProcessorChains that can be used by name 
-         on each Update Request
-      -->
-    <!--
+    <!-- Run the etag processor on each update request. -->
        <lst name="defaults">
-         <str name="update.processor">dedupe</str>
+         <str name="update.processor">etag</str>
        </lst>
-       -->
-    </requestHandler>
+  </requestHandler>
+  
   <!-- Binary Update Request Handler
        http://wiki.apache.org/solr/javabin
     -->
@@ -1480,6 +1476,23 @@
      </updateRequestProcessorChain>
     -->
 
+  <!-- ETag generation
+
+       Creates the "etag" field on the fly based on a hash of all other
+       fields.  
+       
+    -->
+     <updateRequestProcessorChain name="etag">
+       <processor class="solr.processor.SignatureUpdateProcessorFactory">
+         <bool name="enabled">true</bool>
+         <str name="signatureField">etag</str>
+         <bool name="overwriteDupes">false</bool>
+         <str name="signatureClass">solr.processor.Lookup3Signature</str>
+       </processor>
+       <processor class="solr.LogUpdateProcessorFactory" />
+       <processor class="solr.RunUpdateProcessorFactory" />
+     </updateRequestProcessorChain>
+
   <!-- Response Writers
 
        http://wiki.apache.org/solr/QueryResponseWriter
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/CachingResponseFilter.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/CachingResponseFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9fc4186a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/filters/CachingResponseFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+/* $This file is distributed under the terms of the license in /doc/license.txt$ */
+
+package edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.filters;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.servlet.Filter;
+import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
+import javax.servlet.FilterConfig;
+import javax.servlet.ServletContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.ServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.apache.commons.collections.EnumerationUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrQuery;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServer;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.SolrServerException;
+import org.apache.solr.client.solrj.response.QueryResponse;
+
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vedit.beans.LoginStatusBean;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.beans.UserAccount;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.config.ConfigurationProperties;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.search.solr.SolrSetup;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.solr.FieldMap;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.solr.SolrQueryUtils;
+import edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.utils.solr.SolrResultsParser;
+
+/**
+ * Assist in cache management for individual profile pages.
+ * 
+ * Only works for users who are not logged in.
+ * 
+ * The Solr index must be configured to keep an ETAG on each individual's
+ * record. The ETAG is a hash of the record's content and is updated each time
+ * the individual is re-indexed.
+ * 
+ * But this ETAG is not sufficient, since the page may have different versions
+ * for different languages. So we append a hash of the Locales from the request
+ * to the ETAG to make it unique. NOTE: If we allow users to choose their
+ * preferred languages, the LocalSelectionFilter must execute before this one.
+ * 
+ * When an external cache (e.g. Squid) is asked for an individual's profile
+ * page, it will ask VIVO whether the version in the cache is still current, and
+ * to provide a new version if it is not. This is a conditional request.
+ * 
+ * When a conditional request is received, this filter will check to see whether
+ * the request is on behalf of a logged-in user. If so, a fresh response is
+ * generated, with a Cache-Control header that should prevent the cache from
+ * storing that response.
+ * 
+ * If the requesting user is not logged in, this filter will ask Solr for the
+ * ETAG on the requested individual. If it is the same as the ETAG supplied by
+ * the cache in the request, then the response is 304 Not Modified. Otherwise, a
+ * fresh response is generated.
+ * 
+ * An unconditional request may mean that there is no external cache, or that
+ * the cache doesn't have a copy of this particular page.
+ * 
+ * @see http://tools.ietf.org/pdf/rfc2616
+ */
+public class CachingResponseFilter implements Filter {
+	private static final Log log = LogFactory
+			.getLog(CachingResponseFilter.class);
+
+	private static final String PROPERTY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "Vitro.defaultNamespace";
+	private static final String ETAG_FIELD = "etag";
+
+	private static final FieldMap parserFieldMap = SolrQueryUtils.fieldMap()
+			.put(ETAG_FIELD, ETAG_FIELD);
+
+	private ServletContext ctx;
+	private String defaultNamespace;
+
+	@Override
+	public void init(FilterConfig fc) throws ServletException {
+		ctx = fc.getServletContext();
+		defaultNamespace = ConfigurationProperties.getBean(ctx).getProperty(
+				PROPERTY_DEFAULT_NAMESPACE);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void destroy() {
+		// Nothing to tear down.
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Process an HTTP request.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response,
+			FilterChain chain) throws IOException, ServletException {
+		HttpServletRequest req = (HttpServletRequest) request;
+		HttpServletResponse resp = (HttpServletResponse) response;
+
+		/*
+		 * If this request is not for a profile page, or if the individual
+		 * doesn't appear in the search index, create a basic, cache-neutral
+		 * response.
+		 */
+		String individualUri = figureIndividualUriFromRequest(req);
+		if (individualUri == null) {
+			produceBasicResponse(req, resp, chain);
+			return;
+		}
+		String rawEtag = findEtagForIndividual(individualUri);
+		String etag = produceLanguageSpecificEtag(req, rawEtag);
+		if (etag == null) {
+			produceBasicResponse(req, resp, chain);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If a logged-in user asks for an individual profile page, the response
+		 * should not come from the cache, nor should it be stored in the cache.
+		 */
+		if (userIsLoggedIn(req)) {
+			produceUncacheableResponse(req, resp, chain);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If the request is not conditional then there is no cached version of
+		 * this page. If the request is conditional and the condition is met,
+		 * then the cached version is stale. In either case, create a fresh
+		 * response to be stored in the cache.
+		 */
+		if (!isConditionalRequest(req)) {
+			produceCacheableResponse(req, resp, chain, etag);
+			return;
+		}
+		if (cacheIsStale(req, etag)) {
+			produceCacheableResponse(req, resp, chain, etag);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * If the request is conditional and the condition is not met
+		 * (individual has not changed), send a "not-modified" response, so the
+		 * cached version will be used.
+		 */
+		produceCacheHitResponse(resp, etag);
+	}
+
+	private boolean isConditionalRequest(HttpServletRequest req) {
+		if (req.getHeader("If-None-Match") == null) {
+			log.debug("Not conditional request.");
+			return false;
+		} else {
+			log.debug("Conditional request.");
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	private boolean userIsLoggedIn(HttpServletRequest req) {
+		UserAccount currentUser = LoginStatusBean.getCurrentUser(req);
+		if (currentUser == null) {
+			log.debug("Not logged in.");
+			return false;
+		} else {
+			log.debug("Logged in as '" + currentUser.getEmailAddress() + "'");
+			return true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * This rejects some of the requests as being obviously not individuals, and
+	 * then assumes that the last part of any request is a Localname.
+	 * 
+	 * This is not always true, of course, but it will work because we will
+	 * prepend the default namespace and look for the resulting "URI" in the URI
+	 * field of the search index. If we find it there, then it is valid.
+	 * 
+	 * If we were to make this more rigorous, it would reduce the number of
+	 * unnecessary searches.
+	 */
+	private String figureIndividualUriFromRequest(HttpServletRequest req) {
+		String requestPath = req.getRequestURI();
+		if (requestPath == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		if (!mightBeProfileRequest(requestPath)) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		String[] pathParts = requestPath.split("/");
+		String uri = defaultNamespace + pathParts[pathParts.length - 1];
+
+		log.debug("Request path = '" + requestPath + "', uri = '" + uri + "'");
+		return uri;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Requests for profile pages come in many forms, but we can still narrow
+	 * them down.
+	 * 
+	 * Eliminate CSS files, JavaScript files, and images.
+	 * 
+	 * That leaves these acceptable forms:
+	 * 
+	 * <pre>
+	 *     /individual?uri=urlencodedURI
+	 *     /individual?netId=bdc34
+	 *     /individual?netid=bdc34
+	 *     /individual/localname         
+	 *     /display/localname
+	 *     /individual/localname/localname.rdf
+	 *     /individual/localname/localname.n3
+	 *     /individual/localname/localname.ttl
+	 * </pre>
+	 */
+	private boolean mightBeProfileRequest(String requestPath) {
+		String path = requestPath.toLowerCase();
+		String[] extensions = { ".css", ".js", ".gif", ".png", ".jpg", ".jpeg" };
+		for (String ext : extensions) {
+			if (path.endsWith(ext)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+		}
+		return requestPath.endsWith("/individual")
+				|| requestPath.contains("/individual/")
+				|| requestPath.contains("/display/");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Ask Solr whether it has an ETAG for this URI.
+	 */
+	private String findEtagForIndividual(String individualUri) {
+		SolrQuery query = new SolrQuery("URI:" + individualUri)
+				.setFields(ETAG_FIELD);
+
+		SolrServer solr = SolrSetup.getSolrServer(ctx);
+
+		try {
+			QueryResponse response = solr.query(query);
+			List<Map<String, String>> maps = new SolrResultsParser(response,
+					parserFieldMap).parse();
+			log.debug("Solr response for '" + query.getQuery() + "' was "
+					+ maps);
+
+			if (maps.isEmpty()) {
+				return null;
+			} else {
+				return maps.get(0).get(ETAG_FIELD);
+			}
+		} catch (SolrServerException e) {
+			log.warn(
+					"Solr query '" + query.getQuery() + "' threw an exception",
+					e);
+			return null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * The ETAG from the Solr index is not specific enough, since we may have
+	 * different versions for different languages. Add the Locales from the
+	 * request to make it unique.
+	 */
+	private String produceLanguageSpecificEtag(HttpServletRequest req,
+			String rawEtag) {
+		if (rawEtag == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		List<Locale> locales = EnumerationUtils.toList(req.getLocales());
+
+		StringBuilder buffer = new StringBuilder('"').append(rawEtag);
+		for (Locale locale : locales) {
+			buffer.append(locale.toString()).append(" ");
+		}
+		buffer.append('"');
+
+		String etag = buffer.toString();
+		log.debug("Language-specific ETAG = " + etag);
+		return etag;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * If the etag does not match any of the etags in any of the "If-None-Match"
+	 * headers, then they are all stale. An asterisk matches anything.
+	 */
+	private boolean cacheIsStale(HttpServletRequest req, String etag) {
+		for (Enumeration<?> values = req.getHeaders("If-None-Match"); values
+				.hasMoreElements();) {
+			String value = (String) values.nextElement();
+			log.debug("If-None-Match: " + value);
+
+			String[] matches = value.split("\\s*,\\s*");
+			for (String match : matches) {
+				if (etag.equalsIgnoreCase(match) || "*".equals(match)) {
+					log.debug("Cache is not stale: etag=" + match);
+					return false;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		log.debug("Cache is stale.");
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	private void produceBasicResponse(HttpServletRequest req,
+			HttpServletResponse resp, FilterChain chain) throws IOException,
+			ServletException {
+		chain.doFilter(req, resp);
+	}
+
+	private void produceUncacheableResponse(HttpServletRequest req,
+			HttpServletResponse resp, FilterChain chain) throws IOException,
+			ServletException {
+		String etag = generateArbitraryUniqueEtag(req);
+		log.debug("Produce uncacheable response: etag='" + etag + "'");
+
+		resp.addHeader("ETag", etag);
+		resp.addHeader("Vary", "*");
+		resp.addHeader("Cache-Control", "no-store");
+		chain.doFilter(req, resp);
+	}
+
+	private void produceCacheableResponse(HttpServletRequest req,
+			HttpServletResponse resp, FilterChain chain, String etag)
+			throws IOException, ServletException {
+		log.debug("Produce cacheable response: etag='" + etag + "'");
+		resp.addHeader("ETag", etag);
+		resp.addHeader("Vary", "Accept-Language");
+		chain.doFilter(req, resp);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Technically, if the request is not GET or HEAD, we should return 412
+	 * PreconditionFailed. However, we usually treat GET and POST as equivalent.
+	 */
+	private void produceCacheHitResponse(HttpServletResponse resp, String etag)
+			throws IOException {
+		log.debug("Produce cache hit response: etag='" + etag + "'");
+		resp.addHeader("ETag", etag);
+		resp.addHeader("Vary", "Accept-Language");
+		resp.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_NOT_MODIFIED, "Not Modified");
+	}
+
+	private String generateArbitraryUniqueEtag(HttpServletRequest req) {
+		return String.format("%s-%d", req.getSession().getId(),
+				System.currentTimeMillis());
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/solr/SolrResultsParser.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/solr/SolrResultsParser.java
index 92a6e9083..30b591c9d 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/solr/SolrResultsParser.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/utils/solr/SolrResultsParser.java
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ public class SolrResultsParser {
 		List<Map<String, String>> maps = new ArrayList<Map<String, String>>();
 
 		if (queryResponse == null) {
-			log.error("Query response for a search was null");
+			log.debug("Query response for a search was null");
 			return maps;
 		}
 
 		SolrDocumentList docs = queryResponse.getResults();
 		if (docs == null) {
-			log.error("Docs for a search was null");
+			log.debug("Docs for a search was null");
 			return maps;
 		}
 		log.debug("Total number of hits = " + docs.getNumFound());
@@ -65,13 +65,13 @@ public class SolrResultsParser {
 		List<Map<String, String>> maps = new ArrayList<Map<String, String>>();
 
 		if (queryResponse == null) {
-			log.error("Query response for a search was null");
+			log.debug("Query response for a search was null");
 			return maps;
 		}
 
 		SolrDocumentList docs = queryResponse.getResults();
 		if (docs == null) {
-			log.error("Docs for a search was null");
+			log.debug("Docs for a search was null");
 			return maps;
 		}
 		log.debug("Total number of hits = " + docs.getNumFound());
diff --git a/webapp/web/WEB-INF/web.xml b/webapp/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
index 4b6b83b84..e5bb91e40 100644
--- a/webapp/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
+++ b/webapp/web/WEB-INF/web.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,17 @@
     <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
   </filter-mapping>
 
+  <!-- If language support is enabled, this must not precede the LocaleSelectionFilter -->
+  <filter>
+    <description>Recognize conditional requests, and generate Cache-Control headers.</description>
+    <filter-name>Caching Response filter</filter-name>
+    <filter-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.filters.CachingResponseFilter</filter-class>
+  </filter>
+  <filter-mapping>
+    <filter-name>Caching Response filter</filter-name>
+    <url-pattern>/*</url-pattern>
+  </filter-mapping>
+
   <filter>
     <filter-name>JSession Strip Filter</filter-name>
     <filter-class>edu.cornell.mannlib.vitro.webapp.filters.JSessionStripFilter</filter-class>