Apache Reference: mod_proxy, CacheDefaultExpire

CacheDefaultExpire

Default Expiration Time for Cached Documents
Syntax: CacheDefaultExpire A
Example: CacheDefaultExpire 6
Since: Apache 1.1

This directive sets the default time in hours for which the proxy server caches a document. If the document is fetched via a protocol that does not support expiration times (for instance, FTP), then the value in the hours argument is used as the expiration time. CacheMaxExpire does not override this setting.