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6 .TH "PRIVOXY" "1" "05 September 2002" "Privoxy 3.1.1 alpha" ""
8 privoxy \- Privacy Enhancing Proxy
11 \fBprivoxy\fR [\fB--help\fR ] [\fB--version\fR ] [\fB--no-daemon\fR ] [\fB--pidfile \fIpidfile\fB\fR ] [\fB--user \fIuser[.group]\fB\fR ] [\fB\fIconfigfile\fB\fR ]\fB (UNIX)\fR
14 \fBprivoxy.exe\fR [\fB\fIconfigfile\fB\fR ]\fB (Windows)\fR
18 \fBPrivoxy\fR may be invoked with the following command line
22 Print brief usage info and exit.
25 Print version info and exit.
28 Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
29 leader, don't detach from controlling tty, and do all logging there.
31 \fB--pidfile \fIpidfile\fB\fR
32 On startup, write the process ID to \fIpidfile\fR.
33 Delete the \fIpidfile\fR on exit.
34 Failure to create or delete the \fIpidfile\fR
35 is non-fatal. If no \fB--pidfile\fR option is given, no PID file will be used.
37 \fB--user \fIuser[.group]\fB\fR
38 After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
39 \fIuser\fR and the GID of
40 \fIgroup\fR, or, if the optional
41 \fIgroup\fR was not given, the default group of
42 \fIuser\fR. Exit if the privileges are not
45 If the \fIconfigfile\fR is not specified on the command line,
46 \fBPrivoxy\fR will look for a file named
47 \fIconfig\fR in the current directory (except on Win32 where
48 it will try \fIconfig.txt\fR). If no
49 \fIconfigfile\fR is found, \fBPrivoxy\fR will
53 \fBPrivoxy\fR is a web proxy with advanced filtering
54 capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
55 cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
56 obnoxious Internet junk. \fBPrivoxy\fR has a very
57 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
58 tastes. \fBPrivoxy\fR has application for both
59 stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
61 \fBPrivoxy\fR is based on \fBInternet
63 .SH "INSTALLATION AND USAGE"
65 Browsers must be individually configured to use \fBPrivoxy\fR as
66 a HTTP proxy. The default setting is for localhost, on port 8118
67 (configurable in the main config file). To set the HTTP proxy in Netscape
68 and Mozilla, go through: \fBEdit\fR;
69 \fBPreferences\fR; \fBAdvanced\fR;
70 \fBProxies\fR; \fBManual Proxy Configuration\fR;
73 For Internet Explorer, go through: \fBTools\fR;
74 \fBInternet Properties\fR; \fBConnections\fR;
77 The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
78 https: URLs will not be proxied. Note: \fBPrivoxy\fR can only
79 proxy HTTP and HTTPS traffic. Do not try it with FTP or other protocols.
81 For other browsers, check the documentation.
84 \fBPrivoxy\fR can be configured with the various configuration
85 files. The default configuration files are: \fIconfig\fR,
86 \fIdefault.filter\fR, and
87 \fIdefault.action\fR. \fIuser.action\fR should
88 be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules of
89 \fIdefault.action\fR These are all well commented. On Unix
90 and Unix-like systems, these are located in
91 \fI/etc/privoxy/\fR by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
92 these files are in the same directory as the \fBPrivoxy\fR
95 The name and number of configuration files has changed from previous
96 versions, and is subject to change as development
97 progresses. In fact, the configuration itself is changed and much more
98 sophisticated. See the user-manual for a complete
99 explanation of all configuration options and general usage, and notes for
100 upgrading from \fBJunkbuster\fR and earlier \fBPrivoxy\fR
103 The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your
104 web browser at http://config.privoxy.org/.
105 \fBPrivoxy's\fR configuration parameters can also be viewed at
106 the same page. In addition, \fBPrivoxy\fR can be toggled on/off.
107 This is an internal page, and does not require Internet access.
108 .SH "SAMPLE CONFIGURATION"
110 A brief example of what a simple \fIdefault.action\fR
111 configuration might look like:
114 # Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
118 +crunch-cookies = +crunch-incoming-cookies +crunch-outgoing-cookies
119 -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
120 +imageblock = +block +handle-as-image
122 # Fragile sites should have the minimum changes
123 fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \\
124 -hide-referer -prevent-cookies -kill-popups
126 ## Turn some actions on ################################
130 +deanimate-gifs{last} \\
131 -downgrade-http-version \\
133 +filter{html-annoyances} \\
134 +filter{js-annoyances} \\
135 +filter{content-cookies} \\
137 +filter{banners-by-size} \\
138 +hide-forwarded-for-headers \\
139 +hide-from-header{block} \\
140 +hide-referrer{forge} \\
143 +set-image-blocker{pattern} \\
145 +prevent-compression \\
146 +session-cookies-only \\
150 / # '/' Matches *all* URL patterns
152 # Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
153 # We would expect these to be ads.
156 .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
159 # Block any URLs that match these patterns
164 /.*count(er)?\\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
167 # Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
168 # caught by our +block patterns just above.
175 Then for a \fIuser.action\fR, we would put local,
176 narrowly defined exceptions:
179 # Re-define aliases as needed here
183 -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
185 # Set personal exceptions to the policies in default.action #######
187 # Sites where we want persistant cookies, so allow *all* cookies
188 {-crunch-cookies -session-cookies-only}
193 # This site breaks easily.
194 {-block -fast-redirects}
198 See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
200 for explanations of the above syntax, and other \fBPrivoxy\fR
201 configuration options.
206 \fI/usr/sbin/privoxy\fR
207 \fI/etc/privoxy/config\fR
208 \fI/etc/privoxy/default.action\fR
209 \fI/etc/privoxy/standard.action\fR
210 \fI/etc/privoxy/user.action\fR
211 \fI/etc/privoxy/default.filter\fR
212 \fI/etc/privoxy/trust\fR
213 \fI/etc/privoxy/templates/*\fR
214 \fI/var/log/privoxy/logfile\fR
217 Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on platform
218 and build configuration. More documentation should be included in the local
219 documentation directory.
222 \fBPrivoxy\fR terminates on the \fBSIGINT\fR,
223 \fBSIGTERM\fR and \fBSIGABRT\fR signals. Log
224 rotation scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a
225 \fBSIGHUP\fR to \fBPrivoxy\fR. Note that unlike
226 other daemons, \fBPrivoxy\fR does not need to be made aware of
227 config file changes by \fBSIGHUP\fR -- it will detect them
231 This is a alpha version of \fBPrivoxy\fR. Not
232 all features are well tested.
234 Please see the \fIUser Manual\fR on how to contact the
235 developers for feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
238 Other references and sites of interest to \fBPrivoxy\fR
242 http://www.privoxy.org/,
243 the \fBPrivoxy\fR Home page.
245 http://www.privoxy.org/faq/,
246 the \fBPrivoxy\fR FAQ.
248 http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/,
249 the Project Page for \fBPrivoxy\fR on
252 http://config.privoxy.org/,
253 the web-based user interface. \fBPrivoxy\fR must be
254 running for this to work. Shortcut: http://p.p/
256 http://www.privoxy.org/actions/, to submit ``misses'' to the developers.
258 http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ijbswa/contrib/, cool
259 and fun ideas from \fBPrivoxy\fR users.
261 http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html,
262 an explanation how cookies are used to track web users.
264 http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html,
265 the original Internet Junkbuster.
267 http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/,
268 Stefan Waldherr's version of Junkbuster, from which \fBPrivoxy\fR was
271 http://privacy.net/analyze/, a useful site
272 to check what information about you is leaked while you browse the web.
274 http://www.squid-cache.org/, a very popular
275 caching proxy, which is often used together with \fBPrivoxy\fR.
277 http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/,
278 the \fBPrivoxy\fR developer manual.
279 .SH "DEVELOPMENT TEAM"
287 Rodrigo Barbosa (RPM specfiles)
290 Karsten Hopp (Red Hat)
295 Roland Rosenfeld (Debian)
296 Georg Sauthoff (Gentoo)
297 David Schmidt (OS/2, Mac OSX ports)
298 Joerg Strohmayer (Amiga)
301 .SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
304 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
306 Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous Coders
307 and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the \fIGNU General Public
311 \fBPrivoxy\fR is free software; you can
312 redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
313 \fIGNU General Public
314 License\fR, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
316 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
317 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
318 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
319 \fIGNU General Public License\fR for
320 more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
321 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
323 You should have received a copy of the \fIGNU General Public License\fR
324 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
325 Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
326 Boston, MA 02111-1307