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  43         <a name="INTRODUCTION">1. Introduction</a>
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  45       <p>
  46         This documentation is included with the current UNRELEASED version of
  47         <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, 3.0.26, and is mostly
  48         complete at this point. The most up to date reference for the time
  49         being is still the comments in the source files and in the individual
  50         configuration files. Development of a new version is currently
  51         nearing completion, and includes significant changes and enhancements
  52         over earlier versions.
  53       </p>
  54       <p>
  55         Since this is a UNRELEASED version, not all new features are well
  56         tested. This documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result
  57         (especially with CVS sources). And there <span class="emphasis"><i
  58         class="EMPHASIS">may be</i></span> bugs, though hopefully not many!
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  62           <a name="FEATURES">1.1. Features</a>
  63         </h2>
  64         <p>
  65           In addition to the core features of ad blocking and <a href=
  66           "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
  67           "_top">cookie</a> management, <span class=
  68           "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> provides many supplemental features,
  69           some of them currently under development, that give the end-user
  70           more control, more privacy and more freedom:
  71         </p>
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  74         <ul>
  75           <li>
  76             <p>
  77               Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be
  78               kept alive independently from the client.
  79             </p>
  80           </li>
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  82             <p>
  83               Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and
  84               the configure script detects it.
  85             </p>
  86           </li>
  87           <li>
  88             <p>
  89               Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on
  90               client and server headers.
  91             </p>
  92           </li>
  93           <li>
  94             <p>
  95               Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need
  96               to configure browsers individually.
  97             </p>
  98           </li>
  99           <li>
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 101               Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server
 102               and client headers.
 103             </p>
 104           </li>
 105           <li>
 106             <p>
 107               Can be chained with other proxies.
 108             </p>
 109           </li>
 110           <li>
 111             <p>
 112               Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at
 113               <a href="http://config.privoxy.org/" target=
 114               "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/</a> (shortcut: <a href=
 115               "http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>). Browser-based
 116               tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
 117             </p>
 118           </li>
 119           <li>
 120             <p>
 121               Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on
 122               size, invisible <span class="QUOTE">"web-bugs"</span> and HTML
 123               annoyances, etc.)
 124             </p>
 125           </li>
 126           <li>
 127             <p>
 128               Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
 129               user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing
 130               updated actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.
 131             </p>
 132           </li>
 133           <li>
 134             <p>
 135               Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
 136               configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible
 137               configuration syntax.
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 142               GIF de-animation.
 143             </p>
 144           </li>
 145           <li>
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 147               Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
 148             </p>
 149           </li>
 150           <li>
 151             <p>
 152               User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages
 153               (e.g. "blocked" page).
 154             </p>
 155           </li>
 156           <li>
 157             <p>
 158               Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
 159             </p>
 160           </li>
 161           <li>
 162             <p>
 163               Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location
 164               basis.
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 167           <li>
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 169               Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed.
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