- <application>Privoxy</application> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
- cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
- obnoxious Internet junk. <application>Privoxy</application> has a very
- flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
- tastes. <application>Privoxy</application> has application for both
- stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
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- <application>Privoxy</application> is based on the code of the
- <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> (tm).
- <application>Junkbuster</application> was originally written by Junkbusters
- Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL.
- Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project
- to continue development.
+ Privoxy is a non-caching
+ <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">web proxy</ulink>
+ with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy,
+ modifying web page data, managing HTTP
+ <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>,
+ controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
+ Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be
+ customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
+ both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.