- <div class="SECT1">
- <h1 class="SECT1">
- <a name="INTRODUCTION">1. Introduction</a>
- </h1>
- <p>
- This documentation is included with the current beta version of <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, 3.0.25, and is mostly complete at
- this point. The most up to date reference for the time being is still
- the comments in the source files and in the individual configuration
- files. Development of a new version is currently nearing completion,
- and includes significant changes and enhancements over earlier
- versions.
- </p>
- <p>
- Since this is a beta version, not all new features are well tested.
- This documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result
- (especially with CVS sources). And there <span class="emphasis"><i
- class="EMPHASIS">may be</i></span> bugs, though hopefully not many!
- </p>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2">
- <a name="FEATURES">1.1. Features</a>
- </h2>
- <p>
- In addition to the core features of ad blocking and <a href=
- "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
- "_top">cookie</a> management, <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> provides many supplemental features,
- some of them currently under development, that give the end-user
- more control, more privacy and more freedom:
- </p>
- <p>
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be
- kept alive independently from the client.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and
- the configure script detects it.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on
- client and server headers.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need
- to configure browsers individually.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server
- and client headers.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Can be chained with other proxies.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at
- <a href="http://config.privoxy.org/" target=
- "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/</a> (shortcut: <a href=
- "http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>). Browser-based
- tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on
- size, invisible <span class="QUOTE">"web-bugs"</span> and HTML
- annoyances, etc.)
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
- user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing
- updated actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
- configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible
- configuration syntax.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- GIF de-animation.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages
- (e.g. "blocked" page).
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location
- basis.
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed.
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
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