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Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
<artheader>
<title>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</title>
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.44 2002/04/07 21:24:29 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.50 2002/04/26 05:25:23 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<![%p-stable;[ v.&p-version]]>.
</para>
+<![%p-text;[
+
+<para>
+
+ Test of text doc only.
+
+</para>
+
+]]>
+
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some of these <quote>actions</quote>.</title>
<para>
These are all explained in the
- <ulink url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONS-FILE">user-manual</ulink>.
Please refer to that.
</para>
</sect2>
<para>
Please see the
<ulink
- url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink> for a
+ url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONS-FILE">user-manual</ulink> for a
detailed explanation of these and other configuration files, and their
various options and syntax.
</para>
</sect2>
-->
+<!--
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configfiles"> <title>What are the differences between
intermediate.action, basic.action, etc.?</title>
<para>
<entry>advanced.action</entry>
</row>
</thead>
-
+-->
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<!-- <entry>f1</entry> -->
<!-- <entry>f5</entry> -->
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-
+<!--
<tbody>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>ad-filtering</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>blank image</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>de-animate GIFs</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>referer forging</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>jon's +no-cookies-keep (i.e. session cookies only)</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>no-popup windows</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>fast redirects</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>hide-referrer</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>hide-useragent</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>content-modification</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry>x</entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>feature-x</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>feature-y</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
-<!-- new row -->
+
<row>
<entry>feature-z</entry>
<entry>?</entry>
<entry></entry>
<entry></entry>
</row>
-<!-- finish -->
+
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
</sect2>
+ -->
+
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="browseconfig"> <title>Why can I change the configuration with a
browser? Does that not raise security issues?</title>
<para>
<para>
<screen>
listen-address 192.168.1.1:8118
- </screen>
+</screen>
</para>
<para>
</para>
<para>
-With recent versions of <application>Privoxy</application> (version 2.9.x), you can get some
-information about <application>Privoxy</application> and change some settings by going to
-<ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> or, equivalently, <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink>
-(Note that p.p is far easier to type but may not work in some
-configurations. With the name change to <application>Privoxy</application>,
-this is changed from the previous http://i.j.b/ or earlier 2.9.x versions).
+ With recent versions of <application>Privoxy</application> (version 2.9.x and
+ greater), you can get some information about
+ <application>Privoxy</application> and change some settings by going to
+ <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> or, equivalently, <ulink
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink> (Note
+ that p.p is far easier to type but may not work in some configurations. With
+ the name change to <application>Privoxy</application>, this is changed from
+ the previous http://i.j.b/ and earlier 2.9.x versions).
</para>
<para>
-These pages are <emphasis>not</emphasis> forwarded to a server on the Internet
-- instead they are handled by a special web server which is built in to
-<application>Privoxy</application>.
+ These pages are <emphasis>not</emphasis> forwarded to a server on the
+ Internet - instead they are handled by a special web server which is built in to
+ <application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
<para>
-If you are not running <application>Privoxy</application>, then <ulink
-url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> will fail, and <ulink
-url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink> will
-return a web page telling you you're not running
-<application>Privoxy</application>.
+ If you are not running <application>Privoxy</application>, then <ulink
+ url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> will fail, and <ulink
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink> will
+ return a web page telling you you're not running
+ <application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
<para>
-If you have version 2.0.2, then the equivalent is
-http://example.com/show-proxy-args (but you get far less information, and you
-should really consider upgrading to &p-version;).
+ If you have version 2.0.2, then the equivalent is
+ http://example.com/show-proxy-args (but you get far less information, and
+ you should really consider upgrading to &p-version;).
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxy-chaining"><title>How do I chain <application>Privoxy</application> with other proxies
-(e.g. squid)?</title>
-<para>
- Fillme.
-</para>
-</sect2>
-->
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blocklist"><title>Do you still maintain the blocklists?</title>
<para>
- No. The format of the blocklists has changed significantly in versions
- 2.9.x and later. <![%p-not-stable;[Once we have released the new stable
- version, v3.0, there will again be blocklists that you can update
- automatically.]]>
+ No, not by this name. The format of the blocklists has changed
+ significantly in versions 2.9.x and later. This functionality
+ is done by the <quote>actions</quote> file now. See next question ...
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newads"><title>How can I submit new ads?</title>
<para>
- As of now, please discontinue to submit new ad blocking infos. Once we
- have released the new version, there will again be a form on the website,
- which you can use to contribute new ads.
+Please see the <ulink url="contact.html">Contact section</ulink>.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ This process does not work with earlier versions of <application>Privoxy</application>
+ or <application>Junkbuster</application>.
</para>
+
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="ip"><title>How can I hide my IP address?</title>
<para>
You cannot hide your IP address with <application>Privoxy</application> or any other software, since
-the server needs to know your IP address to send the answer to you.
+the server needs to know your IP address to send the answers back to you.
</para>
<para>
Fortunately there are many publicly usable anonymous proxies out there, which
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="bugs">
-<title>Where can I get help? Report bugs? Feature Requests? Etc?</title>
-<para>
- Feedback is encouraged, whether good, bad or ugly. Please see the contact
- page in the <ulink url="../user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> for
- details.
-
-</para>
-
-</sect2>
-
<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="time">What time is it?</title>
<para>
Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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