- Announcing Privoxy v.3.0.11
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-
-3.0.11 is a stable release which includes many enhancements but no major
-new features. The most prominent new feature is "keep-alive" support for
-outgoing connections.
+ Announcing Privoxy 3.0.34 stable
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-See http://www.privoxy.org/3.0.11/user-manual/whatsnew.html for details.
+Privoxy 3.0.34 fixes a few minor bugs and comes with a couple of
+general improvements and new features.
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-ChangeLog for Privoxy
+ChangeLog for Privoxy 3.0.34
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-
-*** Version 3.0.11 ***
-
-- On most platforms, outgoing connections can be kept alive and
- reused if the server supports it. Whether or not this improves
- things depends on the connection.
-- When dropping privileges, membership in supplementary groups
- is given up as well. Not doing that can lead to Privoxy running
- with more rights than necessary and violates the principle of
- least privilege. Users of the --user option are advised to update.
- Thanks to Matthias Drochner for reporting the problem,
- providing the initial patch and testing the final version.
-- Passing invalid users or groups with the --user option
- didn't lead to program exit. Regression introduced in 3.0.7.
-- The match all section has been moved from default.action
- to a new file called match-all.action. As a result the
- default.action no longer needs to be touched by the user
- and can be safely overwritten by updates.
-- The standard.action file has been removed. Its content
- is now part of the default.action file.
-- In some situations the logged content length was slightly too low.
-- Crunched requests are logged with their own log level.
- If you used "debug 1" in the past, you'll probably want
- to additionally enable "debug 1024", otherwise only passed
- requests will be logged. If you only care about crunched
- requests, simply replace "debug 1" with "debug 1024".
-- The crunch reason has been moved to the beginning of the
- crunch message. For HTTP URLs, the protocol is logged as well.
-- Log messages are shortened by printing the thread id on its
- own (as opposed to putting it inside the string "Privoxy()").
-- The config option socket-timeout has been added to control
- the time Privoxy waits for data to arrive on a socket.
-- Support for remote toggling is controlled by the configure
- option --disable-toggle only. In previous versions it also
- depended on the action editor and thus configuring with the
- --disable-editor option would disable remote toggling support
- as well.
-- Requests with invalid HTTP versions are rejected.
-- The template symbol @date@ can be used to include a date(1)-like
- time string. Initial patch submitted by Endre Szabo.
-- Responses from shoutcast servers are accepted again.
- Problem reported and fix suggested by Stefan.
-- The hide-forwarded-for-headers action has been replaced with
- the change-x-forwarded-for{} action which can also be used to
- add X-Forwarded-For headers. The latter functionality already
- existed in Privoxy versions prior to 3.0.7 but has been removed
- as it was often used unintentionally (by not using the
- hide-forwarded-for-headers action).
-- A "clear log" view option was added to the mingw32 version
- to clear out all of the lines in the Privoxy log window.
- Based on a patch submitted by T Ford.
-- The mingw32 version uses "critical sections" now, which prevents
- log message corruption under load. As a side effect, the
- "no thread-safe PRNG" warning could be removed as well.
-- The mingw32 version's task bar icon is crossed out and
- the color changed to gray if Privoxy is toggled off.
+- Bug fixes:
+ - Improve the handling of chunk-encoded responses by buffering the data
+ even if filters are disabled and properly keeping track of where the
+ various chunks are supposed to start and end. Previously Privoxy would
+ merely check the last bytes received to see if they looked like the
+ last-chunk. This failed to work if the last-chunk wasn't received in one
+ read and could also result in actual data being misdetected
+ as last-chunk.
+ Should fix: SF support request #1739.
+ Reported by: withoutname.
+ - remove_chunked_transfer_coding(): Refuse to de-chunk invalid data
+ Previously the data could get corrupted even further.
+ Now we simply pass the unmodified data to the client.
+ - gif_deanimate(): Tolerate multiple image extensions in a row.
+ This allows to deanimate all the gifs on:
+ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Animated_smilies
+ Fixes SF bug #795 reported by Celejar.
+ - OpenSSL generate_host_certificate(): Use X509_get_subject_name()
+ instead of X509_get_issuer_name() to get the issuer for generated
+ website certificates so there are no warnings in the browser when using
+ an intermediate CA certificate instead of a self-signed root certificate.
+ Problem reported and patch submitted by Chakib Benziane.
+ - can_filter_request_body(): Fix a log message that contained a spurious u.
+ - handle_established_connection(): Check for pending TLS data from the client
+ before checking if data is available on the connection.
+ The TLS library may have already consumed all the data from the client
+ response in which case poll() and select() will not detect that data is
+ available to be read.
+ Sponsored by: Robert Klemme.
+ - ssl_send_certificate_error(): Don't crash if there's no certificate
+ information available. This is only relevant when Privoxy is built with
+ wolfSSL 5.0.0 or later (code not yet published). Earlier wolfSSL versions
+ or the other TLS backends don't seem to trigger the crash.
+ - socks5_connect(): Add support for target hosts specified as IPv4 address
+ Previously the IP address was sent as domain.
+
+- General improvements:
+ - Add a client-body-tagger action which creates tags based on
+ the content of the request body.
+ Sponsored by: Robert Klemme.
+ - When client-body filters are enabled, buffer the whole request
+ before opening a connection to the server.
+ Makes it less likely that the server connection times out
+ and we don't open a connection if the buffering fails anyway.
+ Sponsored by: Robert Klemme.
+ - Add periods to a couple of log messages.
+ - accept_connection(): Add missing space to a log message.
+ - Initialize ca-related defaults with strdup_or_die() so errors
+ aren't silently ignored.
+ - make_path: Use malloc_or_die() in cases where allocation errors
+ were already fatal anyway.
+ - handle_established_connection(): Improve an error message slightly.
+ - receive_client_request(): Reject https URLs without CONNECT request.
+ - Include all requests in the statistics if mutexes are available.
+ Previously in case of reused connections only the last request got
+ counted. The statistics still aren't perfect but it's an improvement.
+ - Add read_socks_reply() and start using it in socks5_connect()
+ to apply the socket timeout more consistently.
+ - socks5_connect(): Deal with domain names in the socks reply
+ - Add a filter for bundeswehr.de that hides the cookie and
+ privacy info banner.
+
+- Action file improvements:
+ - Disable filter{banners-by-size} for .freiheitsfoo.de/.
+ - Disable filter{banners-by-size} for freebsdfoundation.org/.
+ - Disable fast-redirects for consent.youtube.com/.
+ - Block requests to ups.xplosion.de/.
+ - Block requests for elsa.memoinsights.com/t.
+ - Fix a typo in a test.
+ - Disable fast-redirects for launchpad.net/.
+ - Unblock .eff.org/.
+ - Stop unblocking .org/.*(image|banner) which appears to be too generous
+ It let requests like:
+ https://stats.noblogs.org/piwik.php?action_name=anti%20gentrifizierungs%20fest&idsite=10175&rec=1&r=220192&h=17&m=7&s=44&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmuellemcalling.noblogs.org%2F&urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fmuellemcalling.noblogs.org%2Finfostande%2F&_id=&_idn=1&_refts=0&send_image=0&cookie=1&res=1366x768&pv_id=eqr7jX&pf_net=7&pf_srv=3&pf_tfr=2281&pf_dm1=156
+ pass.
+ The example URL http://www.gnu.org/graphics/gnu-head-banner.png is
+ already unblocked due to .gnu.org being unblocked.
+ - Unblock adfd.org/.
+ - Disable filter{banners-by-link} for .eff.org/.
+ - Block requests to odb.outbrain.com/.
+ - Disable fast-redirects for .gandi.net/.
+ - Disable fast-redirects{} for .onion/.*/status/.
+ - Disable fast-redirects{} for twitter.com/.*/status/.
+ - Unblock pinkstinks.de/.
+ - Disable fast-redirects for .hagalil.com/.
+
+- Privoxy-Log-Parser:
+ - Bump version to 0.9.5.
+ - Highlight more log messages.
+ - Highlight the Crunch reason only once. Previously the "crunch reason"
+ could also be highlighted when the URL contained a matching string.
+ The real crunch reason only occurs once per line, so there's no need
+ to continue looking for it after it has been found once.
+ While at it, add a comment with an example log line.
+
+- uagen:
+ - Bump version to 1.2.4.
+ - Update BROWSER_VERSION and BROWSER_REVISION to 102.0
+ to match the User-Agent of the current Firefox ESR.
+ - Explicitly document that changing the 'Gecko token' is suspicious.
+ - Consistently use a lower-case 'c' as copyright symbol.
+ - Bump copyright.
+ - Add 'aarch64' as Linux architecture.
+ - Add OpenBSD architecture 'arm64'.
+ - Stop using sparc64 as FreeBSD architecture.
+ It hasn't been supported for a while now.
+
+- Build system:
+ - Makefile: Add a 'dok' target that depends on the 'error' target
+ to show the "You are not using GNU make or did nor run configure"
+ message.
+ - configure: Fix --with-msan option.
+ Also (probably) reported by Andrew Savchenko.
+
+- macOS build system:
+ - Enable HTTPS inspection when building the macOS binary
+ (using OpenSSL as TLS library).
+
+- Documentation:
+ - Add OpenSSL to the list of libraries that may be licensed under the
+ Apache 2.0 license in which case the linked Privoxy binary has to be
+ distributed under the GPLv3 or later.
+ - config: Fix the documented ca-directory default value.
+ Reported by avoidr.
+ - Rebuild developer-manual and tidy with 'HTML Tidy for FreeBSD version 5.8.0'.
+ - Update developer manual with new macOS packaging instructions.
+ - Note that the FreeBSD installation instructions work for
+ ElectroBSD as well.
+ - Note that FreeBSD/ElectroBSD users can try to install Privoxy
+ as binary package using 'pkg'.
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About Privoxy:
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-Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering
-capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data,
-managing HTTP cookies, 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.
+Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
+enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling
+access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a
+flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
+tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
+networks.
+
+Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.
+
+Our TODO list is rather long. Helping hands and donations are welcome:
-Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).
+ * https://www.privoxy.org/participate
-At present, Privoxy is known to run on Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000,
-XP, Vista), Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and
-others), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and
-various other flavors of Unix.
+ * https://www.privoxy.org/donate
+
+At present, Privoxy is known to run on Windows 95 and later versions
+(98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10 etc.), GNU/Linux
+(RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Slackware and others),
+Mac OS X (10.4 and upwards on PPC and Intel processors), Haiku,
+DragonFly, ElectroBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris,
+and various other flavors of Unix.
In addition to the core features of ad blocking and cookie management,
Privoxy provides many supplemental features, that give the end-user
more control, more privacy and more freedom:
+ * Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be kept
+ alive independently from the client. Currently not available on all
+ platforms.
- * Can keep outgoing connections alive and reuse them later on.
-
- * Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client
- and server headers.
-
- * Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to
- configure browsers individually.
+ * Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too,
+ and the configure script detects it.
- * Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and
- client headers.
+ * Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client
+ and server headers.
- * Can be chained with other proxies.
+ * Supports https inspection which allows to filter https requests.
- * Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at
- http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based
- tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
+ * Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to
+ configure browsers individually.
- * Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size,
- invisible "web-bugs", JavaScript and HTML annoyances, pop-up windows,
- etc.)
+ * Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and
+ client headers.
- * 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.
+ * Can be chained with other proxies.
- * Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration
- files, and a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax.
+ * Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at
+ http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based
+ tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
- * Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
+ * Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size,
+ invisible "web-bugs" and HTML annoyances, etc.)
- * GIF de-animation.
+ * 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.
- * Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
+ * Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration
+ files, and a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax.
- * Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
+ * GIF de-animation.
- * User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g.
- "blocked" page).
+ * Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
- * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
+ * User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g.
+ "blocked" page).
- * Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix).
-
- * Every feature now controllable on a per-site or per-location basis,
- configuration more powerful and versatile over-all.
+ * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
+ * Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location basis.
-Download location:
- http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118
-
-Home Page:
- http://www.privoxy.org/
+Home Page:
+ https://www.privoxy.org/
- - Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>
+ - Privoxy Developers <privoxy-devel@lists.privoxy.org>
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