Questions</a></h1>
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+ 2001-2014 by <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/" target="_top">Privoxy
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- <p class="PUBDATE">$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.91 2013/02/26 15:09:35 fabiankeil
+ <p class="PUBDATE">$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.109 2015/08/12 10:40:42 fabiankeil
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<p>Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy
- represents the state at the release of version 3.0.21. You can find
+ represents the state at the release of version 3.0.24. You can find
the latest version of the document at <a href=
"http://www.privoxy.org/faq/" target=
"_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</a>. Please see the <a href=
<dd>
<dl>
- <dt>3.1. <a href="configuration.html#AEN366">What exactly is an
+ <dt>3.1. <a href="configuration.html#AEN360">What exactly is an
<span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> file?</a></dt>
<dt>3.2. <a href="configuration.html#ACTIONSS">The <span class=
"QUOTE">"actions"</span> concept confuses me. Please list some of
these <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span>.</a></dt>
- <dt>3.3. <a href="configuration.html#AEN389">How are actions
+ <dt>3.3. <a href="configuration.html#AEN383">How are actions
files configured? What is the easiest way to do this?</a></dt>
- <dt>3.4. <a href="configuration.html#AEN398">There are several
+ <dt>3.4. <a href="configuration.html#AEN392">There are several
different <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> files. What are
the differences?</a></dt>
change the configuration with a browser? Does that not raise
security issues?</a></dt>
- <dt>3.11. <a href="configuration.html#AEN486">What is the
+ <dt>3.11. <a href="configuration.html#AEN482">What is the
<tt class="FILENAME">default.filter</tt> file? What is a
<span class="QUOTE">"filter"</span>?</a></dt>
<dt>3.12. <a href="configuration.html#LANCONFIG">How can I set up
Privoxy to act as a proxy for my LAN?</a></dt>
- <dt>3.13. <a href="configuration.html#AEN537">Instead of ads, now
+ <dt>3.13. <a href="configuration.html#AEN533">Instead of ads, now
I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see
anything.</a></dt>
- <dt>3.14. <a href="configuration.html#AEN554">Why would anybody
+ <dt>3.14. <a href="configuration.html#AEN550">Why would anybody
want to see a checkerboard pattern?</a></dt>
- <dt>3.15. <a href="configuration.html#AEN560">I see some images
+ <dt>3.15. <a href="configuration.html#AEN556">I see some images
being replaced with text instead of the checkerboard image. Why
and how do I get rid of this?</a></dt>
<dd>
<dl>
- <dt>4.1. <a href="misc.html#AEN735">How much does Privoxy slow my
+ <dt>4.1. <a href="misc.html#AEN731">How much does Privoxy slow my
browsing down? This has to add extra time to browsing.</a></dt>
<dt>4.2. <a href="misc.html#LOADINGTIMES">I notice considerable
<dt>4.7. <a href="misc.html#IP">How can I hide my IP
address?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.8. <a href="misc.html#AEN800">Can Privoxy guarantee I am
+ <dt>4.8. <a href="misc.html#AEN796">Can Privoxy guarantee I am
anonymous?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.9. <a href="misc.html#AEN818">A test site says I am not
+ <dt>4.9. <a href="misc.html#AEN814">A test site says I am not
using a Proxy.</a></dt>
<dt>4.10. <a href="misc.html#TOR">How do I use Privoxy together
with Tor?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.11. <a href="misc.html#AEN874">Might some things break
+ <dt>4.11. <a href="misc.html#AEN872">Might some things break
because header information or content is being altered?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.12. <a href="misc.html#AEN888">Can Privoxy act as a
+ <dt>4.12. <a href="misc.html#AEN886">Can Privoxy act as a
<span class="QUOTE">"caching"</span> proxy to speed up web
browsing?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.13. <a href="misc.html#AEN898">What about as a firewall?
+ <dt>4.13. <a href="misc.html#AEN896">What about as a firewall?
Can Privoxy protect me?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.14. <a href="misc.html#AEN903">I have large empty spaces /
+ <dt>4.14. <a href="misc.html#AEN901">I have large empty spaces /
a checkerboard pattern now where ads used to be. Why?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.15. <a href="misc.html#AEN911">How can Privoxy filter
+ <dt>4.15. <a href="misc.html#AEN909">How can Privoxy filter
Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.16. <a href="misc.html#AEN925">Privoxy runs as a
+ <dt>4.16. <a href="misc.html#AEN923">Privoxy runs as a
<span class="QUOTE">"server"</span>. How secure is it? Do I need
to take any special precautions?</a></dt>
internal CGI pages. What is a <span class=
"QUOTE">"crunch"</span>?</a></dt>
- <dt>4.21. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS">Can Privoxy effect files
+ <dt>4.21. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS">Can Privoxy affect files
that I download from a webserver? FTP server?</a></dt>
<dt>4.22. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS2">I just downloaded a Perl
<dd>
<dl>
- <dt>5.1. <a href="trouble.html#AEN1091">I cannot connect to any
+ <dt>5.1. <a href="trouble.html#AEN1090">I cannot connect to any
websites. Or, I am getting <span class="QUOTE">"connection
refused"</span> message with every web page. Why?</a></dt>
<dt>5.2. <a href="trouble.html#ERROR503">Why am I getting a 503
Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.3. <a href="trouble.html#AEN1114">I just added a new rule,
+ <dt>5.3. <a href="trouble.html#AEN1113">I just added a new rule,
but the steenkin ad is still getting through. How?</a></dt>
<dt>5.4. <a href="trouble.html#BADSITE">One of my favorite sites
delays in page loading. I'm using <tt class=
"LITERAL">localhost</tt> as my browser's proxy setting.</a></dt>
- <dt>5.10. <a href="trouble.html#BLANKPAGE">I get a completely
+ <dt>5.10. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXACCOUNTDELETION">I just
+ upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and now <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has stopped working.</a></dt>
+
+ <dt>5.11. <a href="trouble.html#BLANKPAGE">I get a completely
blank page at one site. <span class="QUOTE">"View Source"</span>
shows only: <span class=
"MARKUP"><html><body></body></html></span>.
Without Privoxy the page loads fine.</a></dt>
- <dt>5.11. <a href="trouble.html#NOHOSTNAME">My logs show many
+ <dt>5.12. <a href="trouble.html#NOHOSTNAME">My logs show many
<span class="QUOTE">"Unable to get my own hostname"</span> lines.
Why?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.12. <a href="trouble.html#INUSE">When I try to launch
+ <dt>5.13. <a href="trouble.html#INUSE">When I try to launch
Privoxy, I get an error message <span class="QUOTE">"port 8118 is
already in use"</span> (or similar wording). Why?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.13. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER">Pages with UTF-8
+ <dt>5.14. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER">Pages with UTF-8
fonts are garbled.</a></dt>
- <dt>5.14. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER2">Why are binary
+ <dt>5.15. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER2">Why are binary
files (such as images) corrupted when Privoxy is used?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.15. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER3">What is the
+ <dt>5.16. <a href="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER3">What is the
<span class="QUOTE">"demoronizer"</span> and why is it
there?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.16. <a href="trouble.html#WINDOWOPEN">Why do I keep seeing
+ <dt>5.17. <a href="trouble.html#WINDOWOPEN">Why do I keep seeing
<span class="QUOTE">"PrivoxyWindowOpen()"</span> in raw source
code?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.17. <a href="trouble.html#DNSERRORS">I am getting too many
+ <dt>5.18. <a href="trouble.html#DNSERRORS">I am getting too many
DNS errors like <span class="QUOTE">"404 No Such Domain"</span>.
Why can't Privoxy do this better?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.18. <a href="trouble.html#ALLCPU">At one site Privoxy just
+ <dt>5.19. <a href="trouble.html#ALLCPU">At one site Privoxy just
hangs, and starts taking all CPU. Why is this?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.19. <a href="trouble.html#SLOWCRAWL">I just installed
+ <dt>5.20. <a href="trouble.html#SLOWCRAWL">I just installed
Privoxy, and all my browsing has slowed to a crawl. What
gives?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.20. <a href="trouble.html#PREVENTCOMP">Why do my filters
+ <dt>5.21. <a href="trouble.html#PREVENTCOMP">Why do my filters
work on some sites but not on others?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.21. <a href="trouble.html#SSL-WARNINGS">On some HTTPS sites
+ <dt>5.22. <a href="trouble.html#SSL-WARNINGS">On some HTTPS sites
my browser warns me about unauthenticated content, the URL bar
doesn't get highlighted and the lock symbol appears to be broken.
What's going on?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.22. <a href="trouble.html#SE-LINUX">I get selinux error
+ <dt>5.23. <a href="trouble.html#SE-LINUX">I get selinux error
messages. How can I fix this?</a></dt>
- <dt>5.23. <a href="trouble.html#GENTOO-RICERS">I compiled
+ <dt>5.24. <a href="trouble.html#GENTOO-RICERS">I compiled
<span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with Gentoo's portage
and it appears to be very slow. Why?</a></dt>
</dl>
</dl>
</dd>
- <dt>6.4. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE">Request New
- Features</a></dt>
+ <dt>6.4. <a href="contact.html#SECURITY-CONTACT">Reporting
+ security problems</a></dt>
<dt>6.5. <a href="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS">Mailing
Lists</a></dt>
+
+ <dt>6.6. <a href="contact.html#SF-TRACKERS">SourceForge support
+ trackers</a></dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dl>
<dt>7.1. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1470">License</a></dt>
- <dt>7.2. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1486">History</a></dt>
+ <dt>7.2. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1479">History</a></dt>
</dl>
</dd>
</dl>