> <A
HREF="copyright.html"
>Copyright</A
-> © 2001-2009 by
+> © 2001-2010 by
<A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
TARGET="_top"
><BR></P
><P
CLASS="PUBDATE"
->$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.60 2009/04/07 12:25:05 fabiankeil Exp $<BR></P
+>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.75 2010/11/13 10:08:00 fabiankeil Exp $<BR></P
><DIV
><DIV
CLASS="ABSTRACT"
flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes.
It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
><P
-> Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GPL2.</P
+> Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.</P
><P
-> Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).
- <A
+> Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).</P
+><P
+> Helping hands and donations are welcome:
+ <P
+></P
+><UL
+><LI
+><P
+> <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE"
+TARGET="_top"
+>http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE</A
+>
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
TARGET="_top"
->Donations are welcome</A
->.</P
+>http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</A
+>
+ </P
+></LI
+></UL
+></P
><P
> Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy represents
- the state at the release of version 3.0.13.
+ the state at the release of version 3.0.17.
You can find the latest version of the document at <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/"
TARGET="_top"
></DT
><DT
>1.6. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN78"
+HREF="general.html#AEN85"
>Why <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Privoxy"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>1.9. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN160"
+HREF="general.html#AEN163"
>Can Privoxy make mistakes?
This does not sound very scientific.</A
></DT
><DT
>1.10. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN166"
+HREF="general.html#AEN169"
>Will I have to configure Privoxy
before I can use it?</A
></DT
><DL
><DT
>3.1. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN356"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN360"
>What exactly is an <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>3.3. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN379"
+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#AEN388"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN392"
>There are several different <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>3.11. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN483"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN480"
>What is the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>default.filter</TT
></DT
><DT
>3.13. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN534"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN531"
>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#AEN551"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN548"
>Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.15. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN557"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN554"
>I see some images being replaced with text
instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.17. <A
HREF="configuration.html#OTHERPROXY"
->How can I make Privoxy work with other
-proxies like Squid or Tor?</A
+>How can I make Privoxy work with other proxies?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.18. <A
><DL
><DT
>4.1. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN731"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN729"
>How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.</A
></DT
></DT
><DT
>4.8. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN796"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN794"
>Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.9. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN814"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN812"
>A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</A
></DT
><DT
></DT
><DT
>4.11. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN870"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN868"
>Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.12. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN884"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN882"
>Can Privoxy act as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"caching"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.13. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN894"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN892"
>What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.14. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN899"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN897"
>I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.15. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN907"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN905"
>How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.16. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN921"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN919"
>Privoxy runs as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"server"</SPAN
>"valid"</SPAN
> HTML (or XHTML)?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>4.27. <A
+HREF="misc.html#SURPRISE-PRIVOXY"
+>How did you manage to get Privoxy on my computer without my consent?</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><DL
><DT
>5.1. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN1086"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN1091"
>I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
></DT
><DT
>5.3. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN1109"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN1114"
>I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</A
></DT
></DT
><DT
>6.4. <A
-HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
->Other</A
+HREF="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS"
+>Mailing Lists</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DL
><DT
>7.1. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN1453"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1463"
>License</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN1469"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1479"
>History</A
></DT
></DL
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