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-NAME="MISC">4. Miscellaneous</H1
+NAME="MISC"
+>4. Miscellaneous</A
+></H1
><DIV
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><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN505">4.1. How much does <SPAN
+NAME="AEN523"
+>4.1. How much does <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> slow my browsing down? This
-has to add extra time to browsing.</H3
+has to add extra time to browsing.</A
+></H3
><P
> It should not slow you down any in real terms, and may actually help
speed things up since ads, banners and other junk are not being displayed.
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="LOADINGTIMES">4.2. I noticed considerable
-delays in page requests compared to the old Junkbuster. What's wrong?</H3
+NAME="LOADINGTIMES"
+>4.2. I noticed considerable
+delays in page requests compared to the old Junkbuster. What's wrong?</A
+></H3
><P
> If you use any <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="CONFIGURL">4.3. What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and
-"http://p.p/"?</H3
+NAME="CONFIGURL"
+>4.3. What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and
+"http://p.p/"?</A
+></H3
><P
> <A
HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/"
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> for the request,
- hence it could not be intercepted, and you have accessed the <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+ hence it could not be intercepted, and you have accessed the <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>real</I
-></SPAN
>
web site at config.privoxy.org.</P
><P
>Privoxy</SPAN
>, http://example.com/show-proxy-args and http://i.j.b/,
are no longer supported. If you still use such an old version, you should really consider
- upgrading to 2.9.15.</P
+ upgrading to 2.9.16.</P
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><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="BLOCKLIST">4.4. Do you still maintain the blocklists?</H3
+NAME="BLOCKLIST"
+>4.4. Do you still maintain the blocklists?</A
+></H3
><P
> No. The patterns for blocking now reside (among other things) in the <A
HREF="../user-manual/actions-file.html"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="NEWADS">4.5. How can I submit new ads?</H3
+NAME="NEWADS"
+>4.5. How can I submit new ads?</A
+></H3
><P
>Yes, absolutely! Please see the <A
HREF="contact.html"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="IP">4.6. How can I hide my IP address?</H3
+NAME="IP"
+>4.6. How can I hide my IP address?</A
+></H3
><P
> If you run both the browser and the proxy locally, you cannot hide your IP
address with <SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN565">4.7. Can <SPAN
+NAME="AEN583"
+>4.7. Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> guarantee I am anonymous?</H3
+> guarantee I am anonymous?</A
+></H3
><P
> No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are greatly improved, but unless you
are an expert on Internet security it would be safest to assume that
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> can remove various information about you,
- and allows <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+ and allows <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>you</I
-></SPAN
> more freedom to decide which sites
you can trust, and what details you want to reveal. But it's still possible
that web sites can find out who you are. Here's one way this can happen.</P
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN576">4.8. Might some things break because header information or
-content is being altered?</H3
+NAME="AEN594"
+>4.8. Might some things break because header information or
+content is being altered?</A
+></H3
><P
> Definitely. More and more sites use HTTP header content to decide what to
display and how to display it. There is many ways that this can be handled,
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN587">4.9. Can <SPAN
+NAME="AEN605"
+>4.9. Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> act as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"caching"</SPAN
> proxy to
-speed up web browsing?</H3
+speed up web browsing?</A
+></H3
><P
> No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
<A
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN597">4.10. What about as a firewall? Can <SPAN
+NAME="AEN615"
+>4.10. What about as a firewall? Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> protect me?</H3
+> protect me?</A
+></H3
><P
> Not in the way you mean, or in the way a true firewall can.
<SPAN
>Privoxy</SPAN
> can help protect your privacy, but not
protect you from intrusion attempts. It is, of course, perfectly possible
- and recommended to use <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+ and recommended to use <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>both</I
-></SPAN
>.</P
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><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN603">4.11. I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
-ads used to be. Why?</H3
+NAME="AEN621"
+>4.11. I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
+ads used to be. Why?</A
+></H3
><P
> It would be technically possible eliminate the banners in a way that frees
their screen estate in many cases, by doing all banner blocking with filters,
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN608">4.12. How can <SPAN
+NAME="AEN626"
+>4.12. How can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</H3
+> filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</A
+></H3
><P
> Since secure HTTP connections are encrypted SSL sessions between your browser
- and the secure site, and are meant to be reliably <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
+ and the secure site, and are meant to be reliably <I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>secure</I
-></SPAN
>,
there is little that <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN619">4.13. <SPAN
+NAME="AEN637"
+>4.13. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> runs as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"server"</SPAN
>. How
-secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</H3
+secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</A
+></H3
><P
> There are no known exploits that might affect
<SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="TURNOFF">4.14. How can I temporarily disable <SPAN
+NAME="TURNOFF"
+>4.14. How can I temporarily disable <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->?</H3
+>?</A
+></H3
><P
> The easiest way is to access <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="REALLYOFF">4.15. When <SPAN
+NAME="REALLYOFF"
+>4.15. When <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"disabled"</SPAN
> is <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> totally
-out of the picture?</H3
+out of the picture?</A
+></H3
><P
> No, this just means all filtering and actions are disabled.
<SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="SEEALSO">4.16. Where can I find more information about <SPAN
+NAME="SEEALSO"
+>4.16. Where can I find more information about <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>
-and related issues?</H3
+and related issues?</A
+></H3
><P
> Other references and sites of interest to <SPAN
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