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CLASS="SECT1"
><A
NAME="WHATSNEW"
-></A
->3. What's New in this Release</H1
+>3. What's New in this Release</A
+></H1
><P
-> There are many improvements and new features since <SPAN
+> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy 3.0.3</SPAN
->, the last stable release:</P
+>Privoxy 3.0.12</SPAN
+> is mainly a bugfix release:</P
><P
> <P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
-> Multiple <A
-HREF="filter-file.html"
->filter files</A
-> can now be specified in <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->config</TT
->. This allows for
- locally defined filters that can be maintained separately from the filters as
- supplied by the developers, i.e. <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->default.filter</TT
->.
+> The socket-timeout option now also works on platforms whose
+ select() implementation modifies the timeout structure.
+ Previously the timeout was triggered even if the connection
+ didn't stall. Reported by cyberpatrol.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
->
- There are a number of new <A
-HREF="actions-file.html"
->actions</A
->:
- </P
-><P
-> <P
-></P
-><UL
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
->content-type-overwrite</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
->crunch-client-header</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
->crunch-if-none-match</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
->crunch-server-header</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-CLIENT-HEADERS"
->filter-client-headers</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-SERVER-HEADERS"
->filter-server-headers</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
->force-text-mode</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
->handle-as-empty-document</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
->hide-accept-language</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
->hide-content-disposition</A
-></TT
->
- </P
+> The Connection: keep-alive code properly deals with files
+ larger than 2GB. Previously the connection was closed too
+ early.
+ </P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
->hide-if-modified-since</A
-></TT
->
- </P
+> The content length for files above 2GB is logged correctly.
+ </P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#INSPECT-JPEGS"
->inspect-jpegs</A
-></TT
->
- </P
+> The user-manual directive on the show-status page links to
+ the documentation location specified with the directive,
+ not to the Privoxy website.
+ </P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
->overwrite-last-modified</A
-></TT
->
- </P
+> When running in daemon mode, Privoxy doesn't log anything
+ to the console unless there are errors before the logfile
+ has been opened.
+ </P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
->redirect</A
-></TT
->
- </P
+> The show-status page prints warnings about invalid directives
+ on the same line as the directives themselves.
+ </P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#TREAT-FORBIDDEN-CONNECTS-LIKE-BLOCKS"
->treat-forbidden-connects-like-blocks</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-></UL
->
- </P
-><P
-> In addition, <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
->fast-redirects</A
-></TT
->
- has been significantly improved with enhanced syntax.
- </P
-><P
-> And <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
->hide-referrer</A
-></TT
->
- has a new option, <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->conditional block</TT
->.
+> Fixed several justified (but harmless) compiler warnings,
+ mostly on 64 bit platforms.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->MS-Windows</SPAN
-> versions can now be
- <A
-HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
->installed and
- started as a <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->Windows service</I
-></SPAN
-></A
->.
+> The mingw32 version explicitly requests the default charset
+ to prevent display problems with some fonts available on more
+ recent Windows versions. Patch by Burberry.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->config</TT
-> has two new options:
- <A
-HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
->enable-remote-http-toggle</A
->,
- and <A
-HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
->forwarded-connect-retries</A
->.
- </P
-><P
-> And there is improved handling of the <A
-HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
->user-manual</A
->
- option, for placing documentation and help files on the local system.
+> The mingw32 version uses the Privoxy icon in the alt-tab
+ windows. Patch by Burberry.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> There are six new <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
->filters</A
->.
+> The timestamp and the thread id is omitted in the "Fatal error"
+ message box on mingw32.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> Actions files problems and suggestions are now being directed to:
- <A
-HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288"
-TARGET="_top"
->http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288</A
->.
- Please use this to report such configuration related problems as missed
- ads, sites that don't function properly due to one action or another,
- innocent images being blocked, etc.
+> Fixed two related mingw32-only buffer overflows. Triggering
+ them required control over the configuration file, therefore
+ this isn't seen as a security issue.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> In addition, there are numerous bug fixes and significant enhancements,
- including error pages should no longer be cached if the problem is fixed,
- much better DNS error handling, various logging improvements, and
- configuration updates for better ad blocking and junk elimination.
+> In verbose mode, or if the new option --show-skipped-tests
+ is used, Privoxy-Regression-Test logs skipped tests and the
+ skip reason.
</P
></LI
></UL
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="UPGRADERSNOTE"
-></A
->3.1. Note to Upgraders</H2
+>3.1. Note to Upgraders</A
+></H2
><P
> A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier
versions of <SPAN
><UL
><LI
><P
->
- Some installers may remove earlier versions completely, including
- configuration files. Save any important configuration files!
+> The recommended way to upgrade <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> is to backup your old
+ configuration files, install the new ones, verify that <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ is working correctly and finally merge back your changes using
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>diff</SPAN
+> and maybe <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>patch</SPAN
+>.
</P
-></LI
-><LI
><P
->
- On the other hand, other installers may not overwrite any existing configuration
- files, thinking you will want to do that. You may want to manually check
- your saved files against the newer versions to see if the improvements have
- merit, or whether there are new options that you may want to consider.
- There are a number of new features, but most won't be available unless
- these features are incorporated into your configuration somehow.
+> There are a number of new features in each <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> release and
+ most of them have to be explicitly enabled in the configuration
+ files. Old configuration files obviously don't do that and due
+ to syntax changes using old configuration files with a new
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> isn't always possible anyway.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> See the full documentation on
- <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
->fast-redirects</A
-></TT
->
- which has changed syntax, and will require adjustments to local configs,
- such as <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->user.action</TT
->. You must reference the new
- syntax:
- </P
-><P
-> <TABLE
-BORDER="0"
-BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
-WIDTH="90%"
-><TR
-><TD
-><PRE
-CLASS="SCREEN"
-> { +fast-redirects{check-decoded-url} }
- .example.com
- mybank.com
- .google.</PRE
-></TD
-></TR
-></TABLE
-></P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> The <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->jarfile</TT
->,
- <A
-HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
-TARGET="_top"
->cookie</A
-> logger, is off by default now.
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
>
- What constitutes a <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"default"</SPAN
-> configuration has changed,
- and you may want to review which actions are <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"on"</SPAN
-> by
- default. This is primarily a matter of emphasis, but some features
- you may have been used to, may now be <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"off"</SPAN
-> by default.
- There are also a number of new actions and filters you may want to
- consider, most of which are not fully incorporated into the default
- settings as yet (see above).
+ Note that some installers remove earlier versions completely,
+ including configuration files, therefore you should really save
+ any important configuration files!
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> The default actions setting is now <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->Cautious</TT
->. Previous
- releases had a default setting of <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->Medium</TT
->. Experienced
- users may want to adjust this, as it is fairly conservative by <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
- standards and past practices. See <A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default"
-TARGET="_top"
-> http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default</A
->. New users
- should try the default settings for a while before turning up the volume.
- </P
+>
+ On the other hand, other installers don't overwrite existing configuration
+ files, thinking you will want to do that yourself.
+ </P
></LI
><LI
><P
-> The default setting has filtering turned <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->off</I
-></SPAN
->, which
- subsequently means that compression is <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->on</I
-></SPAN
->. Remember
- that filtering does not work on compressed pages, so if you use, or want to
- use, filtering, you will need to force compression off. Example:
- </P
-><P
-> <TABLE
-BORDER="0"
-BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
-WIDTH="90%"
-><TR
-><TD
-><PRE
-CLASS="SCREEN"
-> { +<A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
->filter</A
->{google} +<A
-HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
->prevent-compression</A
-> }
- .google.</PRE
-></TD
-></TR
-></TABLE
->
- </P
-><P
-> Or if you use a number of filters, or filter many sites, you may just want
- to turn off compression for all sites in
- <TT
+>
+ <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
->default.action</TT
-> (or
- <TT
+>standard.action</TT
+> has been merged into
+ the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
->user.action</TT
->).
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> Also, <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
->session-cookies-only</A
-> is
- off by default now. If you've liked this feature in the past, you may want
- to turn it back on in <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->user.action</TT
-> now.
+>default.action</TT
+> file.
</P
></LI
><LI
><P
->
- Some installers may not automatically start
- <SPAN
+> In the default configuration only fatal errors are logged now.
+ You can change that in the <A
+HREF="config.html#DEBUG"
+>debug section</A
+>
+ of the configuration file. You may also want to enable more verbose
+ logging until you verified that the new <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> after installation.
+> version is working
+ as expected.
</P
></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> Three other config file settings are now off by default:
+ <A
+HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
+>enable-remote-toggle</A
+>,
+ <A
+HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
+>enable-remote-http-toggle</A
+>,
+ and <A
+HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
+>enable-edit-actions</A
+>.
+ If you use or want these, you will need to explicitly enable them, and
+ be aware of the security issues involved.
+ </P
+></LI
></UL
></P
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