This documentation is included with the current beta version of - Privoxy, v.2.9.14, - and is mostly complete at this point. The most up to date reference for the - time being is still the comments in the source files and in the individual - configuration files. Development of version 3.0 is currently nearing - completion, and includes many significant changes and enhancements over - earlier versions. The target release date for - stable v3.0 is "soon" ;-).
Since this is a beta version, not all new features are well tested. This - documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result (especially with - CVS sources). And there may be bugs, though hopefully - not many!
In addition to Internet Junkbuster's traditional - feature of ad and banner blocking and cookie management, - Privoxy provides new features, - some of them currently under development:
Integrated browser based configuration and control utility (http://p.p). Browser-based tracing of rule - and filter effects. -
Blocking of annoying pop-up browser windows. -
HTTP/1.1 compliant (most, but not all 1.1 features are supported). -
Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and - generally a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax over - previous versions. -
GIF de-animation. -
Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size, - invisible "web-bugs", JavaScript, pop-ups, status bar abuse, - etc.) -
Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection). - -
Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads). -
Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes. -
User-customizable HTML templates (e.g. 404 error page). -
Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies). -
Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix). -
Builds from source on most UNIX-like systems. Packages available for: Linux - (RedHat, SuSE, or Debian), Windows, Sun Solaris, Mac OSX, OS/2, HP-UX 11 and AmigaOS. - -
In addition, the configuration is much more powerful and versatile over-all. -
This documentation is included with the current stable version of Privoxy, + 3.0.29.
+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.
+Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and the configure script detects it.
+Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client and server headers.
+Supports https inspection which allows to filter https requests.
+Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to configure browsers individually.
+Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and client headers.
+Can be chained with other proxies.
+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.
+Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size, invisible "web-bugs" and HTML annoyances, etc.)
+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.
+Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and a more sophisticated and + flexible configuration syntax.
+GIF de-animation.
+Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
+User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g. "blocked" page).
+Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
+Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location basis.
+Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed.
+