There are many improvements and new features in Privoxy 3.0.5 - :
Multiple filter files can now be specified in config. This allows for - locally defined filters that can be maintained separately from the filters as - supplied by the developers, i.e. default.filter. -
- There are a number of new actions: -
redirect -
In addition, fast-redirects - has been significantly improved with enhanced syntax. -
And hide-referrer - has a new option, conditional block. -
MS-Windows versions can now be - installed and - started as a Windows service. -
config has two new options: - enable-remote-http-toggle, - and forwarded-connect-retries. -
And there is improved handling of the user-manual - option, for placing documentation and help files on the local system. -
Actions files problems and suggestions are now being directed to: - http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288. - 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. -
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, and various logging improvements. -
The default actions setting is now Cautious. Previous - releases had a default setting of Medium. Experienced - users may want to adjust this, as it is fairly conservative by Privoxy - standards and past practices. See http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default. New users - should try the default settings for a while before turning up the volume. -
A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier - versions of Privoxy:
- Some installers may remove earlier versions completely, including - configuration files. Save any important configuration files! -
- 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. -
See the full documentation on - fast-redirects - which has changed syntax, and will require adjustments to local configs, - such as user.action. You must reference the new - syntax: -
{ +fast-redirects{check-decoded-url} }
- .example.com
- mybank.com
- .google. |
The jarfile, - cookie logger, is off by default now. -
- What constitutes a "default" configuration has changed, - and you may want to review which actions are "on" by - default. This is primarily a matter of emphasis, but some features - you may have been used to, may now be "off" by default. - There are also a number of new actions you may want to consider, most of - which are not incorporated into the default settings as yet (see above). -
- Some installers may not automatically start - Privoxy after installation. -
Privoxy 3.0.26 stable is a bug-fix release for the previously released 3.0.25 + beta which introduced client-specific tags and included a couple of minor improvements.
+Bug fixes:
+Fixed crashes with "listen-addr :8118" (SF Bug #902). The regression was introduced in 3.0.25 beta and + reported by Marvin Renich in Debian bug #834941.
+General improvements:
+Log when privoxy is toggled on or off via cgi interface.
+Highlight the "Info: Now toggled " on/off log message in the Windows log viewer.
+Highlight the loading actions/filter file log message in the Windows log viewer.
+Mention client-specific tags on the toggle page as a potentionally more appropriate alternative.
+Documentation improvements:
+Update download section on the homepage. The downloads are available from the website now.
+Add sponsor FAQ.
+Remove obsolete reference to mailing lists hosted at SourceForge.
+Update the "Before the Release" section of the developer manual.
+Infrastructure improvements:
+Add perl script to generate an RSS feed for the packages Submitted by "Unknown".
+Build system improvements:
+strptime.h: fix a compiler warning about ambiguous else.
+configure.in: Check for Docbook goo on the BSDs as well.
+GNUMakefile.in: Let the dok-user target remove temporary files.
+Changes between Privoxy 3.0.25 beta and the previous release:
+Bug fixes:
+Always use the current toggle state for new requests. Previously new requests on reused connections + inherited the toggle state from the previous request even though the toggle state could have changed. + Reported by Robert Klemme.
+Fixed two buffer-overflows in the (deprecated) static pcre code. These bugs are not considered security + issues as the input is trusted. Found with afl-fuzz and ASAN.
+General improvements:
+Added support for client-specific tags which allow Privoxy admins to pre-define tags that are set for + all requests from clients that previously opted in through the CGI interface. They are useful in multi-user + setups where admins may want to allow users to disable certain actions and filters for themselves without + affecting others. In single-user setups they are useful to allow more fine-grained toggling. For example to + disable request blocking while still crunching cookies, or to disable experimental filters only. This is an + experimental feature, the syntax and behaviour may change in future versions. Sponsored by Robert + Klemme.
+Dynamic filters and taggers now support a $listen-address variable which contains the address the + request came in on. For external filters the variable is called $PRIVOXY_LISTEN_ADDRESS. Original patch + contributed by pursievro.
+Add client-header-tagger 'listen-address'.
+Include the listen-address in the log message when logging new requests. Patch contributed by + pursievro.
+Turn invalid max-client-connections values into fatal errors.
+The show-status page now shows whether or not dates before 1970 and after 2038 are expected to be + handled properly. This is mainly useful for Privoxy-Regression-Test but could also come handy when dealing + with time-related support requests.
+On Mac OS X the thread id in log messages are more likely to be unique now.
+When complaining about missing filters, the filter type is logged as well.
+A couple of harmless coverity warnings were silenced (CID #161202, CID #161203, CID #161211).
+Action file improvements:
+Filtering is disabled for Range requests to let download resumption and Windows updates work with the + default configuration.
+Unblock ".ardmediathek.de/". Reported by ThTomate in #932.
+Documentation improvements:
+Add FAQ entry for crashes caused by memory limits.
+Remove obsolete FAQ entry about a bug in PHP 4.2.3.
+Mention the new mailing lists were appropriate. As the archives have not been migrated, continue to + mention the archives at SF in the contacting section for now.
+Note that the templates should be adjusted if Privoxy is running as intercepting proxy without getting + all requests.
+A bunch of links were converted to https://.
+Rephrase onion service paragraph to make it more obvious that Tor is involved and that the whole website + (and not just the homepage) is available as onion service.
+Streamline the "More information" section on the homepage further by additionally ditching the link to + the 'See also' section of the user manual. The section contains mostly links that are directly reachable + from the homepage already and the rest is not significant enough to get a link from the homepage.
+Change the add-header{} example to set the DNT header and use a complete section to make copy and + pasting more convenient. Add a comment to make it obvious that adding the header is not recommended for + obvious reasons. Using the DNT header as example was suggested by Leo Wzukw.
+Streamline the support-and-service template Instead of linking to the various support trackers (whose + URLs hopefully change soon), link to the contact section of the user manual to increase the chances that + users actually read it.
+Add a FAQ entry for tainted sockets.
+More sections in the documentation have stable URLs now.
+FAQ: Explain why 'ping config.privoxy.org' is not expected to reach a local Privoxy installation.
+Note that donations done through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently can't be checked automatically.
+Updated section regarding starting Privoxy under OS X.
+Use dedicated start instructions for FreeBSD and ElectroBSD.
+Removed release instructions for AIX. They haven't been working for years and unsurprisingly nobody + seems to care.
+Removed obsolete reference to the solaris-dist target.
+Updated the release instructions for FreeBSD.
+Removed unfinished release instructions for Amiga OS and HP-UX 11.
+Added a pointer to the Cygwin Time Machine for getting the last release of Cygwin version 1.5 to use for + building Privoxy on Windows.
+Various typos have been fixed.
+Infrastructure improvements:
+The website is no longer hosted at SourceForge and can be reached through https now.
+The mailing lists at SourceForge have been deprecated, you can subscribe to the new ones at: + https://lists.privoxy.org/
+Migrating the remaining services from SourceForge is work in progress (TODO list item #53).
+Build system improvements:
+Add configure argument to optimistically redefine FD_SETSIZE with the intent to change the maximum + number of client connections Privoxy can handle. Only works with some libcs. Sponsored by Robert + Klemme.
+Let the tarball-dist target skip files in ".git".
+Let the tarball-dist target work in cwds other than current.
+Make the 'clean' target faster when run from a git repository.
+Include tools in the generic distribution.
+Let the gen-dist target work in cwds other than current.
+Sort find output that is used for distribution tarballs to get reproducible results.
+Don't add '-src' to the name of the tar ball generated by the gen-dist target. The package isn't a + source distribution but a binary package. While at it, use a variable for the name to reduce the chances + that the various references get out of sync and fix the gen-upload target which was looking in the wrong + directory.
+Add regression-tests.action to the files that are distributed.
+The gen-dist target which was broken since 2002 (r1.92) has been fixed.
+Remove genclspec.sh which has been obsolete since 2009.
+Remove obsolete reference to Redhat spec file.
+Remove the obsolete announce target which has been commented out years ago.
+Let rsync skip files if the checksums match.
+Privoxy-Regression-Test:
+Add a "Default level offset" directive which can be used to change the default level by a given value. + This directive affects all tests located after it until the end of the file or a another "Default level + offset" directive is reached. The purpose of this directive is to make it more convenient to skip similar + tests in a given file without having to remove or disable the tests completely.
+Let test level 17 depend on FEATURE_64_BIT_TIME_T instead of FEATURE_PTHREAD which has no direct + connection to the time_t size.
+Fix indentation in perldoc examples.
+Don't overlook directives in the first line of the action file.
+Bump version to 0.7.
+Fix detection of the Privoxy version now that https:// is used for the website.
+A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier versions of Privoxy:
+The recommended way to upgrade Privoxy is to backup your old + configuration files, install the new ones, verify that Privoxy is working + correctly and finally merge back your changes using diff and maybe + patch.
+There are a number of new features in each Privoxy 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 Privoxy isn't always possible anyway.
+Note that some installers remove earlier versions completely, including configuration files, therefore you + should really save any important configuration files!
+On the other hand, other installers don't overwrite existing configuration files, thinking you will want + to do that yourself.
+In the default configuration only fatal errors are logged now. You can change that in the debug section of the configuration file. You may also want to enable more verbose + logging until you verified that the new Privoxy version is working as + expected.
+Three other config file settings are now off by default: enable-remote-toggle, enable-remote-http-toggle, and enable-edit-actions. If you use or want these, you will need to + explicitly enable them, and be aware of the security issues involved.
+