X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Ffaq.sgml;h=14a4d6ea8b5437e1e7678d5b3fa4f55a92df68b2;hb=61478413a02d7be37d44efb5c0c997a39a9da463;hp=773d9fe042872e85ea219e9c2188d35cda395f77;hpb=22ef5ce5999f25ac2ccad83572d40860d8f07ca7;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/doc/source/faq.sgml b/doc/source/faq.sgml index 773d9fe0..14a4d6ea 100644 --- a/doc/source/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml @@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ Purpose : FAQ - Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Privoxy Developers https://www.privoxy.org/ + Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Privoxy Developers https://www.privoxy.org/ See LICENSE. Based partially on the Internet Junkbuster FAQ originally written by and @@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ - Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2018 by + Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2020 by Privoxy Developers @@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ Hal. Privoxy. It is not a substitute for the Privoxy User Manual. - @@ -1341,7 +1337,8 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration? amount of guesswork. It is not realistic to catch all of these short of disabling Javascript, which would break many sites. And lastly, if the cookies are embedded in a HTTPS/SSL secure session via Javascript, they are beyond - Privoxy's reach. + Privoxy's reach unless you enable + https-inspection. All in all, &my-app; can help manage cookies in general, can help minimize @@ -1996,9 +1993,17 @@ ads used to be. Why? How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs? - Since secure HTTP connections are encrypted SSL sessions between your browser - and the secure site, and are meant to be reliably secure, - there is little that Privoxy can do but hand the raw + If you enable + https-inspection + Privoxy will impersonate the destination + server and can thus filter encrypted requests and responses as well. + + + Without + https-inspection + secure HTTP connections are encrypted SSL sessions between your + browser and the secure site, and there is little + that Privoxy can do but hand the raw gibberish data though from one end to the other unprocessed. @@ -2034,8 +2039,9 @@ ads used to be. Why? for HTTPS. - Adding HTTP/2 support is on the TODO list but currently - nobody is known to work on it. + Adding HTTP/2 support is on the + TODO + list but currently nobody is known to work on it.