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+++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
-
+
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@
Privoxy">
]>
- Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2018 by
+ Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2020 by
Privoxy Developers
-$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.135 2017/03/27 10:22:27 fabiankeil Exp $
-
@@ -489,7 +481,7 @@ warranty? Registration?
While it is partly out of date, it's still worth reading.
- Our TODO list
+ Our TODO list
may be of interest to you as well.
Please let us know if you want to work on one of the items listed.
@@ -498,7 +490,7 @@ warranty? Registration?
Would you like to donate?
Donations are welcome. Our
- TODO list
+ TODO list
is rather long and being able to pay one (or more) developers to work on Privoxy
would make a huge difference, even if it was only for a couple of weeks. Donations may
also be used for Privoxy-related travel expenses (for example to attend conferences),
@@ -555,7 +547,7 @@ warranty? Registration?
- Gold (10000 EUR/year)
+ Gold (12000 USD/year)
Logo shown at the bottom of the
@@ -566,7 +558,7 @@ warranty? Registration?
- Silver (1000 EUR/year)
+ Silver (1200 USD/year)
Logo shown randomly at the bottom of the
@@ -577,7 +569,7 @@ warranty? Registration?
- Bronze (500 EUR/year)
+ Bronze (600 USD/year)
Logo and link on the sponsor page.
@@ -1212,7 +1204,7 @@ on Win2K/NT/XP?
Windows service
- functionality. See
+ functionality. See
the User Manual for details on how to install and configure
Privoxy as a service.
@@ -1345,7 +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
@@ -1520,7 +1513,7 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
during upgrades. You can, however, create completely new templates,
place them in another directory and specify the alternate path in the main
config. For details, have a look at the templdir option.
+ url="../user-manual/config.html#TEMPLDIR">templdir option.
@@ -1841,7 +1834,7 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
# forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
-
+
Note that if you got Tor through one of the bundles, you may
have to change the port from 9050 to 9150 (or even another one).
@@ -1858,7 +1851,7 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
# forward 192.168.*.*/ .
# forward 10.*.*.*/ .
# forward 127.*.*.*/ .
-
+
Unencrypted connections to systems in these address ranges will
be as (un)secure as the local network is, but the alternative is
@@ -1874,7 +1867,7 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
# forward localhost/ .
-
+
Save the modified configuration file and open
http://config.privoxy.org/show-status
@@ -2000,9 +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.
@@ -2038,8 +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.
@@ -3003,7 +3005,7 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?
this is not considered a Privoxy bug.
- To prevent the crashes you can rewrite your filter to use less ressources,
+ To prevent the crashes you can rewrite your filter to use less resources,
increase the relevant memory limit or recompile pcre to use less stack space.
For details please see the
pcrestack man page