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diff --git a/doc/source/faq.sgml b/doc/source/faq.sgml
index 50d09235..274a6866 100644
--- a/doc/source/faq.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@
 <!entity history SYSTEM "history.sgml">
 <!entity copyright SYSTEM "copyright.sgml">
 <!entity license SYSTEM "license.sgml">
-<!entity p-version "3.0.9">
-<!entity p-status "UNRELEASED">
-<!entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE">
-<!entity % p-stable "IGNORE">
+<!entity p-version "3.0.16">
+<!entity p-status "stable">
+<!entity % p-not-stable "IGNORE">
+<!entity % p-stable "INCLUDE">
 <!entity % p-text "IGNORE">        <!-- define we are not a text only doc -->
 <!entity % p-doc "INCLUDE">        <!-- and we are a formal doc           -->
 <!entity % p-supp-userman "INCLUDE"> <!-- Include all from supported.sgml -->
 <!entity  my-copy "&copy;">          <!-- kludge for docbook2man          -->
 <!entity % p-newstuff "INCLUDE">      <!-- exclude stuff from devel versions -->
+<!entity % seealso-extra "INCLUDE"> <!-- extra stuff from seealso.sgml    -->
 <!entity  my-app "<application>Privoxy</application>">
 ]>
 <!--
@@ -26,9 +27,9 @@
                 This file belongs into
                 ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/
                 
- $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.40 2008/02/22 05:54:27 markm68k Exp $
+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.68 2010/01/30 19:51:28 fabiankeil Exp $
 
- Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
  See LICENSE.
 
  Based partially on the Internet Junkbuster FAQ originally written by and
@@ -72,12 +73,12 @@
  <subscript>
 <!-- Completely the wrong markup, but very little is allowed  -->
 <!-- in this part of an article. FIXME -->
- <link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> &my-copy; 2001-2008 by 
+ <link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> &my-copy; 2001-2010 by
  <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy Developers</ulink>
  </subscript>
 </pubdate>
 
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.40 2008/02/22 05:54:27 markm68k Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.68 2010/01/30 19:51:28 fabiankeil Exp $</pubdate>
 
 <!--
 
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ Hal.
 </para>
 ]]>
  <para>
- This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked  questions about
+ This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
  <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</ulink>.
  It is not a substitute for the 
  <ulink url="../user-manual/index.html"><citetitle>Privoxy User Manual</citetitle></ulink>.
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ me?</title>
  </para>
  <para>
   Much of <application>Privoxy's</application> configuration can be done 
-  with a  <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser">Web browser</ulink>.
+  with a <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser">Web browser</ulink>.
   But there are areas where configuration is done using a 
   <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editors">text editor</ulink>
   to edit configuration files. Also note that the web-based action editor
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ me?</title>
 <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
 Privoxy work? </title>
  <para>
-  A  <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">web proxy</ulink>
+  A <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">web proxy</ulink>
   is a service, based on a software such as &my-app;, that clients
   (i.e. browsers) can use instead of connecting to web servers directly.
   The clients then ask the proxy to request objects (web pages, images, movies etc)
@@ -463,9 +464,9 @@ warranty? Registration?</title>
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what can I do?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="help-the-developers"><title id="jointeam">I would like to help you, what can I do?</title>
 
-<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-work"><title>Would you like to participate?</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="participate"><title id="jointeam-work">Would you like to participate?</title>
 <para>
    Well, we <emphasis>always</emphasis> need help. There is something for
    everybody who wants to help us. We welcome new developers, packagers,
@@ -474,44 +475,70 @@ warranty? Registration?</title>
    <quote>programmer</quote>. There are many other tasks available. In fact,
    the programmers often can't spend as much time programming because of some
    of the other, more mundane things that need to be done, like checking the
-   Tracker feedback sections. 
+   Tracker feedback sections or responding to user questions on the mailing
+   lists.
  </para>
  <para>
-  So first thing, <ulink
-   url="https://sourceforge.net/account/register.php">get an account on SourceForge.net</ulink>
-   and mail your id to the <ulink url="mailto:ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">developers
-   mailing list</ulink>. Then, please read the <ulink
-   url="../developer-manual/index.html">Developer's Manual</ulink>, at least
-   the pertinent sections.
-</para>
+  So first thing, subscribe to the <ulink
+   url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-users">Privoxy Users</ulink>
+  or the <ulink url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-developers">Privoxy
+  Developers</ulink> mailing list, join the discussion, help out other users, provide general
+  feedback or report problems you noticed.
+ </para>
  <para>
-  You can also start helping out without SourceForge.net account,
-  simply by showing up on the mailing list, helping out other users,
-  providing general feedback or reporting problems you noticed.
+  If you intend to help out with the trackers, you also might want to <ulink
+   url="https://sourceforge.net/account/register.php">get an account on SourceForge.net</ulink>
+   so we don't confuse you with the other name-less users.
  </para>
+ <para>
+   We also have a <ulink
+   url="../developer-manual/index.html">Developer's Manual</ulink>.
+   While it is partly out of date, it's still worth reading.
+</para>
+<para>
+   Our <ulink url="http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/TODO?view=markup">TODO list</ulink>
+   may be of interest to you as well.
+   Please let us know if you want to work on one of the items listed.
+</para>
 </sect3>
 
-<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-money"><title>Contribute!</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="donate"><title>Would you like to donate?</title>
 <para>
- We, of course, welcome donations and could use money for domain registering,
- buying software to test <application>Privoxy</application> with, and, of course,
- for regular world-wide get-togethers (hahaha). If you enjoy the software and feel
- like helping us with a donation, just <ulink
- url="mailto: ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">drop us a note</ulink>
- and get your name on the list of contributors.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is developed by unpaid volunteers
+ and thus our current running costs are pretty low. Nevertheless, we
+ have plans that will cost money in the future. We would like to get
+ this money through donations made by our users.
 </para>
-</sect3>
 
-<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-software"><title>Software</title>
 <para>
- If you are a vendor of a web-related software like a browser, web server
- or proxy, and would like us to ensure that <application>Privoxy</application>
- runs smoothly with your product, you might consider supplying us with a
- copy or license. We can't, however, guarantee that we will fix all potential
- compatibility issues as a result.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> has therefore become an associated
+ project of <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/about-spi/about-spi">Software
+ in the Public Interest (SPI)</ulink>, which allows us to receive tax-deductible
+ donations in most western countries.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ We intend to use the donations to pay for our domain after transfering
+ it to SPI. Our goal is to make sure there's no single point of failure
+ and the bill gets paid and the site keeps running even if a some of
+ the currently active developers were to suddenly disappear for a while.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ We would also like to spend some money on more reliable hosting,
+ on hardware to help make sure <application>Privoxy</application>
+ keeps running on platforms the developers currently can't test on,
+ and on technical books to educate our developers about said platforms
+ or to improve their knowledge in general.
 </para>
-</sect3>
 
+<para>
+ If you enjoy our software and feel like helping out with a donation,
+ please have a look at
+ <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/donations">SPI's donation page</ulink>
+ to see what the options are.
+</para>
+</sect3>
 
 </sect2>
 
@@ -553,7 +580,7 @@ Include supported.sgml here:
  <quote>browser</quote> or not. Though this may not be the best approach for
  dealing with some of the common abuses of HTML in email. See <link
  linkend="outlook">How can I configure <application>Privoxy</application>
- with <application>Outlook Express</application>?</link> below for more on
+ with <application>Outlook</application>?</link> below for more on
  this. 
 </para>
 <para>
@@ -781,33 +808,17 @@ way to do this?</title>
 <title>There are several different <quote>actions</quote> files. What are
 the differences?</title>
 <para>
- Three actions files 
- are being included by the developers, to be used for 
- different purposes: These are 
- <filename>default.action</filename>, the <quote>main</quote> actions file
- which is actively maintained by the <application>Privoxy</application>
- developers and typically sets the default policies, <filename>user.action</filename>, where users are encouraged
- to make their private customizations, and <filename>standard.action</filename>, 
- which is for internal <application>Privoxy</application> use only.
- Please see <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">the actions chapter</ulink>
- in the <ulink url="../user-manual/index.html">User Manual</ulink> for a more
- detailed explanation.
-</para>
-
-<para>
- Earlier versions included three different versions of the 
- <filename>default.action</filename> file. The new scheme allows for 
- greater flexibility of local configuration, and for browser based 
- selection of pre-defined <quote>aggressiveness</quote> levels.
+ Please have a look at the <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">the actions chapter</ulink>
+ in the <ulink url="../user-manual/index.html">User Manual</ulink> for a detailed explanation.
 </para>
 
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="getupdates"><title>Where can I get updated Actions Files?</title>
  <para>
-   Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of 
-   <filename>default.action</filename> will be
-   made available from   time to time on the <ulink
+  Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of 
+  <filename>default.action</filename> will be
+  made available from time to time on the <ulink
   url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">files section</ulink> of
   our <ulink url="http://sf.net/projects/ijbswa/">project page</ulink>.
  </para>
@@ -816,7 +827,7 @@ the differences?</title>
   If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release updates of
   <application>Privoxy</application> or the actions file, <ulink
   url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce/">subscribe
-  to our announce  mailing list</ulink>, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
+  to our announce mailing list</ulink>, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
  </para>
 
 </sect2>
@@ -996,7 +1007,7 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?</title>
  but you can disable/enable the various pre-defined filters of the included 
  <filename>default.filter</filename> file with the <ulink
  url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">web-based actions file editor</ulink>.
- Note  that the custom actions editor must be explicitly enabled in
+ Note that the custom actions editor must be explicitly enabled in
  the main config file (see <ulink
  url="../user-manual/config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</ulink>).
 </para>
@@ -1220,13 +1231,20 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</title>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="outlook">
-<title>How can I configure Privoxy for use with Outlook
- Express?</title>
+<title>How can I configure Privoxy for use with Outlook?</title>
+<para>
+ Versions of <application>Outlook</application> prior to Office 2007, use
+ <application>Internet Explorer</application> components to both render HTML,
+ and fetch any HTTP requests that may be embedded in an HTML email. So however
+ you have <application>Privoxy</application> configured to work with IE, this
+ configuration should automatically be shared, at least with older version of
+ Internet Explorer.
+</para>
 <para>
- <application>Outlook Express</application> uses <application>Internet Explorer</application> 
- components to both render HTML, and fetch any HTTP requests that may be embedded in an HTML email.
- So however you have <application>Privoxy</application> configured to work
- with IE, this configuration should automatically be shared.
+ Starting with Office 2007, Microsoft is instead using the MS-Word rendering
+ engine with Outlook. It is unknown whether this can be configured to use a
+ proxy.
+ <!-- FIXME HB 2009-02-15 -->
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
@@ -1283,7 +1301,7 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</title>
  method that browsers can use to store data between pages, or between browser
  sessions. Sometimes there is a good reason for this, and the user's life is a
  bit easier as a result. But there is a long history of some websites taking
- advantage of this layer of trust, and using the data they glean from you  and 
+ advantage of this layer of trust, and using the data they glean from you and 
  your browsing habits for their own purposes, and maybe to your potential
  detriment. Such sites are using you and storing their data on your system.
  That is why the privacy conscious watch from whom those cookies come, and why
@@ -1655,7 +1673,7 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
 <para>
  If you want to hide your IP address from most adversaries,
  you should consider chaining <application>Privoxy</application>
- with <ulink url="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</ulink>.
+ with <ulink url="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor</ulink>.
  The configuration details can be found in
  <ulink url="#TOR">How do I use <application>Privoxy</application> together
  with <application>Tor</application> section</ulink>
@@ -1674,7 +1692,7 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
 </para>
 <para>
  <application>Privoxy</application> can remove various information about you,
- and allows <emphasis>you</emphasis> more freedom  to decide which sites 
+ and allows <emphasis>you</emphasis> more freedom to decide which sites 
  you can trust, and what details you want to reveal. But it neither 
  hides your IP address, nor can it guarantee that the rest of the system
  behaves correctly. There are several possibilities how a web sites can find
@@ -1761,7 +1779,7 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
 </para>
 <para>
  <screen>
-#        forward-socks4a             /     127.0.0.1:9050 .
+#        forward-socks5             /     127.0.0.1:9050 .
  </screen>
 </para>
 <para>
@@ -1800,7 +1818,7 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
  in your browser, confirm that <application>Privoxy</application> has reloaded its configuration
  and that there are no other forward lines, unless you know that you need them. If everything looks good,
  refer to
- <ulink url="https://wiki.torproject.org/wiki/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#head-0e1cc2ac330ede8c6ad1ac0d0db0ac163b0e6143">Tor
+ <ulink url="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#IsMyConnectionPrivate">Tor
  Faq 4.2</ulink> to learn how to verify that you are really using <application>Tor</application>.
 </para>
 <para>
@@ -2094,7 +2112,7 @@ from a webserver? FTP server?</title>
 </para>
 <para>
  <application>Privoxy</application> does not do FTP at all, only HTTP 
- and  HTTPS (SSL) protocols, so please don't try.
+ and HTTPS (SSL) protocols.
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
@@ -2160,7 +2178,7 @@ and related issues?</title>
  activated the <quote><literal>fun</literal></quote> filter which
  is clearly labeled <quote>Text replacements for subversive browsing
  fun!</quote> or you are using an older Privoxy version and have implicitly
- activated it by choosing the  <quote>Adventuresome</quote> profile in the
+ activated it by choosing the <quote>Advanced</quote> profile in the
  web-based editor. Please upgrade.
 </para>
 </sect2>
@@ -2176,6 +2194,42 @@ and related issues?</title>
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="surprise-privoxy">
+<title>How did you manage to get Privoxy on my computer without my consent?</title>
+
+<para>
+ We didn't. We make Privoxy available for download, but we don't go
+ around installing it on other people's systems behind their back.
+ If you discover Privoxy running on your system and are sure you didn't
+ install it yourself, somebody else did. You may not even be running
+ the real Privoxy, but maybe something else that only pretends to be
+ Privoxy, or maybe something that is based on the real Privoxy,
+ but has been modified.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Lately there have been reports of problems with some kind of
+ Privoxy versions that come preinstalled on some Netbooks.
+ Some of the problems described are inconsistent with the behaviour
+ of official Privoxy versions, which suggests that the preinstalled
+ software may contain vendor modifications that we don't know about
+ and thus can't debug.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Privoxy's <link linkend="copyright">license</link> allows vendor
+ modifications, but the vendor has to comply with the license,
+ which involves informing the user about the changes and to make
+ the changes available under the same license as Privoxy itself.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If you are having trouble with a modified Privoxy version,
+ please try to talk to whoever made the modifications before
+ reporting the problem to us. Please also try to convince
+ whoever made the modifications to talk to us.  If you think
+ somebody gave you a modified Privoxy version without complying
+ to the license, please let us know.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
 
 </sect1>
 
@@ -2477,17 +2531,17 @@ every time I start IE. What gives?</title>
 <!--   ~~~~~       New section      ~~~~~     -->
 <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="macosxuninstall">
 <title>In Mac OS X, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to 
- uninstall it.  Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
+ uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
  empty the trash.</title>
  <para>
  Note: This ONLY applies to privoxy 3.0.6 and earlier.
  </para> 
  <para>
- Just dragging the <application>Privoxy</application> folder to the trash is
-  not enough to delete it.  <application>Privoxy</application> supplies an
+  Just dragging the <application>Privoxy</application> folder to the trash is
+  not enough to delete it. <application>Privoxy</application> supplies an
   <application>uninstall.command</application> file that takes care of
-  these details.  Open the trash, drag the <application>uninstall.command</application>
-  file out of the trash and double-click on it.  You will be prompted for
+  these details. Open the trash, drag the <application>uninstall.command</application>
+  file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
   confirmation and the administration password.
  </para> 
  <para>
@@ -2511,6 +2565,7 @@ every time I start IE. What gives?</title>
 </sect2>
 
 <!--   ~~~~~       New section      ~~~~~     -->
+<!-- XXX: Is this still relevant now that we have gzip support? -->
 <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blankpage">
 <title>I get a completely blank page at one site. <quote>View Source</quote>
  shows only: <markup><![CDATA[<html><body></body></html>]]></markup>. Without
@@ -2557,11 +2612,15 @@ Why?</title>
  some platforms due to DNS timeouts.
 </para>
 <para>
- This can be caused by a problem with the local <filename>HOSTS</filename>
+ This can be caused by a problem with the local <filename>hosts</filename>
  file. If this file has been changed from the original, try reverting it to
  see if that helps. Make sure whatever name(s) are used for the local system,
  that they resolve both ways.
 </para>
+<para>
+ You should also be able to work around the problem with the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/config.html#HOSTNAME">hostname option</ulink>.
+</para>
 </sect2>
 
 <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="inuse">
@@ -2668,7 +2727,7 @@ Why?</title>
  is done by the underlying operating system -- not
  <application>Privoxy</application> itself. <application>Privoxy</application>
  merely initiates the process and hands it off, and then later reports
- whatever the outcome was. And tries to give a coherent message if there seems
+ whatever the outcome was and tries to give a coherent message if there seems
  to be a problem. In some cases, this might otherwise be mitigated by the
  browser itself which might try some work-arounds and alternate approaches (e.g
  adding <quote>www.</quote> to the URL).
@@ -2699,10 +2758,13 @@ Why?</title>
  are in the raw HTML source of the page, and the browser just ignores them. But the 
  pattern matching in <application>Privoxy's</application> page filtering
  mechanism is trying to match against absurdly long strings and this becomes
- very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete. Until a better
- solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages, particularly the
- <literal>js-annoyances</literal> and <literal>unsolicited-popups</literal>
- filters.
+ very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Until a better solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages,
+ particularly the <literal>js-annoyances</literal> and
+ <literal>unsolicited-popups</literal> filters. If you run into this problem
+ with a recent &my-app; version, please send a problem report.
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
@@ -2714,7 +2776,8 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives? </title>
  it does not happen. I would suspect some inadvertent interaction of software
  components such as anti-virus software, spyware protectors, personal
  firewalls or similar components. Try disabling (or uninstalling) these one
- at a time and see if that helps.
+ at a time and see if that helps. Either way, if you are using a
+ recent &my-app; version, please report the problem.
 </para>
 </sect2>
 
@@ -2728,6 +2791,100 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives? </title>
 <ulink
  url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION">prevent-compression</ulink>.
 </para>
+<para>
+ As of &my-app; 3.0.9, zlib support is enabled in the default builds.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="ssl-warnings">
+<title>On some HTTPS sites my browser warns me about unauthenticated content,
+ the URL bar doesn't get highlighted and the lock symbol appears to be broken.
+ What's going on?</title>
+<para>
+ Probably the browser is requesting ads through HTTPS and &my-app;
+ is blocking the requests. Privoxy's error messages are delivered
+ unencrypted and while it's obvious for the browser that the HTTPS
+ request is already blocked by the proxy, some warn about unauthenticated
+ content anyway.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To work around the problem you can redirect those requests to an invalid
+ local address instead of blocking them. While the redirects aren't
+ encrypted either, many browsers don't care. They simply follow the
+ redirect, fail to reach a server and display an error message instead
+ of the ad.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To do that, enable logging to figure out which requests get blocked by
+ &my-app; and add the hosts (no path patterns) to a section like this:
+</para>
+<para>
+<screen>
+<![CDATA[
+{+redirect{http://127.0.0.1:0/} -block -limit-connect}
+.ivwbox.de:443/
+]]>
+</screen>
+</para>
+<para>
+ Additionally you have to configure your browser to contact
+ <quote>127.0.0.1:0</quote> directly (instead of through &my-app;).
+</para>
+<para>
+ To add a proxy exception in <application>Mozilla Firefox</application>
+ open the <quote>Preferences</quote>, click the <quote>Settings</quote>
+ button located on the <quote>Network</quote> tab in the <quote>Advanced</quote>
+ section, and add <quote>127.0.0.1:0</quote> in the <quote>No Proxy for:</quote>
+ field.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="se-linux">
+<title>I get selinux error messages. How can I fix this?</title>
+<para>
+ Please report the problem to the creator of your selinux policies.
+</para>
+<para>
+ The problem is that some selinux policy writers aren't familiar
+ with the application they are trying to <quote>secure</quote> and
+ thus create policies that make no sense.
+</para>
+<para>
+ In <application>Privoxy's</application> case the problem usually
+ is that the policy only allows outgoing connections for certain
+ destination ports (e.g. 80 and 443). While this may cover the
+ standard ports, websites occasionally use other ports as well.
+ This isn't a security problem and therefore <application>Privoxy's</application>
+ default configuration doesn't block these requests.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If you really want to block these ports (and don't be able
+ to load websites that don't use standard ports), you should
+ configure Privoxy to block these ports as well, so it doesn't
+ trigger the selinux warnings.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="gentoo-ricers">
+<title>I compiled &my-app; with Gentoo's portage and it appears to be very slow. Why?</title>
+<para>
+ Probably you unintentionally compiled &my-app; without threading support
+ in which case requests have to be serialized and only one can be served
+ at the same time.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Check your <quote>USE</quote> flags and make sure they include
+ <quote>threads</quote>. If they don't, add the flag and rebuild &my-app;.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If you compiled &my-app; with threading support (on POSIX-based systems),
+ the <quote>Conditional #defines</quote> section on <ulink
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</ulink>
+ will list <quote>FEATURE_PTHREAD</quote> as <quote>enabled</quote>. 
+</para>
 </sect2>
 
 
@@ -2809,6 +2966,110 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives? </title>
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+Revision 2.68  2010/01/30 19:51:28  fabiankeil
+New FAQ entry: How did you manage to get Privoxy on my computer without my consent?
+
+Also bump copyright.
+
+Revision 2.67  2009/11/15 14:24:12  fabiankeil
+Prepare to generate docs for 3.0.16 UNRELEASED.
+
+Revision 2.66  2009/10/10 05:48:55  fabiankeil
+Prepare for 3.0.15 beta.
+
+Revision 2.65  2009/07/18 16:24:39  fabiankeil
+Bump entities for 3.0.14 beta.
+
+Revision 2.64  2009/07/18 12:18:52  fabiankeil
+Don't describe the action files in the FAQ when we can simply link to the description in the User Manual.
+
+Revision 2.63  2009/06/15 15:08:03  fabiankeil
+Patch #2806626 from Frédéric Crozat to fix a closing tag.
+
+Revision 2.62  2009/06/12 14:30:58  fabiankeil
+Update entities for 3.0.13 beta.
+
+Revision 2.61  2009/06/12 11:52:33  fabiankeil
+Mention the TODO list in the participate entry.
+
+Revision 2.60  2009/04/07 12:25:05  fabiankeil
+In the "I would like to help ..." entry:
+- Change the ids to more general ones as helping out doesn't require
+  joining the team (and joining the team requires significantly helping
+  out first, anyway).
+- Add links to the subscription pages for the main mailing lists.
+
+Revision 2.59  2009/03/28 15:33:41  fabiankeil
+Recommend the use of forward-socks5 when forwarding to Tor.
+The error messages are more detailed than with forward-socks4a.
+
+Revision 2.58  2009/03/21 12:27:44  fabiankeil
+Turn the donation entry title into a question,
+also rephrase the content a bit.
+
+Revision 2.57  2009/03/19 19:07:49  fabiankeil
+First draft of a "Donating" entry. To be polished tomorrow.
+
+Revision 2.56  2009/02/19 17:05:05  fabiankeil
+Explain slowness when build with Gentoo's portage.
+
+Revision 2.55  2009/02/19 02:20:21  hal9
+Make some links in seealso conditional. Man page is now privoxy only links.
+
+Revision 2.54  2009/02/15 20:47:12  hal9
+Fix small typo.
+
+Revision 2.53  2009/02/15 20:46:13  hal9
+Update Outlook HTML rendering engine comments re: Office 2007.
+
+Revision 2.52  2009/02/14 10:27:52  fabiankeil
+Finish last paragraph in the selinux entry which
+I unintentionally committed with the last commit.
+
+Revision 2.51  2009/02/12 16:08:26  fabiankeil
+Declare the code stable.
+
+Revision 2.50  2009/02/11 18:13:36  fabiankeil
+State the obvious.
+
+Revision 2.49  2009/02/10 16:30:20  fabiankeil
+Add a workaround for "unauthenticated content" warnings on HTTPS sites.
+
+Revision 2.48  2009/01/13 16:50:35  fabiankeil
+The standard.action file is gone.
+
+Revision 2.47  2008/11/24 18:29:39  fabiankeil
+Two changes suggested by Roger Dingledine:
+- Use https://www.torproject.org/ in section 4.7, too.
+- Replace the Tor wiki URL in section 4.10 with one
+  with a more useful anchor name.
+
+Revision 2.46  2008/08/30 15:37:35  fabiankeil
+Update entities.
+
+Revision 2.45  2008/08/16 08:51:28  fabiankeil
+Update version-related entities.
+
+Revision 2.44  2008/06/19 01:41:36  hal9
+Add short note about zlib being enabled in 3.0.9
+
+Revision 2.43  2008/06/14 13:21:25  fabiankeil
+Prepare for the upcoming 3.0.9 beta release.
+
+Revision 2.42  2008/06/07 13:11:15  fabiankeil
+- Note that the "100% cpu problem" is worth
+  reporting if it happens with a recent release.
+- Mention the hostname option as a workaround for
+  the "can't get my own hostname" issue.
+- The profile formerly known as "Adventuresome"
+  is called "Advanced" now.
+- Some white-space fixes.
+
+Revision 2.41  2008/06/06 15:32:09  fabiankeil
+- Minor rewordings.
+- Don't claim that all the old Junkbuster features remain.
+  Some of them have been removed or replaced with better ones.
+
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 updates for mac os x