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@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
-
+
@@ -21,15 +21,11 @@
Privoxy">
]>
- Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2014 by
+ Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2018 by
Privoxy Developers
-$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.121 2016/05/03 13:21:55 fabiankeil Exp $
-
-
-
@@ -478,8 +469,8 @@ warranty? Registration?
So first thing, subscribe to the Privoxy Users
- or the Privoxy
+ url="https://lists.privoxy.org/mailman/listinfo/privoxy-users">Privoxy Users
+ or the Privoxy
Developers mailing list, join the discussion, help out other users, provide general
feedback or report problems you noticed.
@@ -494,7 +485,7 @@ 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While it is partly out of date, it's still worth reading.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.
@@ -503,7 +494,7 @@ 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),
@@ -512,11 +503,13 @@ warranty? Registration?
Privoxy is an associated
- project of Software
+ project of Software
in the Public Interest (SPI), which allows us to receive
- tax-deductible donations in the United States. If you want to donate through
- SPI, please use SPI's donation page
- to see what the options are.
+ tax-deductible donations in the United States.
+ You can donate via Paypal
+ and Click & Pledge.
+ For details, please have a look at
+ SPI's general donation page.
@@ -549,7 +542,59 @@ warranty? Registration?
public user mailing list or, if it's a private matter, to
Fabian Keil (Privoxy's SPI liaison)
directly.
+
+
+How can I become a sponsor and get my logo or link on privoxy.org?
+
+ We are currently offering the following sponsor levels as an experiment:
+
+
+
+ Gold (10000 EUR/year)
+
+
+ Logo shown at the bottom of the
+ Privoxy homepage.
+ Logo, link and self description on the
+ sponsor page.
+
+
+
+
+ Silver (1000 EUR/year)
+
+
+ Logo shown randomly at the bottom of the
+ Privoxy homepage.
+ Logo, link and self description on the
+ sponsor page.
+
+
+
+
+ Bronze (500 EUR/year)
+
+
+ Logo and link on the sponsor page.
+
+
+
+
+
+ The logo sizes depend on the sponsor level. Logos are served from
+ our server, no requests are made to the sponsor website unless
+ the links are being used.
+
+
+ The details may change over time but changes will only affect new sponsors
+ (or existing sponsors that explicitly agreed to the changes).
+
+
+ If you want to become a sponsor, please contact
+ Fabian Keil.
+ New sponsors are only accepted if no developer objects.
+
@@ -638,7 +683,6 @@ special I have to do now?
details. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk
cache to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any stored
cookies.
-
@@ -837,8 +881,8 @@ the differences?
If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release updates of
Privoxy or the actions file, subscribe
- to our announce mailing list, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
+ url="https://lists.privoxy.org/mailman/listinfo/privoxy-announce">subscribe
+ to our announce mailing list, privoxy-announce@lists.privoxy.org.
@@ -887,12 +931,10 @@ the differences?
for them in the user.action file. An example for yahoo might
look like:
- # Allow all cookies for Yahoo login:
#
{ -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies -session-cookies-only }
.login.yahoo.com
-
These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with
Javascript and
@@ -901,13 +943,11 @@ the differences?
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#ALIASES">alias just for such
sticky situations:
- # Gmail is a _fragile_ site:
#
{ fragile }
# Gmail is ...
mail.google.com
-
Be sure to flush your browser's caches whenever making these kinds of
changes, just to make sure the changes take.
@@ -1058,10 +1098,8 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?
should look like:
-
listen-address 192.168.1.1:8118
-
Save the file, and restart Privoxy. Configure
@@ -1073,10 +1111,8 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?
all available interfaces:
-
listen-address :8118
-
And then use Privoxy's
@@ -1172,7 +1208,7 @@ 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.
@@ -1349,11 +1385,9 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
To disable all cookie actions, so that cookies are allowed unrestricted,
both in and out, for example.com:
-
{ -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies -session-cookies-only -filter{content-cookies} }
.example.com
-
Place the above in user.action. Note that some of these may
be off by default anyway, so this might be redundant, but there is no harm
@@ -1444,16 +1478,13 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
can very easily over-ride all blocking with the
following very simple rule in your user.action:
-
# Unblock everybody, everywhere
{ -block }
/ # UN-Block *all* URLs
-
Or even a more comprehensive reversing of various ad related actions:
-
# Unblock everybody, everywhere, and turn off appropriate filtering, etc
{ -block \
@@ -1462,7 +1493,6 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
allow-popups \
}
/ # UN-Block *all* URLs and allow ads
-
This last action in this compound statement,
allow-popups, is an
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.
@@ -1503,10 +1533,8 @@ the BLOCKED page?
available as compile-time options. You should
configure the sources as follows:
-
./configure --disable-toggle --disable-editor --disable-force
-
This will create an executable with hard-coded security features so that
&my-app; does not allow easy bypassing of blocked sites, or changing the
@@ -1807,11 +1835,9 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
forwarding section
and uncomment the line:
-
# 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).
@@ -1824,13 +1850,11 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
uncomment the following forward rules, to make sure your local network is still
reachable through Privoxy:
-
# 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
@@ -1844,11 +1868,9 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
network by using their names, you will need additional exceptions
that look like this:
-
# forward localhost/ .
-
-
+
Save the modified configuration file and open
http://config.privoxy.org/show-status
@@ -2003,6 +2025,20 @@ ads used to be. Why?
+
+Does Privoxy support HTTP/2?
+
+ Privoxy currently doesn't parse HTTP/2 but applications
+ can tunnel HTTP/2 through Privoxy if Privoxy is configured
+ to allow CONNECT requests (default) which are also used
+ for HTTPS.
+
+
+ Adding HTTP/2 support is on the TODO list but currently
+ nobody is known to work on it.
+
+
+
Privoxy runs as a server. How
secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?
@@ -2075,7 +2111,7 @@ out of the picture?
My logs show Privoxy crunches
ads, but also its own internal CGI pages. What is a crunch?
- A crunch simply means Privoxy intercepted
+ A crunch means Privoxy intercepted
something, nothing more. Often this is indeed ads or
banners, but Privoxy uses the same mechanism for
trapping requests for its own internal pages. For instance, a request for
@@ -2179,14 +2215,12 @@ altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!
your hosts list is neglected by Privoxy's
configuration, consider adding your list to your user.action file:
-
{ +block }
www.ad.example1.com
ad.example2.com
ads.galore.example.com
etc.example.com
-
@@ -2282,7 +2316,6 @@ and related issues?
There are several possibilities:
-Privoxy is not running. Solution: verify
@@ -2302,7 +2335,6 @@ and related issues?
try disabling or removing the firewall as a simple test.
-
@@ -2355,7 +2387,6 @@ still getting through. How?
our job a little easier. &my-app; has crunched (meaning caught
and BLOCKED) quite a few items in this example, but perhaps missed a few as well.
-
-
Despite 12 out of 32 requests being blocked, the page looked, and seemed to
behave perfectly normal (minus some ads, of course).
@@ -2618,37 +2648,6 @@ every time I start IE. What gives?
-
-
-
-I get a completely blank page at one site. View Source
- shows only: