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diff --git a/doc/source/p-config.sgml b/doc/source/p-config.sgml
index 68538d39..c2fd53a6 100644
--- a/doc/source/p-config.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/p-config.sgml
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
Purpose : Used with other docs and files only.
- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.30 2008/03/27 18:31:20 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.47 2009/04/17 11:40:48 fabiankeil Exp $
- Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
========================================================================
@@ -95,10 +95,10 @@
Sample Configuration File for Privoxy v&p-version;
- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.30 2008/03/27 18:31:20 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.47 2009/04/17 11:40:48 fabiankeil Exp $
-Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
+Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
@@ -338,7 +338,7 @@ II. FORMAT OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE
Default value:
- Two example URLs are provided
+ Unset
@@ -369,8 +369,8 @@ II. FORMAT OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE
-@@trust-info-url http://www.example.com/why_we_block.html]]>
-@@trust-info-url http://www.example.com/what_we_allow.html]]>
+@@#trust-info-url http://www.example.com/why_we_block.html]]>
+@@#trust-info-url http://www.example.com/what_we_allow.html]]>
@@ -604,8 +604,7 @@ II. FORMAT OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE
The directory where all logging takes place
- (i.e. where logfile and
- jarfile are located).
+ (i.e. where the logfile is located).
@@ -669,13 +668,13 @@ actionsfile
- standard.action # Internal purposes, no editing recommended
+ match-all.action # Actions that are applied to all sites and maybe overruled later on.
- default.action # Main actions file
+ default.action # Main actions file
- user.action # User customizations
+ user.action # User customizations
@@ -695,9 +694,8 @@ actionsfile
Multiple actionsfile lines are permitted, and are in fact recommended!
- The default values include standard.action, which is used
- for internal purposes and should be loaded, default.action,
- which is the main actions file maintained by the developers, and
+ The default values are default.action, which is the
+ main actions file maintained by the developers, and
user.action, where you can make your personal additions.
@@ -717,7 +715,7 @@ actionsfile
-@@actionsfile standard.action # Internal purpose, recommended]]>
+@@actionsfile match-all.action # Actions that are applied to all sites and maybe overruled later on.]]>
@@actionsfile default.action # Main actions file]]>
-jarfile
-
-
-
- Specifies:
-
-
- The file to store intercepted cookies in
-
-
-
-
- Type of value:
-
- File name, relative to logdir
-
-
-
- Default value:
-
- Unset (commented out). When activated: jarfile (Unix) or privoxy.jar (Windows).
-
-
-
- Effect if unset:
-
-
- Intercepted cookies are not stored in a dedicated log file.
-
-
-
-
- Notes:
-
-
- The jarfile may grow to ridiculous sizes over time.
-
-
- If debug 8 (show header parsing) is enabled, cookies are
- also written to the logfile with the rest of the headers.
- Therefore this option isn't very useful and may be removed
- in future releases. Please report to the developers if you
- are still using it.
-
-
-
-
-
-@@#jarfile jarfile]]>
-
-
-
trustfile
@@ -1058,7 +1003,7 @@ actionsfile
- debug 1 # log each request destination (and the crunch reason if &my-app; intercepted the request)
+ debug 1 # Log the destination for each request &my-app; let through. See also debug 1024.
debug 2 # show each connection status
debug 4 # show I/O status
debug 8 # show header parsing
@@ -1068,6 +1013,7 @@ actionsfile
debug 128 # debug redirects
debug 256 # debug GIF de-animation
debug 512 # Common Log Format
+ debug 1024 # Log the destination for requests &my-app; didn't let through, and the reason why.
debug 2048 # CGI user interface
debug 4096 # Startup banner and warnings.
debug 8192 # Non-fatal errors
@@ -1079,7 +1025,7 @@ actionsfile
A debug level of 1 is informative because it will show you each request
- as it happens. 1, 4096 and 8192 are recommended
+ as it happens. 1, 1024, 4096 and 8192 are recommended
so that you will notice when things go wrong. The other levels are
probably only of interest if you are hunting down a specific problem.
They can produce a hell of an output (especially 16).
@@ -1112,7 +1058,8 @@ actionsfile
-@@#debug 1 # log each request destination (and the crunch reason if &my-app; intercepted the request)]]>
+@@#debug 1 # Log the destination for each request &my-app; let through.]]>
+@@#debug 1024 # Log the destination for requests &my-app; didn't let through, and the reason why.]]>
@@#debug 4096 # Startup banner and warnings]]>
@@#debug 8192 # Non-fatal errors]]>
@@ -1266,9 +1213,9 @@ actionsfile
Effect if unset:
- Bind to 127.0.0.1 (localhost), port 8118. This is suitable and recommended for
- home users who run Privoxy on the same machine as
- their browser.
+ Bind to 127.0.0.1 (IPv4 localhost), port 8118. This is suitable and
+ recommended for home users who run Privoxy on
+ the same machine as their browser.
@@ -1283,12 +1230,17 @@ actionsfile
serve requests from other machines (e.g. on your local network) as well, you
will need to override the default.
+
+ IPv6 addresses containing colons have to be quoted by brackets.
+
If you leave out the IP address, Privoxy will
- bind to all interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable
+ bind to all IPv4 interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable
from the Internet. In that case, consider using access control lists (ACL's, see below), and/or
- a firewall.
+ a firewall. If the hostname is localhost, Privoxy
+ will explicitly try to bind to an IPv4 address. For other hostnames it depends
+ on the operating system which IP version will be used.
If you open Privoxy to untrusted users, you will
@@ -1310,6 +1262,16 @@ actionsfile
listen-address 192.168.0.1:8118
+
+
+
+ Suppose you are running Privoxy on an
+ IPv6-capable machine and you want it to listen on the IPv6 address
+ of the loopback device:
+
+
+
+ listen-address [::1]:8118
@@ -1664,23 +1626,41 @@ ACLs: permit-access and deny-access
Type of value:
- src_addr[/src_masklen]
- [dst_addr[/dst_masklen]]
+ src_addr[:port][/src_masklen]
+ [dst_addr[:port][/dst_masklen]]
Where src_addr and
- dst_addr are IP addresses in dotted decimal notation or valid
- DNS names, and src_masklen and
+ dst_addr are IPv4 addresses in dotted decimal notation or valid
+ DNS names, port is a port
+ number, and src_masklen and
dst_masklen are subnet masks in CIDR notation, i.e. integer
values from 2 to 30 representing the length (in bits) of the network address. The masks and the whole
destination part are optional.
+
+ If your system implements
+ RFC 3493, then
+ src_addr and dst_addr can be IPv6 addresses delimeted by
+ brackets, port can be a number
+ or a service name, and
+ src_masklen and
+ dst_masklen can be a number
+ from 0 to 128.
+ Default value:Unset
+
+ If no port is specified,
+ any port will match. If no src_masklen or
+ src_masklen is given, the complete IP
+ address has to match (i.e. 32 bits for IPv4 and 128 bits for IPv6).
+
@@ -1729,6 +1709,13 @@ ACLs: permit-access and deny-access
like *.org or partial domain names. If a DNS name resolves to multiple
IP addresses, only the first one is used.
+
+ Some systems allows IPv4 client to connect to IPv6 server socket.
+ Then the client's IPv4 address will be translated by system into
+ IPv6 address space with special prefix ::ffff:0:0/96 (so called IPv4
+ mapped IPv6 address). Privoxy can handle it
+ and maps such ACL addresses automatically.
+
Denying access to particular sites by ACL may have undesired side effects
if the site in question is hosted on a machine which also hosts other sites
@@ -1770,6 +1757,24 @@ ACLs: permit-access and deny-access
deny-access 192.168.45.73 www.dirty-stuff.example.com
+
+ Allow access from the IPv4 network 192.0.2.0/24 even if listening on
+ an IPv6 wild card address (not supported on all platforms):
+
+
+
+ permit-access 192.0.2.0/24
+
+
+
+ This is equivalent to the following line even if listening on an
+ IPv4 address (not supported on all platforms):
+
+
+
+ permit-access [::ffff:192.0.2.0]/120
+
+
@@ -1891,7 +1896,7 @@ ACLs: permit-access and deny-access
denote all URLs.
http_parent[:port]
is the DNS name or IP address of the parent HTTP proxy through which the requests should be forwarded,
- optionally followed by its listening port (default: 8080).
+ optionally followed by its listening port (default: 8000).
Use a single dot (.) to denote no forwarding.
@@ -1917,6 +1922,16 @@ ACLs: permit-access and deny-access
If http_parent is ., then requests are not
forwarded to another HTTP proxy but are made directly to the web servers.
+
+ http_parent can be a
+ numerical IPv6 address (if
+ RFC 3493 is
+ implemented). To prevent clashes with the port delimiter, the whole IP
+ address has to be put into brackets. On the other hand a target_pattern containing an IPv6 address
+ has to be put into angle brackets (normal brackets are reserved for
+ regular expressions already).
+
Multiple lines are OK, they are checked in sequence, and the last match wins.
@@ -1944,6 +1959,24 @@ ACLs: permit-access and deny-access
forward .isp.example.net .
+
+ Parent proxy specified by an IPv6 address:
+
+
+
+ foward / [2001:DB8::1]:8000
+
+
+
+ Suppose your parent proxy doesn't support IPv6:
+
+
+
+ forward / parent-proxy.example.org:8000
+ forward ipv6-server.example.org .
+ forward <[2-3][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f]:*> .
+
+
@@ -2015,6 +2048,17 @@ forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5
With forward-socks5 the DNS resolution will happen on the remote server as well.
+
+ socks_proxy and
+ http_parent can be a
+ numerical IPv6 address (if
+ RFC 3493 is
+ implemented). To prevent clashes with the port delimiter, the whole IP
+ address has to be put into brackets. On the other hand a target_pattern containing an IPv6 address
+ has to be put into angle brackets (normal brackets are reserved for
+ regular expressions already).
+
If http_parent is ., then requests are not
forwarded to another HTTP proxy but are made (HTTP-wise) directly to the web servers, albeit through
@@ -2052,7 +2096,7 @@ forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5
- forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
+ forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
@@ -2435,6 +2479,134 @@ forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5
@@split-large-forms 0]]>
+keep-alive-timeout
+
+
+ Specifies:
+
+
+ Number of seconds after which an open connection will no longer be reused.
+
+
+
+
+ Type of value:
+
+
+ Time in seconds.
+
+
+
+
+ Default value:
+
+ None
+
+
+
+ Effect if unset:
+
+
+ Connections are not reused.
+
+
+
+
+ Notes:
+
+
+ This option has no effect if Privoxy
+ has been compiled without keep-alive support.
+
+
+
+
+ Notes:
+
+
+ Note that reusing connections doesn't necessary cause speedups.
+ There are also a few privacy implications you should be aware of.
+
+
+ Outgoing connections are shared between clients (if there are more
+ than one) and closing the client that initiated the outgoing connection
+ does not affect the connection between &my-app; and the server unless
+ the client's request hasn't been completed yet. If the outgoing connection
+ is idle, it will not be closed until either Privoxy's
+ or the server's timeout is reached. While it's open, the server knows
+ that the system running &my-app; is still there.
+
+
+
+
+ Examples:
+
+
+ keep-alive-timeout 300
+
+
+
+
+@@keep-alive-timeout 300]]>
+
+
+
+socket-timeout
+
+
+ Specifies:
+
+
+ Number of seconds after which a socket times out if
+ no data is received.
+
+
+
+
+ Type of value:
+
+
+ Time in seconds.
+
+
+
+
+ Default value:
+
+ None
+
+
+
+ Effect if unset:
+
+
+ A default value of 300 seconds is used.
+
+
+
+
+ Notes:
+
+
+ For SOCKS requests the timeout currently doesn't start until
+ the SOCKS server accepted the request. This will be fixed in
+ the next release.
+
+
+
+
+ Examples:
+
+
+ socket-timeout 300
+
+
+
+
+@@socket-timeout 300]]>
+
+
+