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1. Introduction

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This documentation is included with the current beta version of - Privoxy, v.3.0.20, and is mostly - complete at this point. The most up to date reference for the time being - is still the comments in the source files and in the individual - configuration files. Development of a new version is currently nearing - completion, and includes significant changes and enhancements over - earlier versions.

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Since this is a beta version, not all new features are well tested. - This documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result (especially - with CVS sources). And there This documentation is included with the current UNRELEASED version of + Privoxy, 3.0.27, and is mostly complete + at this point. The most up to date reference for the time being is still + the comments in the source files and in the individual configuration + files. Development of a new version is currently nearing completion, and + includes significant changes and enhancements over earlier versions.

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Since this is a UNRELEASED version, not all new features are well + tested. This documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result + (especially with CVS sources). And there may be bugs, though hopefully not many!

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1.1. Features

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In addition to the core features of ad blocking and cookie management, Privoxy provides many supplemental features, some of them currently under development, that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom:

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  • Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be kept alive independently from the client.

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  • Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and the configure script detects it.

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  • Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client and server headers.

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  • Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to configure browsers individually.

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  • Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and client headers.

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  • Can be chained with other proxies.

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  • Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at http://p.p/). Browser-based tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.

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  • Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size, invisible "web-bugs" and HTML annoyances, etc.)

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  • Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing updated actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.

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  • Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax.

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  • GIF de-animation.

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  • Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).

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  • User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g. "blocked" page).

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  • Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.

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  • Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location basis.

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  • Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed.

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