X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=privoxy.1;h=6277ddfc6803acf624dfe0f53583bf7e1ea5d2f6;hb=3080bba2a782061801d0454422a31d8a05ccf58d;hp=57ca5580a3e7b5090dd37041a3b6c0b7ddc339e4;hpb=067ad6a04495bf01e179bfa32ceaa0c43f64c11d;p=privoxy.git diff --git a/privoxy.1 b/privoxy.1 index 57ca5580..6277ddfc 100644 --- a/privoxy.1 +++ b/privoxy.1 @@ -50,23 +50,22 @@ current directory (except on Win32 where it will try \fBconfig.txt\fP). .SH DESCRIPTION -\fBPrivoxy\fP -is an instrumentable HTTP proxy that filters the -\s-2HTTP\s0 -data stream between -web servers and browsers. -\fBPrivoxy\fP can be used to protect privacy, manage cookies, filter web -page content, manage access restrictions, and to discard such annoying Internet -junk as ads, banners, and pop-ups. Or whatever other annoyances strike your -fancy. +\fBPrivoxy\fP is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for +protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, +controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other +obnoxious Internet junk. \fBPrivoxy\fP has a very flexible configuration and +can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. \fBPrivoxy\fP has +application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks. .PP -\fBPrivoxy\fP is derived from \fBInternet Junkbuster (tm)\fP by -Junkbusters Corporation, which is no longer being developed. Many -new features and enhancements have been added. +\fBPrivoxy\fP is based on code of the \fBInternet Junkbuster (tm)\fP. +\fBJunkbuster\fP was originally written by JunkBusters Corporation, and was +released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL. Stefan Waldherr made +many improvements, and started the SourceForge project to continue +development. .SH INSTALLATION AND USE Browsers must be individually configured to use -\fBPrivoxy\fP as a HTTP proxy. +\fBPrivoxy\fP as a \s-2HTTP\s0 proxy. The default setting is for localhost, on port 8118 (configurable in the main config file). To set the @@ -111,7 +110,7 @@ itself is changed and much more sophisticated. See the user-manual for a brief explanation of all configuration options. .PP The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your -web browser at \fIhttp://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config\fP. +web browser at \fIhttp://www.privoxy.org/config\fP. \fBPrivoxy's\fP configuration parameters can also be viewed at the same page. In addition, \fBPrivoxy\fP can be toggled on/off. This is an internal page. @@ -254,7 +253,7 @@ detect them automatically. .SH NOTES This is a \fBBETA\fP version of \fBPrivoxy\fP. Not all features are -complete or well tested. +well tested. .PP Please see the user-maual on how to contact the developers for feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions. @@ -264,11 +263,17 @@ Probably. Please see the user-manual for how and where to report bugs. .SH SEE ALSO .br -http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config +http://www.privoxy.org/ +.br +http://config.privoxy.org/ +.br +http://www.privoxy.org/faq/ .br -http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/ +http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/ .br -http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa +http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/ +.br +http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa (Privoxy Project Page) .br http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/\" waldherr.org# .br @@ -278,7 +283,7 @@ http://privacy.net/analyze/ .br http://www.squid-cache.org/ .br -http://linuxalpha.ch/packages/ +http://linuxalpha.ch/steudten/software/ .SH DEVELOPMENT TEAM .br @@ -309,11 +314,13 @@ http://linuxalpha.ch/packages/ Hal Burgiss .br Rodrigo Barbosa +.br + Gábor Lipták .SH COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE -Orginally written by, and copyrighted by, the Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters -Corporation. -.PP +\"Orginally written by, and copyrighted by, the Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters +\"Corporation. +\".PP This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or