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--- a/privoxy.1
+++ b/privoxy.1
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
.\"
.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng .
-.TH "PRIVOXY" "1" "05 September 2006" "Privoxy 3.0.4 beta" ""
+.TH "PRIVOXY" "1" "21 September 2006" "Privoxy 3.0.5 BETA" ""
.SH NAME
privoxy \- Privacy Enhancing Proxy
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -54,16 +54,17 @@ If the \fIconfigfile\fR is not specified on the command line,
fail to start.
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.PP
-\fBPrivoxy\fR is a web proxy with advanced filtering
-capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing
-cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
-obnoxious Internet junk. \fBPrivoxy\fR has a very
-flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
-tastes. \fBPrivoxy\fR has application for both
-stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
+Privoxy is a
+web proxy
+with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting
+privacy, modifying web page data, managing
+cookies,
+controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
+Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be
+customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
+both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
.PP
-\fBPrivoxy\fR is based on \fBInternet
-Junkbuster\fR (tm).
+Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).
.SH "INSTALLATION AND USAGE"
.PP
Browsers must be individually configured to use \fBPrivoxy\fR as
@@ -102,15 +103,23 @@ locally defined filters. These are well commented. On Unix
and Unix-like systems, these are located in
\fI/etc/privoxy/\fR by default.
.PP
-See the \fIUser Manual\fR for a detailed
-explanation of installation, general usage, all configuration options, new
-features and notes on upgrading.
+\fBPrivoxy\fR uses the concept of \fBactions\fR
+in order to manipulate the data stream between the browser and remote sites.
+There are various actions available with specific functions for such things
+as blocking web sites, managing cookies, etc. These actions can be invoked
+individually or combined, and used against individual URLs, or groups of URLs
+that can be defined using wildcards and regular expressions. The result is
+that the user has greatly enhanced control and freedom.
.PP
The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your
web browser at http://config.privoxy.org/.
\fBPrivoxy's\fR configuration parameters can also be viewed at
the same page. In addition, \fBPrivoxy\fR can be toggled on/off.
This is an internal page, and does not require Internet access.
+.PP
+See the \fIUser Manual\fR for a detailed
+explanation of installation, general usage, all configuration options, new
+features and notes on upgrading.
.SH "SAMPLE CONFIGURATION"
.PP
A brief example of what a simple \fIdefault.action\fR
@@ -120,10 +129,10 @@ configuration might look like:
# Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
{{alias}}
- # Useful aliases
+ # Useful aliases that combine more than one action
+crunch-cookies = +crunch-incoming-cookies +crunch-outgoing-cookies
-crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
- +imageblock = +block +handle-as-image
+ +block-as-image = +block +handle-as-image
# Fragile sites should have the minimum changes
fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \\
@@ -145,12 +154,12 @@ configuration might look like:
+deanimate-gifs{last} \\
-downgrade-http-version \\
-fast-redirects \\
-+filter{js-annoyances} \\
+-filter{js-annoyances} \\
-filter{js-events} \\
-+filter{html-annoyances} \\
+-filter{html-annoyances} \\
-filter{content-cookies} \\
+filter{refresh-tags} \\
-+filter{unsolicited-popups} \\
+-filter{unsolicited-popups} \\
-filter{all-popups} \\
+filter{img-reorder} \\
+filter{banners-by-size} \\
@@ -195,22 +204,23 @@ configuration might look like:
# Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
# We would expect these to be ads.
- {+imageblock}
+ { +block-as-image }
.ad.doubleclick.net
.a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
ad.*.doubleclick.net
- # Block any URLs that match these patterns
- {+block}
+ # Block all URLs that match these patterns
+ { +block }
ad*.
.*ads.
banner?.
/.*count(er)?\\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
.hitbox.com
+ media./.*(ads|banner)
# Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
# caught by our +block patterns just above.
- {-block}
+ { -block }
adsl.
advice.
.*downloads.
@@ -228,15 +238,20 @@ narrowly defined exceptions:
# Set personal exceptions to the policies in default.action #######
- # Sites where we want persistant cookies, so allow *all* cookies
- {-crunch-cookies -session-cookies-only}
+ # Sites where we want persistent cookies, so allow *all* cookies
+ { -crunch-cookies -session-cookies-only }
.redhat.com
.sun.com
.msdn.microsoft.com
- # This site breaks easily.
- {-block -fast-redirects}
+ # These sites breaks easily. Use our "fragile" alias here.
+ { fragile }
.forbes.com
+ mybank.example.com
+
+ # Replace example.com's style sheet with one of my choosing
+ { +redirect{http://localhost/css-replacements/example.com.css} }
+ example.com/stylesheet.css
.fi
.PP
See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
@@ -273,7 +288,7 @@ config file changes by \fBSIGHUP\fR -- it will detect them
automatically.
.SH "NOTES"
.PP
-This is a beta version of \fBPrivoxy\fR. Not
+This is a BETA version of \fBPrivoxy\fR. Not
all features are well tested.
.PP
Please see the \fIUser Manual\fR on how to contact the
@@ -314,7 +329,7 @@ http://www.squid-cache.org/, a very popular
caching proxy, which is often used together with \fBPrivoxy\fR.
http://tor.eff.org/,
-\fBTOR\fR can help anonymize web browsing,
+\fBTor\fR can help anonymize web browsing,
web publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications.
http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/,
@@ -322,14 +337,12 @@ the \fBPrivoxy\fR developer manual.
.SH "DEVELOPMENT TEAM"
.nf
- Fabian Keil
- David Schmidt
-
-
- Johny Agotnes
- Moritz Barsnick
+ Fabian Keil, developer
+ David Schmidt, developer
+
Hal Burgiss
- Mattes Dolak
+ Ian Cummings
+ Félix Rauch
Roland Rosenfeld
.fi
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
@@ -351,11 +364,11 @@ This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
\fIGNU General Public License\fR for
-more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
-Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc,
+51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
.PP
You should have received a copy of the \fIGNU General Public License\fR
along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
-Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
-Boston, MA 02111-1307
+Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
+Boston, MA 02110-1301
USA