From: oes Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:16:31 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Committing changes by Stefan X-Git-Tag: v_2_9_12~128 X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=576f16452f3a83beb09ff663ea0f8bc6808f59f3;p=privoxy.git Committing changes by Stefan --- diff --git a/doc/source/faq.sgml b/doc/source/faq.sgml index c064c579..49144cd3 100644 --- a/doc/source/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ This file belongs into ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/ - $Id: faq.sgml,v 1.4 2002/02/24 14:34:24 jongfoster Exp $ + $Id: faq.sgml,v 1.5 2002/03/02 15:50:04 swa Exp $ Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge IJBSWA team. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Junkbuster Frequently Asked Questions -$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.4 2002/02/24 14:34:24 jongfoster Exp $ +$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.5 2002/03/02 15:50:04 swa Exp $ @@ -89,12 +89,78 @@ Please see the Contact section in the user-manual if you want to contact the dev + Why can I change the configuration with a +browser? Does that not raise security issues? + +What I don't understand, is how I can browser edit the config file as a +regular user, while the whole /etc/junkbuster hierarchy belongs to the user +"junkbuster", with only 644 perms. + +When you use the browser-based editor, JunkBuster itself is writing to the +config files. Because JunkBuster is running as the user "junkbuster", it can +update the config files. + +If you don't like this, setting "enable-edit-actions 0" in the config file +will disable the browser-based editor. If you're that paranoid, you should +also consider setting "enable-remote-toggle 0" to prevent browser-based +enabling/disabling of JunkBuster. + +Note that normally only local users can connect to JunkBuster, so this is not +(normally) a security problem. + + + Misc +I noticed considerable +delays in page requests compared to the old IJB. What's wrong? + +Using the default filtering configuration, I noticed considerable delays in +page requests compared to the old IJB. Loading pages with large contents +seemed to take forever, then suddenly delivering all the content at once. + +The whole content must be loaded in order to filter, and nothing is is +sent to the browser during this time. The loading time does not really +change in real numbers, but the feeling is different, because most +browsers are able to start rendering incomplete content, giving the +user a feeling of "it works". + +To modify the content of a page (i.e. make frames resizeable again, etc.) and +not just replace ads, the Internet Junkbuster needs to download the entire +page first, do its content magic and then send the page to the browser. + + + + +What is the "http://i.j.b/"? + +Since JunkBuster sits between your web browser and the Internet, it can be +programmed to handle certain pages specially. + +With recent versions of JunkBuster (version 2.9.x), you can get some +information about JunkBuster and change some settings by going to +http://i.j.b/ or, equivalently, http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/ +(Note that i.j.b is far easier to type but may not work in some +configurations). + +These pages are *not* forwarded to a server on the internet - instead they are +handled by a special web server which is built in to JunkBuster. + +If you are not running JunkBuster, then http://i.j.b/ will fail, and +http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/ will return a web page telling you +you're not running JunkBuster. + +If you have version 2.0.2, then the equivalent is +http://example.com/show-proxy-args (but you get far less information, and you +should really consider upgrading to 2.9.x). + + + + I get the message 'Bad File Descriptor', why? Fillme. @@ -195,6 +261,9 @@ Please see the Contact section in the user-manual if you want to contact the dev Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. $Log: faq.sgml,v $ +Revision 1.5 2002/03/02 15:50:04 swa +2.9.11 version. more input for docs. + Revision 1.4 2002/02/24 14:34:24 jongfoster Formatting changes. Now changing the doctype to DocBook XML 4.1 will work - no other changes are needed.