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From: Fabian Keil Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of
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Privoxy's configuration can be done
- with a Web browser A A web proxy
- is a service, based on a software such as
- Privoxy, that clients (i.e. browsers) can use
- instead of connecting directly to web servers on the Internet. The
- clients then ask the proxy to fetch the objects they need (web pages,
- images, movies etc) on their behalf, and when the proxy has done so, it
- hands the results back to the client. It is a , that clients
+ (i.e. browsers) can use instead of connecting to web servers directly.
+ The clients then ask the proxy to request objects (web pages, images, movies etc)
+ on their behalf and to forward the data to the clients.
+ It is a "go-between". See
- the . For details, see
+ Wikipedia proxy
- definition for more.
+>Wikipedia's proxy definition7.1. License
7.2. History
There are many reasons to use web proxies, such as security (firewalling),
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> Privoxy is a proxy that is primarily focused on privacy
- protection, ad and junk elimination and freeing the user from restrictions placed on his
- activities. Sitting between your browser(s) and the Internet,
+> is a proxy that is primarily focused on
+ privacy enhancement, ad and junk elimination and freeing the user from
+ restrictions placed on his activities. Sitting between your browser(s) and the Internet,
it is in a perfect position to filter outbound personal information that your
browser is leaking, as well as inbound junk. It uses a variety of techniques to do
this, all of which are under your complete control via the various configuration
@@ -434,7 +432,7 @@ CLASS="APPLICATION"
Junkbuster left off. All the old features remain.
+> left off.
The new Privoxy
$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.40 2008/02/22 05:54:27 markm68k Exp $
This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about +> This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about 5.8. In Mac OS X, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to - uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to + uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to empty the trash.
you more freedom to decide which sites +> more freedom to decide which sites you can trust, and what details you want to reveal. But it neither hides your IP address, nor can it guarantee that the rest of the system behaves correctly. There are several possibilities how a web sites can find @@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ CLASS="EMPHASIS" CLASS="APPLICATION" >Privoxy does not do FTP at all, only HTTP - and HTTPS (SSL) protocols, so please don't try.Note: This ONLY applies to privoxy 3.0.6 and earlier.
Just dragging the Just dragging the Privoxy folder to the trash is - not enough to delete it. Privoxy supplies an @@ -554,11 +554,11 @@ CLASS="APPLICATION" CLASS="APPLICATION" >uninstall.command file that takes care of - these details. Open the trash, drag the uninstall.command - file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for + file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for confirmation and the administration password.
You should also be able to work around the problem with the + hostname option.
Until a better solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages, + particularly the js-annoyances and and + unsolicited-popups - filters.
filters. If you run into this problem + with a recent Privoxy version, please send a problem report.