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  31 >Privoxy - Homepage</A
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  33 ><DIV
  34 ><DIV
  35 CLASS="ABSTRACT"
  36 ><A
  37 NAME="AEN6"
  38 ></A
  39 ><P
  40 ></P
  41 ><P
  42 >
  43  </P
  44 ><P
  45 ></P
  46 ></DIV
  47 ></DIV
  48 ><HR></DIV
  49 ><DIV
  50 CLASS="TOC"
  51 ><DL
  52 ><DT
  53 ><B
  54 >Table of Contents</B
  55 ></DT
  56 ><DT
  57 ><A
  58 HREF="#INTRO"
  59 >Introduction</A
  60 ></DT
  61 ><DT
  62 ><A
  63 HREF="#MOREINFO"
  64 >More info</A
  65 ></DT
  66 ><DT
  67 ><A
  68 HREF="#DOWNLOAD"
  69 >Download</A
  70 ></DT
  71 ><DT
  72 ><A
  73 HREF="#DOCS"
  74 >Documentation</A
  75 ></DT
  76 ><DT
  77 ><A
  78 HREF="#SUPPORT"
  79 >Support and Service via Sourceforge</A
  80 ></DT
  81 ><DD
  82 ><DL
  83 ><DT
  84 ><A
  85 HREF="#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
  86 >Get Support</A
  87 ></DT
  88 ><DT
  89 ><A
  90 HREF="#CONTACT-BUGS"
  91 >Report Bugs</A
  92 ></DT
  93 ><DT
  94 ><A
  95 HREF="#CONTACT-FEATURE"
  96 >Request New Features</A
  97 ></DT
  98 ><DT
  99 ><A
 100 HREF="#CONTACT-ADS"
 101 >Report Ads or Other Actions-Related Problems</A
 102 ></DT
 103 ><DT
 104 ><A
 105 HREF="#CONTACT-OTHER"
 106 >Other</A
 107 ></DT
 108 ></DL
 109 ></DD
 110 ><DT
 111 ><A
 112 HREF="#AEN109"
 113 >License</A
 114 ></DT
 115 ><DT
 116 ><A
 117 HREF="#AEN129"
 118 >History</A
 119 ></DT
 120 ><DT
 121 ><A
 122 HREF="#AEN147"
 123 ></A
 124 ></DT
 125 ></DL
 126 ></DIV
 127 ><DIV
 128 CLASS="SECT1"
 129 ><H1
 130 CLASS="SECT1"
 131 ><A
 132 NAME="INTRO"
 133 >Introduction</A
 134 ></H1
 135 ><P
 136 > <SPAN
 137 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 138 >Privoxy</SPAN
 139 > is a web proxy with advanced filtering
 140  capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
 141  cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
 142  obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
 143 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 144 >Privoxy</SPAN
 145 > has a very
 146  flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
 147  tastes. <SPAN
 148 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 149 >Privoxy</SPAN
 150 > has application for both
 151  stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
 152 ><P
 153 > <SPAN
 154 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 155 >Privoxy</SPAN
 156 > is based on <SPAN
 157 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 158 >Internet
 159  Junkbuster</SPAN
 160 > (tm).</P
 161 ></DIV
 162 ><DIV
 163 CLASS="SECT1"
 164 ><HR><H1
 165 CLASS="SECT1"
 166 ><A
 167 NAME="MOREINFO"
 168 >More info</A
 169 ></H1
 170 ><P
 171 ><P
 172 ></P
 173 ><UL
 174 ><LI
 175 ><P
 176 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 177 >       The&nbsp;<A
 178 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/"
 179 TARGET="_top"
 180 >project
 181 page</A
 182 >&nbsp;on&nbsp;Sourceforge<br>
 183         </P
 184 ></LI
 185 ><LI
 186 ><P
 187 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 188 >       A&nbsp;list&nbsp;of&nbsp;<A
 189 HREF="user-manual/introduction.html#AEN37"
 190 TARGET="_top"
 191 >features</A
 192 ><br>
 193         </P
 194 ></LI
 195 ><LI
 196 ><P
 197 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 198 >       <A
 199 HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/"
 200 TARGET="_top"
 201 >Stefan Waldherr's site</A
 202 ><br>
 203         </P
 204 ></LI
 205 ><LI
 206 ><P
 207 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 208 >       <A
 209 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/ijbfaq.html"
 210 TARGET="_top"
 211 >Junkbusters Corporation</A
 212 ><br>
 213         </P
 214 ></LI
 215 ></UL
 216 ></P
 217 ></DIV
 218 ><DIV
 219 CLASS="SECT1"
 220 ><HR><H1
 221 CLASS="SECT1"
 222 ><A
 223 NAME="DOWNLOAD"
 224 >Download</A
 225 ></H1
 226 ><P
 227 ><P
 228 ></P
 229 ><UL
 230 ><LI
 231 ><P
 232 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 233 >       <A
 234 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118"
 235 TARGET="_top"
 236 >Download recent releases</A
 237 ><br>
 238         </P
 239 ></LI
 240 ><LI
 241 ><P
 242 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 243 >       <A
 244 HREF="user-manual/quickstart.html"
 245 TARGET="_top"
 246 >Quickstart after installation</A
 247 ><br>
 248         </P
 249 ></LI
 250 ><LI
 251 ><P
 252 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 253 >       <A
 254 HREF="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ijbswa/current/"
 255 TARGET="_top"
 256 >Browse our CVS repository</A
 257 ><br>
 258         </P
 259 ></LI
 260 ></UL
 261 ></P
 262 ></DIV
 263 ><DIV
 264 CLASS="SECT1"
 265 ><HR><H1
 266 CLASS="SECT1"
 267 ><A
 268 NAME="DOCS"
 269 >Documentation</A
 270 ></H1
 271 ><P
 272 ><P
 273 ></P
 274 ><UL
 275 ><LI
 276 ><P
 277 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 278 >       <A
 279 HREF="user-manual/index.html"
 280 TARGET="_top"
 281 >User manual</A
 282 ><br>
 283         </P
 284 ></LI
 285 ><LI
 286 ><P
 287 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 288 >       <A
 289 HREF="faq/index.html"
 290 TARGET="_top"
 291 >Frequently Asked Questions</A
 292 ><br>
 293         </P
 294 ></LI
 295 ><LI
 296 ><P
 297 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 298 >       <A
 299 HREF="man-page/privoxy-man-page.html"
 300 TARGET="_top"
 301 >Classic Man Page</A
 302 ><br>
 303         </P
 304 ></LI
 305 ><LI
 306 ><P
 307 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 308 >       <A
 309 HREF="team/index.html"
 310 TARGET="_top"
 311 >Pictures of the Privoxy Team</A
 312 ><br>
 313         </P
 314 ></LI
 315 ><LI
 316 ><P
 317 CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
 318 >       <A
 319 HREF="developer-manual/index.html"
 320 TARGET="_top"
 321 >Developer Manual</A
 322 ><br>
 323         </P
 324 ></LI
 325 ></UL
 326 ></P
 327 ></DIV
 328 ><DIV
 329 CLASS="SECT1"
 330 ><HR><H1
 331 CLASS="SECT1"
 332 ><A
 333 NAME="SUPPORT"
 334 >Support and Service via Sourceforge</A
 335 ></H1
 336 ><P
 337 > We value your feedback. In fact, we rely on it to improve
 338  <SPAN
 339 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 340 >Privoxy</SPAN
 341 > and its configuration.
 342  However, please note the following hints, so we can
 343  provide you with the best support:</P
 344 ><DIV
 345 CLASS="SECT2"
 346 ><HR><H2
 347 CLASS="SECT2"
 348 ><A
 349 NAME="CONTACT-SUPPORT"
 350 >Get Support</A
 351 ></H2
 352 ><P
 353 > For casual users, our support forum at
 354  <A
 355 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/"
 356 TARGET="_top"
 357 >SourceForge</A
 358 >
 359  is probably best suited:
 360  <A
 361 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118"
 362 TARGET="_top"
 363 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=211118</A
 364 ></P
 365 ><P
 366 > All users are of course welcome to discuss their issues on the <A
 367 HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-users"
 368 TARGET="_top"
 369 >users
 370  mailing list</A
 371 >, where the developers also hang around.</P
 372 ></DIV
 373 ><DIV
 374 CLASS="SECT2"
 375 ><HR><H2
 376 CLASS="SECT2"
 377 ><A
 378 NAME="CONTACT-BUGS"
 379 >Report Bugs</A
 380 ></H2
 381 ><P
 382 > Please report all bugs <I
 383 CLASS="EMPHASIS"
 384 >only</I
 385 > through our
 386  bug tracker:
 387  <A
 388 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118"
 389 TARGET="_top"
 390 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&#38;atid=111118</A
 391 >. </P
 392 ><P
 393 >  Before doing so, please make sure that the bug has not already been submitted
 394   and observe the aditional hints at the top of the <A
 395 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=add&group_id=11118&atid=111118"
 396 TARGET="_top"
 397 >submit
 398   form</A
 399 >.</P
 400 ><P
 401 >
 402   Please try to verify that it is a <SPAN
 403 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 404 >Privoxy</SPAN
 405 > bug,
 406   and not a browser or site bug first. If unsure,
 407   try <A
 408 HREF="javascript:void(window.open('http://config.privoxy.org/toggle?mini=y&set=disabled','ijbstatus','width=250,height=100,resizable=yes,scrollbars=no,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());"
 409 TARGET="_top"
 410 >toggling
 411   off</A
 412 > <SPAN
 413 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 414 >Privoxy</SPAN
 415 >, and see if the problem persists.
 416   The <A
 417 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
 418 TARGET="_top"
 419 >appendix
 420   of the user manual</A
 421 > also has helpful information
 422   on action debugging. If you are using your own custom configuration, please try
 423   the stock configs to see if the problem is configuration related.</P
 424 ><P
 425 >  If not using the latest version, chances are that the bug has been found
 426   and fixed in the meantime. We would appreciate if you could take the time
 427   to <A
 428 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/installation.html"
 429 TARGET="_top"
 430 >upgrade
 431   to the latest version</A
 432 > (or  even the latest CVS snapshot) and verify
 433   your bug, but this is not required for reporting.</P
 434 ></DIV
 435 ><DIV
 436 CLASS="SECT2"
 437 ><HR><H2
 438 CLASS="SECT2"
 439 ><A
 440 NAME="CONTACT-FEATURE"
 441 >Request New Features</A
 442 ></H2
 443 ><P
 444 > You are welcome to submit ideas on new features or other proposals
 445  for improvement through our feature request tracker at
 446  <A
 447 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118"
 448 TARGET="_top"
 449 >http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&#38;group_id=11118</A
 450 >.</P
 451 ></DIV
 452 ><DIV
 453 CLASS="SECT2"
 454 ><HR><H2
 455 CLASS="SECT2"
 456 ><A
 457 NAME="CONTACT-ADS"
 458 >Report Ads or Other Actions-Related Problems</A
 459 ></H2
 460 ><P
 461 > Please send feedback on ads that slipped through, innocent images that were blocked,
 462  and any other problems relating to the <TT
 463 CLASS="FILENAME"
 464 >default.action</TT
 465 > file through
 466  our actions feedback mechanism located at
 467  <A
 468 HREF="javascript:w=Math.floor(screen.width/2);h=Math.floor(screen.height*0.9);void(window.open('http://www.privoxy.org/actions','Feedback','screenx='+w+',width='+w+',height='+h+',scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());"
 469 TARGET="_top"
 470 >http://www.privoxy.org/actions/</A
 471 >.
 472  On this page, you will also find a bookmark which will take you back there from
 473  any troubled site and even pre-fill the form!</P
 474 ><P
 475 > New, improved <TT
 476 CLASS="FILENAME"
 477 >default.action</TT
 478 > files will occasionally be made
 479  available based on your feedback. These will be announced on the <A
 480 HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce"
 481 TARGET="_top"
 482 >ijbswa-announce</A
 483 >
 484  list and available from our <A
 485 HREF="http://sf.net/projects/ijbswa/"
 486 TARGET="_top"
 487 >project page</A
 488 >.</P
 489 ></DIV
 490 ><DIV
 491 CLASS="SECT2"
 492 ><HR><H2
 493 CLASS="SECT2"
 494 ><A
 495 NAME="CONTACT-OTHER"
 496 >Other</A
 497 ></H2
 498 ><P
 499 >For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists. Technically interested users
 500 and people who wish to contribute to the project are also welcome on the developers list!
 501 You can find an overview of all <SPAN
 502 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 503 >Prixoxy</SPAN
 504 >-related mailing lists,
 505 including list archives, at:
 506 <A
 507 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118"
 508 TARGET="_top"
 509 >http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118</A
 510 >.</P
 511 ></DIV
 512 ></DIV
 513 ><DIV
 514 CLASS="SECT1"
 515 ><HR><H1
 516 CLASS="SECT1"
 517 ><A
 518 NAME="AEN109"
 519 >License</A
 520 ></H1
 521 ><P
 522 > Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <TT
 523 CLASS="EMAIL"
 524 >&#60;<A
 525 HREF="mailto:developers@privoxy.org"
 526 >developers@privoxy.org</A
 527 >&#62;</TT
 528 ></P
 529 ><P
 530 > Some source code is based on code Copyright © 1997 by Anonymous Coders
 531  and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <I
 532 CLASS="CITETITLE"
 533 >GNU General Public
 534  License</I
 535 >.</P
 536 ><P
 537 > <SPAN
 538 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 539 >Privoxy</SPAN
 540 > is free software; you can
 541  redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
 542  <I
 543 CLASS="CITETITLE"
 544 >GNU General Public
 545  License</I
 546 >, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.</P
 547 ><P
 548 > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
 549  ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
 550  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 551  <I
 552 CLASS="CITETITLE"
 553 >GNU General Public License</I
 554 > for
 555
 556  more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
 557  Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307, USA.</P
 558 ><P
 559 > You should have received a copy of the <A
 560 HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html"
 561 TARGET="_top"
 562 > <I
 563 CLASS="CITETITLE"
 564 >GNU General Public License</I
 565 ></A
 566 >
 567  along with this program; if not, write to the <P
 568 CLASS="ADDRESS"
 569 >&nbsp;Free&nbsp;Software<br>
 570 &nbsp;Foundation,&nbsp;Inc.&nbsp;<SPAN
 571 CLASS="STREET"
 572 >59 Temple Place</SPAN
 573 >&nbsp;-&nbsp;Suite&nbsp;330<br>
 574 &nbsp;<SPAN
 575 CLASS="CITY"
 576 >Boston</SPAN
 577 >,&nbsp;<SPAN
 578 CLASS="STATE"
 579 >MA</SPAN
 580 >&nbsp;<SPAN
 581 CLASS="POSTCODE"
 582 >02111-1307</SPAN
 583 ><br>
 584 &nbsp;<SPAN
 585 CLASS="COUNTRY"
 586 >USA</SPAN
 587 >&nbsp;</P
 588 ></P
 589 ></DIV
 590 ><DIV
 591 CLASS="SECT1"
 592 ><HR><H1
 593 CLASS="SECT1"
 594 ><A
 595 NAME="AEN129"
 596 >History</A
 597 ></H1
 598 ><P
 599 > In the beginning, there was the
 600  <A
 601 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html"
 602 TARGET="_top"
 603 ><SPAN
 604 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 605 >Internet Junkbuster</SPAN
 606 ></A
 607 >,
 608  by Anonymous Coders and <A
 609 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/"
 610 TARGET="_top"
 611 >Junkbusters
 612  Corporation</A
 613 >. It saved many users a lot of pain in the early days of
 614  web advertising and user tracking.</P
 615 ><P
 616 > But the web, its protocols and standards, and with it, the techniques for
 617  forcing  users to consume ads, give up autonomy over their browsing, and
 618  for spying on them, kept evolving. Unfortunately, the <SPAN
 619 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 620 >Internet
 621  Junkbuster</SPAN
 622 > did not. Version 2.0.2, published in 1998, was
 623  (and is) the last official
 624  <A
 625 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ijbdist.html#release"
 626 TARGET="_top"
 627 >release</A
 628 >
 629  available from <A
 630 HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com"
 631 TARGET="_top"
 632 >Junkbusters Corporation</A
 633 >.
 634  Fortunately, it had been released under the GNU
 635  <A
 636 HREF="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html"
 637 TARGET="_top"
 638 > GPL</A
 639 >, which allowed further
 640  development by others.</P
 641 ><P
 642 > So Stefan Waldherr started maintaining an
 643  <A
 644 HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/"
 645 TARGET="_top"
 646 >improved version of the
 647  software</A
 648 >, to which eventually a number of people contributed patches.
 649  It could already replace banners with a transparent image, and had a first
 650  version of pop-up killing, but it was still very closely based on the
 651  original, with all its limitations, such as the lack of HTTP/1.1 support,
 652  flexible per-site configuration, or content modification. The last release
 653  from this effort was version 2.0.2-10, published in 2000.</P
 654 ><P
 655 > Then, some
 656  <A
 657 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/copyright.html#AUTHORS"
 658 TARGET="_top"
 659 >developers</A
 660 >
 661  picked up the thread, and started turning the software inside out, upside down,
 662  and then reassembled it, adding many
 663  <A
 664 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/introduction.html#FEATURES"
 665 TARGET="_top"
 666 >new
 667  features</A
 668 > along the way.</P
 669 ><P
 670 > The result of this is <SPAN
 671 CLASS="APPLICATION"
 672 >Privoxy</SPAN
 673 >, whose first
 674  stable release, 3.0, is due in May 2002.</P
 675 ></DIV
 676 ><DIV
 677 CLASS="SECT1"
 678 ><HR><H1
 679 CLASS="SECT1"
 680 ><A
 681 NAME="AEN147"
 682 ></A
 683 ></H1
 684 ><P
 685 ><DIV
 686 CLASS="INFORMALTABLE"
 687 ><A
 688 NAME="AEN150"
 689 ></A
 690 ><P
 691 ></P
 692 ><TABLE
 693 BORDER="0"
 694 WIDTH="100%"
 695 CLASS="CALSTABLE"
 696 ><TBODY
 697 ><TR
 698 ><TD
 699 WIDTH="100%"
 700 ALIGN="CENTER"
 701 VALIGN="TOP"
 702 >      <A
 703 HREF="http://sourceforge.net/"
 704 TARGET="_top"
 705 >       <IMG
 706 SRC="http://sourceforge.net/sflogo.php?group_id=11118&type=1&dummy=.gif">
 707       </A
 708 >
 709     </TD
 710 ></TR
 711 ></TBODY
 712 ></TABLE
 713 ><P
 714 ></P
 715 ></DIV
 716 ></P
 717 ><P
 718 > <SUB
 719 >  Copyright © 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers
 720  </SUB
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