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19 <h1 class="TITLE"><a name="AEN2" id="AEN2">Privoxy 3.0.19 User
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23 2001-2011 by <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/" target="_top">Privoxy
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33 <p>The <i class="CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i> gives users
34 information on how to install, configure and use <a href=
35 "http://www.privoxy.org/" target="_top">Privoxy</a>.</p>
37 <p>Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering
38 capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and
39 HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other
40 obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and
41 can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has
42 application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
45 <p>Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.</p>
47 <p>Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public
50 <p>Helping hands and donations are welcome:</p>
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56 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE</a></p>
60 <p><a href="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
62 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</a></p>
66 <p>You can find the latest version of the <i class=
67 "CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i> at <a href=
68 "http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target=
69 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</a>. Please see the
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79 <dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt>
81 <dt>1. <a href="introduction.html">Introduction</a></dt>
85 <dt>1.1. <a href="introduction.html#FEATURES">Features</a></dt>
89 <dt>2. <a href="installation.html">Installation</a></dt>
93 <dt>2.1. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES">Binary
99 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM">Red Hat and Fedora
103 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB">Debian and
107 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Windows</a></dt>
110 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ">Solaris</a></dt>
113 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2">OS/2</a></dt>
115 <dt>2.1.6. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC">Mac
119 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA">AmigaOS</a></dt>
122 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-TBZ">FreeBSD</a></dt>
125 "installation.html#INSTALLATTION-GENTOO">Gentoo</a></dt>
129 <dt>2.2. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE">Building
133 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED">Keeping your
134 Installation Up-to-Date</a></dt>
138 <dt>3. <a href="whatsnew.html">What's New in this Release</a></dt>
142 <dt>3.1. <a href="whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE">Note to
147 <dt>4. <a href="quickstart.html">Quickstart to Using Privoxy</a></dt>
152 "quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING">Quickstart to Ad
157 <dt>5. <a href="startup.html">Starting Privoxy</a></dt>
161 <dt>5.1. <a href="startup.html#START-REDHAT">Red Hat and
164 <dt>5.2. <a href="startup.html#START-DEBIAN">Debian</a></dt>
166 <dt>5.3. <a href="startup.html#START-WINDOWS">Windows</a></dt>
168 <dt>5.4. <a href="startup.html#START-UNICES">Solaris, NetBSD,
169 FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</a></dt>
171 <dt>5.5. <a href="startup.html#START-OS2">OS/2</a></dt>
173 <dt>5.6. <a href="startup.html#START-MACOSX">Mac OS X</a></dt>
175 <dt>5.7. <a href="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS">AmigaOS</a></dt>
177 <dt>5.8. <a href="startup.html#START-GENTOO">Gentoo</a></dt>
179 <dt>5.9. <a href="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS">Command Line
184 <dt>6. <a href="configuration.html">Privoxy Configuration</a></dt>
188 <dt>6.1. <a href="configuration.html#AEN1090">Controlling Privoxy
189 with Your Web Browser</a></dt>
191 <dt>6.2. <a href="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW">Configuration
192 Files Overview</a></dt>
196 <dt>7. <a href="config.html">The Main Configuration File</a></dt>
200 <dt>7.1. <a href="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP">Local Set-up
201 Documentation</a></dt>
206 "config.html#USER-MANUAL">user-manual</a></dt>
209 "config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL">trust-info-url</a></dt>
212 "config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS">admin-address</a></dt>
215 "config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL">proxy-info-url</a></dt>
219 <dt>7.2. <a href="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC">Configuration and Log
220 File Locations</a></dt>
224 <dt>7.2.1. <a href="config.html#CONFDIR">confdir</a></dt>
226 <dt>7.2.2. <a href="config.html#TEMPLDIR">templdir</a></dt>
228 <dt>7.2.3. <a href="config.html#LOGDIR">logdir</a></dt>
231 "config.html#ACTIONSFILE">actionsfile</a></dt>
234 "config.html#FILTERFILE">filterfile</a></dt>
236 <dt>7.2.6. <a href="config.html#LOGFILE">logfile</a></dt>
238 <dt>7.2.7. <a href="config.html#TRUSTFILE">trustfile</a></dt>
242 <dt>7.3. <a href="config.html#DEBUGGING">Debugging</a></dt>
246 <dt>7.3.1. <a href="config.html#DEBUG">debug</a></dt>
249 "config.html#SINGLE-THREADED">single-threaded</a></dt>
251 <dt>7.3.3. <a href="config.html#HOSTNAME">hostname</a></dt>
255 <dt>7.4. <a href="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL">Access Control and
261 "config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS">listen-address</a></dt>
263 <dt>7.4.2. <a href="config.html#TOGGLE">toggle</a></dt>
266 "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE">enable-remote-toggle</a></dt>
269 "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE">enable-remote-http-toggle</a></dt>
272 "config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</a></dt>
275 "config.html#ENFORCE-BLOCKS">enforce-blocks</a></dt>
277 <dt>7.4.7. <a href="config.html#ACLS">ACLs: permit-access and
281 "config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT">buffer-limit</a></dt>
285 <dt>7.5. <a href="config.html#FORWARDING">Forwarding</a></dt>
289 <dt>7.5.1. <a href="config.html#FORWARD">forward</a></dt>
291 <dt>7.5.2. <a href="config.html#SOCKS">forward-socks4,
292 forward-socks4a and forward-socks5</a></dt>
295 "config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES">Advanced
296 Forwarding Examples</a></dt>
299 "config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES">forwarded-connect-retries</a></dt>
303 <dt>7.6. <a href="config.html#MISC">Miscellaneous</a></dt>
308 "config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS">accept-intercepted-requests</a></dt>
311 "config.html#ALLOW-CGI-REQUEST-CRUNCHING">allow-cgi-request-crunching</a></dt>
314 "config.html#SPLIT-LARGE-FORMS">split-large-forms</a></dt>
317 "config.html#KEEP-ALIVE-TIMEOUT">keep-alive-timeout</a></dt>
320 "config.html#DEFAULT-SERVER-TIMEOUT">default-server-timeout</a></dt>
323 "config.html#CONNECTION-SHARING">connection-sharing</a></dt>
326 "config.html#SOCKET-TIMEOUT">socket-timeout</a></dt>
329 "config.html#MAX-CLIENT-CONNECTIONS">max-client-connections</a></dt>
332 "config.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOC-RETURNS-OK">handle-as-empty-doc-returns-ok</a></dt>
335 "config.html#ENABLE-COMPRESSION">enable-compression</a></dt>
338 "config.html#COMPRESSION-LEVEL">compression-level</a></dt>
342 <dt>7.7. <a href="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI">Windows GUI
347 <dt>8. <a href="actions-file.html">Actions Files</a></dt>
351 <dt>8.1. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN2879">Finding the Right
354 <dt>8.2. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN2886">How to Edit</a></dt>
356 <dt>8.3. <a href="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY">How Actions
357 are Applied to Requests</a></dt>
360 "actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS">Patterns</a></dt>
364 <dt>8.4.1. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN2998">The Domain
367 <dt>8.4.2. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN3074">The Path
370 <dt>8.4.3. <a href="actions-file.html#TAG-PATTERN">The Tag
375 <dt>8.5. <a href="actions-file.html#ACTIONS">Actions</a></dt>
380 "actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER">add-header</a></dt>
382 <dt>8.5.2. <a href="actions-file.html#BLOCK">block</a></dt>
385 "actions-file.html#CHANGE-X-FORWARDED-FOR">change-x-forwarded-for</a></dt>
388 "actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-FILTER">client-header-filter</a></dt>
391 "actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-TAGGER">client-header-tagger</a></dt>
394 "actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE">content-type-overwrite</a></dt>
397 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER">crunch-client-header</a></dt>
400 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH">crunch-if-none-match</a></dt>
403 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES">crunch-incoming-cookies</a></dt>
406 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER">crunch-server-header</a></dt>
409 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES">crunch-outgoing-cookies</a></dt>
412 "actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS">deanimate-gifs</a></dt>
415 "actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION">downgrade-http-version</a></dt>
418 "actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS">fast-redirects</a></dt>
421 "actions-file.html#FILTER">filter</a></dt>
424 "actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE">force-text-mode</a></dt>
427 "actions-file.html#FORWARD-OVERRIDE">forward-override</a></dt>
430 "actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT">handle-as-empty-document</a></dt>
433 "actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE">handle-as-image</a></dt>
436 "actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE">hide-accept-language</a></dt>
439 "actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION">hide-content-disposition</a></dt>
442 "actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE">hide-if-modified-since</a></dt>
445 "actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER">hide-from-header</a></dt>
448 "actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER">hide-referrer</a></dt>
451 "actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT">hide-user-agent</a></dt>
454 "actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT">limit-connect</a></dt>
457 "actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION">prevent-compression</a></dt>
460 "actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED">overwrite-last-modified</a></dt>
463 "actions-file.html#REDIRECT">redirect</a></dt>
466 "actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-FILTER">server-header-filter</a></dt>
469 "actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-TAGGER">server-header-tagger</a></dt>
472 "actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY">session-cookies-only</a></dt>
475 "actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER">set-image-blocker</a></dt>
478 "actions-file.html#AEN4706">Summary</a></dt>
482 <dt>8.6. <a href="actions-file.html#ALIASES">Aliases</a></dt>
484 <dt>8.7. <a href="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES">Actions Files
490 "actions-file.html#AEN4770">match-all.action</a></dt>
493 "actions-file.html#AEN4792">default.action</a></dt>
496 "actions-file.html#AEN4905">user.action</a></dt>
502 <dt>9. <a href="filter-file.html">Filter Files</a></dt>
506 <dt>9.1. <a href="filter-file.html#AEN5060">Filter File
509 <dt>9.2. <a href="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS">The
510 Pre-defined Filters</a></dt>
514 <dt>10. <a href="templates.html">Privoxy's Template Files</a></dt>
516 <dt>11. <a href="contact.html">Contacting the Developers, Bug
517 Reporting and Feature Requests</a></dt>
521 <dt>11.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT">Get
524 <dt>11.2. <a href="contact.html#REPORTING">Reporting
529 <dt>11.2.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS">Reporting Ads
530 or Other Configuration Problems</a></dt>
532 <dt>11.2.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS">Reporting
537 <dt>11.3. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE">Request New
540 <dt>11.4. <a href="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS">Mailing
545 <dt>12. <a href="copyright.html">Privoxy Copyright, License and
550 <dt>12.1. <a href="copyright.html#AEN5542">License</a></dt>
552 <dt>12.2. <a href="copyright.html#HISTORY">History</a></dt>
554 <dt>12.3. <a href="copyright.html#AUTHORS">Authors</a></dt>
558 <dt>13. <a href="seealso.html">See Also</a></dt>
560 <dt>14. <a href="appendix.html">Appendix</a></dt>
564 <dt>14.1. <a href="appendix.html#REGEX">Regular
567 <dt>14.2. <a href="appendix.html#AEN5795">Privoxy's Internal
573 "appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS">Bookmarklets</a></dt>
577 <dt>14.3. <a href="appendix.html#CHAIN">Chain of Events</a></dt>
579 <dt>14.4. <a href="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">Troubleshooting:
580 Anatomy of an Action</a></dt>
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