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  43         <a name="INTRODUCTION">1. Introduction</a>
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  45       <p>
  46         This documentation is included with the current stable version of
  47         <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, 3.0.26.
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  51           <a name="FEATURES">1.1. Features</a>
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  53         <p>
  54           In addition to the core features of ad blocking and <a href=
  55           "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
  56           "_top">cookie</a> management, <span class=
  57           "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> provides many supplemental features,
  58           that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom:
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  65               Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be
  66               kept alive independently from the client.
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  68           </li>
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  70             <p>
  71               Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and
  72               the configure script detects it.
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  74           </li>
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  76             <p>
  77               Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on
  78               client and server headers.
  79             </p>
  80           </li>
  81           <li>
  82             <p>
  83               Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need
  84               to configure browsers individually.
  85             </p>
  86           </li>
  87           <li>
  88             <p>
  89               Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server
  90               and client headers.
  91             </p>
  92           </li>
  93           <li>
  94             <p>
  95               Can be chained with other proxies.
  96             </p>
  97           </li>
  98           <li>
  99             <p>
 100               Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at
 101               <a href="http://config.privoxy.org/" target=
 102               "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/</a> (shortcut: <a href=
 103               "http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>). Browser-based
 104               tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
 105             </p>
 106           </li>
 107           <li>
 108             <p>
 109               Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on
 110               size, invisible <span class="QUOTE">"web-bugs"</span> and HTML
 111               annoyances, etc.)
 112             </p>
 113           </li>
 114           <li>
 115             <p>
 116               Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
 117               user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing
 118               updated actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.
 119             </p>
 120           </li>
 121           <li>
 122             <p>
 123               Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
 124               configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible
 125               configuration syntax.
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 127           </li>
 128           <li>
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 130               GIF de-animation.
 131             </p>
 132           </li>
 133           <li>
 134             <p>
 135               Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
 136             </p>
 137           </li>
 138           <li>
 139             <p>
 140               User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages
 141               (e.g. "blocked" page).
 142             </p>
 143           </li>
 144           <li>
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 146               Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
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 149           <li>
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 151               Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location
 152               basis.
 153             </p>
 154           </li>
 155           <li>
 156             <p>
 157               Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed.
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