/********************************************************************* * * File : $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/README,v $ * * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. * * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge * Privoxy team. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and * Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General * Public License as published by the Free Software * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at * your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public * License for more details. * * The GNU General Public License should be included with * this file. If not, you can view it at * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 * Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * *********************************************************************/ This README is included with the development version of Privoxy, which will eventually become Privoxy v3.0 (and soon we hope!). See http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net. Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Internet Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks. Privoxy is based on the code of the Internet Junkbuster. Junkbuster was originally written by JunkBusters Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL. Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project to continue development. Several other developers are now contributing. IMPORTANT CHANGE ----------------- IMPORTANT! READ! Configuration Change as of 03/04/02: The default listening port is now 8118 due to conflicts with port 8000 assignment. You will need to change your browser if upgrading!!! And maybe firewall, etc. INSTALL -------- For tarball, first unpack: tar xzvf ijb-2.9.11-beta-src.tar.gz cd ijb-2.9.11-beta autoheader [suggested for CVS source] autoconf [suggested for CVS source] ./configure (--help to see options) gmake (the make from gnu) su make -n install (to see where all the files will go) make install (to really install) Redhat and SuSE src and binary RPMs can be built with 'make redhat-dist' or 'make suse-dist' (run ./configure first) from unpacked sources. BSD will (probably?) require gmake (from http://gnu.org). See the user-manual for OS/2 build instructions. Privoxy is also available via anonymous CVS: cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa login cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/ijbswa co current This will create a directory named 'current'. Then, 'cd current', and then build as above. RUN ---- privoxy [--help] [--version] [--no-daemon] [--pidfile PIDFILE] [--user USER] [config_file] Or for RedHat: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start Or for SuSE: /etc/rc.d/privoxy start See the man page or user-manual for a brief explanation of each. CONFIGURATION -------------- See: 'config', 'ijb.action', and 're_filterfile'. These are all well commented. On Unix-like systems, these files are installed in /etc/privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed. There are many significant changes and advances since v2.0.x. The user-manual has a run down of configuration options, and examples: http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/. Be sure to set your browser(s) for HTTP/HTTPS Proxy at :, or whatever you specify in the config file under 'listen-address'. DEFAULT is localhost:8118. The ijb.action file can be configured via the web interface accessed via http://i.j.b/, as well other options. DOCUMENTATION -------------- There is a growing amount of documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory, but it is not finished at this point. In particular, see the user-manual there, and developers should look at developer-manual. The best source of information on the current development version, may still be either comments in the source code, or the included configuration files, which are all well commented. These are 'config', 'ijb.action', and 're_filterfile' in the toplevel source directory. Some legacy documentation may also be included only to give an idea of what Privoxy can do under doc/obsolete/*. Much has changed since these docs were written, so beware. Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager. CONTACTING THE DEVELOPERS, BUG REPORTING AND FEATURE REQUESTS ----- We value your feedback. However, to provide you with the best support, please note: * Use the support forum to get help: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118 * Submit bugs only thru our bug forum: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118 Make sure that the bug has not already been submitted. Please try to verify that it is a Privoxy bug, and not a browser or site bug first. If you are using your own custom configuration, please try the stock configs to see if the problem is a configuration related bug. And if not using the latest development snapshot, please try the latest one. Or even better, CVS sources. * Submit feature requests only thru our feature request forum: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118&func=browse For any other issues, feel free to use the mailing lists: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118 Anyone interested in actively participating in development and related discussions can join the appropriate mailing list here: http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118. Archives are available here too. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net $Id: README,v 1.16 2002/03/09 14:52:43 swa Exp $