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<question>
- <para>
+ <para>
How are you?
</para>
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- <para>
+ <para>
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- NOTE: Please read developer-manual/documentation.html before touching
+ NOTE: Please read developer-manual/documentation.html before touching
this file!
- Please we keep the info in this file as version independent as possible
- so we only have to maintain one FAQ. Where significant changes are
- made to Privoxy configuration, please note the change in such a way that
+ Please we keep the info in this file as version independent as possible
+ so we only have to maintain one FAQ. Where significant changes are
+ made to Privoxy configuration, please note the change in such a way that
it makes sense to both users of older and newer versions.
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- <link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> &my-copy; 2001-2007 by
+ <link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> &my-copy; 2001-2014 by
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<para>
- This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
+ This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
<ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</ulink>.
- It is not a substitute for the
+ It is not a substitute for the
<ulink url="../user-manual/index.html"><citetitle>Privoxy User Manual</citetitle></ulink>.
-<!--
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You can find the latest version of the document at <ulink
url="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</ulink>.
Please see the <link linkend="contact">Contact section</link> if you want to
- contact the developers.
+ contact the developers.
</para>
<!-- <para> -->
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="general"><title>General Information</title>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="who_uses"><title>Who should use Privoxy?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="who-uses"><title>Who should give &my-app; a try?</title>
<para>
- Anyone that is interested in security, privacy, or in
+ Anyone who is interested in security, privacy, or in
finer-grained control over their web and Internet experience.
- Everyone is encouraged to try &my-app;.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="bestchoice"><title>Is Privoxy the best choice for
me?</title>
<para>
- &my-app; is certainly a good choice, especially for those who want more
- control and security. Those that have the ability to fine-tune their installation
- will benefit the most. One of <application>Privoxy's</application>
- strength's is that it is highly configurable giving you the ability to
+ &my-app; is certainly a good choice, especially for those who want more
+ control and security. Those with the willingness to read the documentation
+ and the ability to fine-tune their installation will benefit the most.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ One of <application>Privoxy's</application>
+ strengths is that it is highly configurable giving you the ability to
completely personalize your installation. Being familiar with, or at least
having an interest in learning about <ulink
url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http">HTTP</ulink> and other networking
- protocols, <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Html">HTML</ulink>,
- <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Protocol">IP (Internet
- Protocol)</ulink>, and
+ protocols, <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Html">HTML</ulink>, and
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expressions"><quote>Regular
Expressions</quote></ulink>
- will be a big plus and will help you get the most out of &my-app;.
- A new installation just includes a very basic configuration. The user
- should take this as a starting point only, and enhance it as he or she
- sees fit. In fact, the user is encouraged, and expected to, fine-tune the
+ will be a big plus and will help you get the most out of &my-app;.
+ A new installation just includes a very basic configuration. The user
+ should take this as a starting point only, and enhance it as he or she
+ sees fit. In fact, the user is encouraged, and expected to, fine-tune the
configuration.
</para>
<para>
- Much of <application>Privoxy's</application> configuration can be done
- with a
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser">Web browser</ulink>.
- But there are areas where configuration is done using a
+ Much of <application>Privoxy's</application> configuration can be done
+ with a <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser">Web browser</ulink>.
+ But there are areas where configuration is done using a
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editors">text editor</ulink>
- to edit configuration files.
+ to edit configuration files. Also note that the web-based action editor
+ doesn't use authentication and should only be enabled in environments
+ where all clients with access to &my-app; listening port can be trusted.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
Privoxy work? </title>
<para>
- A <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">web proxy</ulink>
- is a service, based on a software such as
- <application>Privoxy</application>, 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 <quote>go-between</quote>. See
- the <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">Wikipedia proxy
- definition</ulink> for more.
+ A <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">web proxy</ulink>
+ is a service, based on a software such as &my-app;, 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 <quote>go-between</quote>. For details, see
+ <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">Wikipedia's proxy definition</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
There are many reasons to use web proxies, such as security (firewalling),
to accommodate those needs.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> 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,
+ &my-app; 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
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="otherstuff">
<title>Does Privoxy do anything more than ad blocking?</title>
- <para>
- Yes, ad blocking is but one possible use. There are many, many ways &my-app;
- can be used to sanitize and customize web browsing.
+ <para>
+ Yes, ad blocking is but one possible use. There are many, many ways &my-app;
+ can be used to sanitize and customize web browsing.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newjb"><title>What is this new version of
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newjb"><title>What is this new version of
<quote><citetitle>Junkbuster</citetitle></quote>?</title>
<!-- Include history.sgml -->
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="whyprivoxy">Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why change the name from
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whyprivoxy">
+<title>Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why change the name from
Junkbuster at all?</title>
<para>
- Though outdated, <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com/">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>
- continues to offer their original version of the <application>Internet
- Junkbuster</application>, so publishing our
- <application> Junkbuster</application>-derived software under the same name
- led to confusion.
+ Though outdated, Junkbusters Corporation continued to offer their original
+ version of the <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> for a while,
+ so publishing our <application> Junkbuster</application>-derived software
+ under the same name would have led to confusion.
</para>
<para>
- There are also potential legal complications from our use of the
- <application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a registered trademark of
- <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com/">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
- There are, however, no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the
- <application>Privoxy</application> project itself, and they, in fact, still
- share our ideals and goals.
+ There were also potential legal reasons not to use the
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> name, as it was (and maybe still is)
+ a registered trademark of Junkbusters Corporation.
+ There were, however, no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> project itself, and they, in fact,
+ shared our ideals and goals.
</para>
<para>
- The developers also believed that there are so many improvements over the original
- code, that it was time to make a clean break from the past and make
- a name in their own right.
+ The Privoxy developers also believed that there were so many improvements
+ over the original code, that it was time to make a clean break from the past
+ and make a name in their own right.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is the
<quote><emphasis>Privacy Enhancing Proxy</emphasis></quote>. Also, its content
modification and junk suppression gives <emphasis>you</emphasis>, the user, more
control, more freedom, and allows you to browse your personal and
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="differs"><title>How does Privoxy differ
-from the old Junkbuster?</title>
+from the old Junkbuster?</title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> picks up where
- <application>Junkbuster</application> left off. All the old features remain.
-
The new <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> left off.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
still manages <ulink
url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>, and still
- helps protect your privacy. But, these are all greatly enhanced, and many,
- many new features have been added, all in the same vein.
+ helps protect your privacy. But, most of these features have been enhanced,
+ and many new ones have been added, all in the same vein.
</para>
- <para>
- The configuration has changed significantly as well. This is something that
- users will notice right off the bat if upgrading from
- <application>Junkbuster</application> 2.0.x. The <quote>blocklist</quote>
- <quote>cookielist</quote>, <quote>imagelist</quote> and much more has been
- combined into the <quote>actions</quote> files, with a completely different
- syntax. <![%p-newstuff;[ See the <ulink url="../user-manual/whatsnew.html">What's New</ulink>
- page for the latest updates.]]>
-</para>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application>'s new features include:
</para>
-<!-- Include newfeatures.sgml: -->
+<!-- Include newfeatures.sgml: -->
&newfeatures;
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</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whatsanad">
-<title id="knows">How does Privoxy know what is
-an ad, and what is not?</title>
+<title>How does Privoxy know what is an ad, and what is not?</title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application>'s approach to blocking ads is twofold:
</para>
and the host (blocking the big banner hosting services like doublecklick.net
already helps a lot). <application>Privoxy</application> takes advantage of this
fact by using <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS">URL
- patterns</ulink> to sort out and block the requests for things that sound
+ patterns</ulink> to sort out and block the requests for things that sound
like they would be ads or banners.
</para>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="mistakes">Can Privoxy make mistakes?
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="mistakes">
+<title>Can Privoxy make mistakes?
This does not sound very scientific.</title>
<para>
Actually, it's a black art ;-) And yes, it is always possible to have a broad
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="configornot">Will I have to configure Privoxy
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configornot">
+<title>Will I have to configure Privoxy
before I can use it?</title>
<para>
- No, not really. The default installation should give you a good starting
- point, and block <emphasis>most</emphasis> ads and unwanted content. Many of
- the more advanced features are off by default, and would require you to
- activate them.
+ That depends on your expectations.
+ The default installation should give you a good starting
+ point, and block <emphasis>most</emphasis> ads and unwanted content,
+ but many of the more advanced features are off by default, and require
+ you to activate them.
</para>
<para>
You do have to set up your browser to use
<application>Privoxy</application> (see the <link
- linkend="firststep">Installation section below</link>).
+ linkend="firststep">Installation section below</link>).
</para>
<para>
And you will certainly run into situations where there are false positives,
or ads not being blocked that you may not want to see. In these cases, you
would certainly benefit by customizing <application>Privoxy's</application>
- configuration to more closely match your individual situation. And we would
+ configuration to more closely match your individual situation. And we
encourage you to do this. This is where the real power of
<application>Privoxy</application> lies!
</para>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="lan">
<title>Can Privoxy run as a server on a network?</title>
- <para>
+ <para>
Yes, &my-app; runs as a server already, and can easily be configured to
<quote>serve</quote> more than one client. See <link linkend="lanconfig">
How can I set up Privoxy to act as a proxy for my LAN</link> below.
<para>
Modern browsers do indeed have <emphasis>some</emphasis> of the same
functionality as <application>Privoxy</application>. Maybe this is
- adequate for you. But <application>Privoxy</application> is much more
- versatile and powerful, and can do a number of things that browsers just can't.
+ adequate for you. But <application>Privoxy</application> is very
+ versatile and powerful, and can probably do a number of things
+ your browser just can't.
</para>
<para>
- In addition, a proxy is good choice if you use multiple browsers, or
- have a LAN with multiple computers since &my-app; can run as a server
+ In addition, a proxy is good choice if you use multiple browsers, or
+ have a LAN with multiple computers since &my-app; can run as a server
application. This way all the configuration is in one place, and you don't
have to maintain a similar configuration for possibly many browsers or
users.
</para>
+ <para>
+ Note, however, that it's recommended to leverage both your browser's
+ and <application>Privoxy's</application> privacy enhancing features
+ at the same time. While your browser probably lacks some features
+ &my-app; offers, it should also be able to do some things more
+ reliably, for example restricting and suppressing JavaScript.
+ </para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whytrust"><title>Why should I trust Privoxy?</title>
The most important reason is because you have access to
<emphasis>everything</emphasis>, and you can control everything. You can
check every line of every configuration file yourself. You can check every
- last bit of source code should you desire. And even if you can't read code,
- there should be some comfort in knowing that thousands of other people can,
- and some of them do read it. You can build the software from scratch, if you want,
+ last bit of source code should you desire. And even if you can't read code,
+ there should be some comfort in knowing that <!-- thousands of -->other people can,
+ and do read it. You can build the software from scratch, if you want,
so that you know the executable is clean, and that it is
<emphasis>yours</emphasis>. In fact, we encourage this level of scrutiny. It
is one reason we use &my-app; ourselves.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="license"><title>Is there is a license or fee? What about a
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="license"><title>Is there is a license or fee? What about a
warranty? Registration?</title>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is licensed under the <ulink
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is
free software and licensed under the <ulink
url="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2</ulink>.
It is free to use, copy, modify or distribute as you wish under the terms of this
license. Please see the <link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> section for more
- information on the license and copyright. Or the <filename>LICENSE</filename> file
+ information on the license and copyright. Or the <filename>LICENSE</filename> file
that should be included.
</para>
<para>
There is <emphasis>no warranty</emphasis> of any kind, expressed, implied or otherwise.
That is something that would cost real money ;-) There is no registration either.
- <application>Privoxy</application> really is <emphasis>free</emphasis>
- in every respect!
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="spyware">
<title>Can Privoxy remove spyware? Adware? Viruses?</title>
<para>
- No, at least not reliable enough to trust it. &my-app; is not designed to be
+ No, at least not reliably enough to trust it. &my-app; is not designed to be
a malware removal tool and the default configuration doesn't even try to
filter out any malware.
</para>
<para>
&my-app; could help prevent contact from (known) sites that use such
tactics with appropriate configuration rules, and thus could conceivably
- prevent contamination from such sites.
+ prevent contamination from such sites. However, keeping such a configuration
+ up to date would require a lot of time and effort that would be better spend
+ on keeping your software itself up to date so it doesn't have known
+ vulnerabilities.
</para>
</sect2>
<para>
But it is probably not necessary to use &my-app; in conjunction with other
ad-blocking products, and this could conceivably cause undesirable results.
- It would be better to choose one software or the other and work a little to
+ It might be better to choose one software or the other and work a little to
tweak its configuration to your liking.
</para>
+<para>
+ Note that this is an advice specific to ad blocking.
+</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what can I do?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="help-the-developers"><title>I would like to help you, what can I do?</title>
-<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-work"><title>Would you like to participate?</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="participate"><title>Would you like to participate?</title>
<para>
Well, we <emphasis>always</emphasis> need help. There is something for
everybody who wants to help us. We welcome new developers, packagers,
<quote>programmer</quote>. There are many other tasks available. In fact,
the programmers often can't spend as much time programming because of some
of the other, more mundane things that need to be done, like checking the
- Tracker feedback sections.
+ Tracker feedback sections or responding to user questions on the mailing
+ lists.
</para>
<para>
- So first thing, <ulink
- url="https://sourceforge.net/account/register.php">get an account on SourceForge.net</ulink>
- and mail your id to the <ulink url="mailto:ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">developers
- mailing list</ulink>. Then, please read the <ulink
- url="../developer-manual/index.html">Developer's Manual</ulink>, at least
- the pertinent sections.
+ So first thing, subscribe to the <ulink
+ url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-users">Privoxy Users</ulink>
+ or the <ulink url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-developers">Privoxy
+ Developers</ulink> mailing list, join the discussion, help out other users, provide general
+ feedback or report problems you noticed.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you intend to help out with the trackers, you also might want to <ulink
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/user/registration">get an account on SourceForge.net</ulink>
+ so we don't confuse you with the other name-less users.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ We also have a <ulink
+ url="../developer-manual/index.html">Developer's Manual</ulink>.
+ While it is partly out of date, it's still worth reading.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Our <ulink url="http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/TODO?view=markup">TODO list</ulink>
+ may be of interest to you as well.
+ Please let us know if you want to work on one of the items listed.
</para>
</sect3>
-<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-money"><title>Contribute!</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="donate"><title>Would you like to donate?</title>
<para>
- We, of course, welcome donations and could use money for domain registering,
- buying software to test <application>Privoxy</application> with, and, of course,
- for regular world-wide get-togethers (hahaha). If you enjoy the software and feel
- like helping us with a donation, just <ulink
- url="mailto: ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">drop us a note</ulink>.
+ Donations are welcome. Our
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/TODO">TODO list</ulink>
+ is rather long and being able to pay one (or more) developers to work on Privoxy
+ would make a huge difference, even if it was only for a couple of weeks. Donations may
+ also be used for Privoxy-related travel expenses (for example to attend conferences),
+ for hardware used for Privoxy development and for hosting expenses etc.
</para>
-</sect3>
-<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-software"><title>Software</title>
<para>
- If you are a vendor of a web-related software like a browser, web server
- or proxy, and would like us to ensure that <application>Privoxy</application>
- runs smoothly with your product, you might consider supplying us with a
- copy or license. We can't, however, guarantee that we will fix all potential
- compatibility issues as a result.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is an associated
+ project of <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/">Software
+ in the Public Interest (SPI)</ulink>, which allows us to receive
+ tax-deductible donations in the United States. If you want to donate through
+ SPI, please use <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/donations">SPI's donation page</ulink>
+ to see what the options are.
</para>
-</sect3>
+<para>
+ You can also donate to Privoxy using a bank account or a "Paypal" address:
+</para>
+<literallayout>
+ Name on account: <ulink url="https://www.zwiebelfreunde.de/">Zwiebelfreunde e.V.</ulink>
+ IBAN: DE95430609671126825604
+ BIC: GENODEM1GLS
+ Bank: GLS Bank
+</literallayout>
+<literallayout>
+ "Paypal" address: privoxy@zwiebelfreunde.de
+</literallayout>
+<para>
+ Donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. are tax-deductible in Germany
+ and other countries that recognize German charitable clubs. Feel free to
+ use the Subject field to provide a name to be credited and a list of TODO
+ list items you are interested in the most. For example: Max Mustermann: #16, #1, #14.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Note that donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently can't be checked
+ automatically so you may not get credited right away. The credits currently
+ reflect donations received before 2016-01-14.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you have any questions regarding donations please mail to either the
+ public user mailing list or, if it's a private matter, to
+ <ulink url="mailto:fk@fabiankeil.de">Fabian Keil</ulink> (Privoxy's SPI liason)
+ directly.
+</sect3>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whichbrowsers">
<title>Which browsers are supported by Privoxy?</title>
<para>
- Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which
+ Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which
should be virtually all browsers, including
<application>Firefox</application>, <application>Internet
- Explorer</application>, and <application>Opera</application> among others.
+ Explorer</application>, <application>Opera</application>, and
+ <application>Safari</application> among others.
Direct browser support is not an absolute requirement since
<application>Privoxy</application> runs as a separate application and talks
to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a web server
<quote>browser</quote> or not. Though this may not be the best approach for
dealing with some of the common abuses of HTML in email. See <link
linkend="outlook">How can I configure <application>Privoxy</application>
- with <application>Outlook Express</application>?</link> below for more on
- this.
+ with <application>Outlook</application>?</link> below for more on
+ this.
</para>
<para>
Be aware that HTML email presents a number of unique security and privacy
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
+<!-- Nobody is going to still be doing this!
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
Privoxy over Junkbuster?</title>
<para>
We recommend you un-install <application>Junkbuster</application>
- first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to
+ first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to
save your old configuration files for future reference. The configuration
files and syntax have substantially changed, so you will need to manually
port your old patterns. See the <ulink url="../user-manual/upgradersnote.html">note
</para>
</sect2>
+-->
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="firststep">
-<title>I just installed Privoxy. Is there anything
+<title>I just installed Privoxy. Is there anything
special I have to do now?</title>
<para>
- All browsers must be told to use <application>Privoxy</application>
- as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy address and port number
- in the appropriate configuration area for the browser. See
+ All browsers should be told to use <application>Privoxy</application>
+ as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy address and port number
+ in the appropriate configuration area for the browser. It's possible
+ to combine &my-app; with a packet filter to intercept HTTP requests
+ even if the client isn't explicitly configured to use &my-app;,
+ but where possible, configuring the client is recommended. See
<ulink url="../user-manual/startup.html">the User Manual for more
- details</ulink>. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any
- cached junk items, and remove any stored
+ details</ulink>. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk
+ cache to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any stored
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
-
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="localhost"><title>What is the proxy address of Privoxy?</title>
<para>
If you set up the <application>Privoxy</application> to run on
the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or some
- networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <literal>127.0.0.1</literal>
+ networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <literal>127.0.0.1</literal>
(sometimes referred to as <quote>localhost</quote>,
which is the special name used by every computer on the Internet to refer
- to itself) and the port will be 8118 (unless you have <application>Privoxy</application>
- to run on a different port with the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS">listen-address</ulink> config option).
+ to itself) and the port will be 8118 (unless you used the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS">listen-address</ulink>
+ config option to tell <application>Privoxy</application> to run on
+ a different port).
</para>
<para>
When configuring your browser's proxy settings you typically enter
the word <quote>localhost</quote> or the IP address <quote>127.0.0.1</quote>
in the boxes next to <quote>HTTP</quote> and <quote>Secure</quote> (HTTPS) and
- then the number <quote>8118</quote> for <quote>port</quote>.
+ then the number <quote>8118</quote> for <quote>port</quote>.
This tells your browser to send all web requests to <application>Privoxy</application>
instead of directly to the Internet.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> can also be used to proxy for
- a Local Area Network. In this case, your would enter either the IP
- address of the LAN host where <application>Privoxy</application>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> can also be used to proxy for
+ a Local Area Network. In this case, your would enter either the IP
+ address of the LAN host where <application>Privoxy</application>
is running, or the equivalent hostname, e.g. <literal>192.168.1.1</literal>.
Port assignment would be same as above. Note that
<application>Privoxy</application> doesn't listen on any LAN interfaces by
</para>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> does not currently handle
- any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, etc. Be sure that
- proxying any of these other protocols is not activated.
+ any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, etc.
</para>
</sect2>
All the ads are there. What's wrong?</title>
<para>
- Did you configure your browser to use <application>Privoxy</application>
+ Did you configure your browser to use <application>Privoxy</application>
as a proxy? It does not sound like it. See above. You might also try flushing
- the browser's caches to force a full re-reading of pages. You can verify
- that <application>Privoxy</application> is running, and your browser
- is correctly configured by entering the special URL:
- <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>.
+ the browser's caches to force a full re-reading of pages. You can verify
+ that <application>Privoxy</application> is running, and your browser
+ is correctly configured by entering the special URL:
+ <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>.
<!-- Use http://p.p/ instead of http://config.privoxy.org/ here because
of potential redirect caching problem (see next Q). -->
This should take you to a page titled <quote>This is Privoxy..</quote> with
access to <application>Privoxy's</application> internal configuration.
- If you see this, then you are good to go. If you receive a page saying
+ If you see this, then you are good to go. If you receive a page saying
<quote>Privoxy is not running</quote>, then the browser is not set up to use
your <application>Privoxy</application> installation.
If you receive anything else (probably nothing at all), it could either
<para>
The procedure for clearing the cache varies from browser to browser. For
- example, <application>Mozilla/Netscape</application> users would click
+ example, <application>Mozilla/Netscape</application> users would click
<guibutton>Edit</guibutton> --> <guibutton>Preferences</guibutton> -->
<guibutton>Advanced</guibutton> --> <guibutton>Cache</guibutton> and
then click both <quote><guibutton>Clear Memory Cache</guibutton></quote>
and <quote><guibutton>Clear Disk Cache</guibutton></quote>.
- And, <application>Firefox</application> users would click
+ In some <application>Firefox</application> versions it's
<guibutton>Tools</guibutton> --> <guibutton>Options</guibutton> -->
<guibutton>Privacy</guibutton> --> <guibutton>Cache</guibutton> and
then click <quote><guibutton>Clear Cache Now</guibutton></quote>.
-
+ <!-- In my Firefox versions it's the Netscape way. fk 2007-11-19-->
</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="configuration"><title>Configuration</title>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="actionsfile">What exactly is an <quote>actions</quote> file?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="actionsfile">
+<title>What exactly is an <quote>actions</quote> file?</title>
<para>
&my-app; utilizes the concept of <quote>
- <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#ACTIONS">actions</ulink></quote>
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#ACTIONS">actions</ulink></quote>
that are used to manipulate and control web page data.
<ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">Actions files</ulink>
are where these <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#ACTIONS">actions</ulink>
There is a wide array of actions available that give the user a high degree
of control and flexibility on how to process each and every web page.
</para>
-
+
<para>
Actions can be defined on a <ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS">URL pattern</ulink> basis, i.e.
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="actionss">
-<title>The <quote>actions</quote> concept confuses me. Please list
+<title>The <quote>actions</quote> concept confuses me. Please list
some of these <quote>actions</quote>.</title>
<para>
For a comprehensive discussion of the actions concept, please refer
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="actconfig">How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
-way to do this?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="actconfig">
+<title>How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
+way to do this?</title>
<para>
Actions files are just text files in a special syntax and can be edited
at <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink>
(Shortcut: <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>) and then select
<quote><ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">View &
- change the current configuration</ulink></quote> from the menu.
+ change the current configuration</ulink></quote> from the menu. Note
+ that this feature must be explicitly enabled in the main config file
+ (see <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</ulink>).
</para>
</sect2>
<title>There are several different <quote>actions</quote> files. What are
the differences?</title>
<para>
- Three actions files
- are being included by the developers, to be used for
- different purposes: These are
- <filename>default.action</filename>, the <quote>main</quote> actions file
- which is actively maintained by the <application>Privoxy</application>
- developers and typically sets the default policies, <filename>user.action</filename>, where users are encouraged
- to make their private customizations, and <filename>standard.action</filename>,
- which is for internal <application>Privoxy</application> use only.
- Please see <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">the actions chapter</ulink>
- in the <ulink url="../user-manual/index.html">User Manual</ulink> for a more
- detailed explanation.
-</para>
-
-<para>
- Earlier versions included three different versions of the
- <filename>default.action</filename> file. The new scheme allows for
- greater flexibility of local configuration, and for browser based
- selection of pre-defined <quote>aggressiveness</quote> levels.
+ Please have a look at the <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">the actions chapter</ulink>
+ in the <ulink url="../user-manual/index.html">User Manual</ulink> for a detailed explanation.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="getupdates"><title>Where can I get updated Actions Files?</title>
<para>
- Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of
- <filename>default.action</filename> will be
-
made available from time to time on the <ulink
+ Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of
+ <filename>default.action</filename> will be
+
made available from time to time on the <ulink
url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">files section</ulink> of
our <ulink url="http://sf.net/projects/ijbswa/">project page</ulink>.
</para>
If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release updates of
<application>Privoxy</application> or the actions file, <ulink
url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce/">subscribe
- to our announce mailing list</ulink>, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
+ to our announce mailing list</ulink>, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
</para>
</sect2>
The syntax and purpose of configuration files has remained roughly the
same throughout the 3.x series, but backwards compatibility is not guaranteed.
Also each release contains updated, <quote>improved</quote> versions and it is
- therefore recommended to use the newer configuration files.
- <![%p-newstuff;[
- If upgrading from version prior to 3.0.4 the syntax for <literal>fast-redirects</literal>
- has changed. See the <ulink url="../user-manual/whatsnew.html">What's New section</ulink>
- of the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> for details.]]>
+ therefore strongly recommended to install the newer configuration files
+ and merge back your modifications.
</para>
- <para>
- But all configuration files have substantially
- changed from the <application>Junkbuster</application> days, and early
- versions of <application>Privoxy 2.x</application>. The old files, like
- <filename>blocklist</filename> will not work at all.
- </para>
- <![%p-newstuff;[ <para>
- Refer to the <ulink url="../user-manual/whatsnew.html">What's New</ulink>
- page for information on configuration changes that may occur from one release to another.
- </para>]]>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="difficult">
<title>Why is the configuration so complicated?</title>
<para>
- <quote>Complicated</quote> is in the eye of the beholder. Those that are
- familiar with some of the underlying concepts, such as regular expression
- syntax, take to it like a fish takes to water. Also, software that tries
- hard to be <quote>user friendly</quote>, often lacks sophistication and
- flexibility. There is always that trade-off there between power vs.
- easy-of-use. Furthermore, anyone is welcome to contribute ideas and
- implementations to enhance &my-app;.
+ <quote>Complicated</quote> is in the eye of the beholder.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Privoxy is currently mainly written by and for people who are already
+ familiar with the underlying concepts like regular expressions, HTTP and HTML,
+ or are willing to become familiar with them to be able to get the most
+ out of a powerful and flexible tool such as Privoxy.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ While everybody is expected to be able to get a Privoxy default installation
+ up and running, fine-tuning requires a certain amount of background
+ information and Privoxy's documentation mainly concentrates on the
+ Privoxy-specific parts while only providing references to the rest.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you or anyone you know has the skills, time and energy to
+ reduce the barrier of entry, please <link linkend="participate">get involved</link>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="yahoo"><title>How can I make my Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail account work?</title>
<para>
The default configuration shouldn't impact the usability of any of these services.
- It may, however, make all <ulink
- url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>
+ It may, however, make all <ulink
+ url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>
temporary, so that your browser will forget your
login credentials in between browser sessions. If you would like not to have to log
in manually each time you access those websites, simply turn off all cookie handling
.login.yahoo.com</screen>
</para>
<para>
- These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with
- <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink> and
- thus <quote>fragile</quote>. So if <emphasis>still</emphasis> a problem,
+ These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with
+ <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink> and
+ thus <quote>fragile</quote>. So if <emphasis>still</emphasis> a problem,
we have an <ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#ALIASES">alias</ulink> just for such
sticky situations:
</para>
<para>
Make sure the domain, host and path are appropriate as well. Your browser can
- tell you where you are specifically and you should use that information for
- your configuration settings. Note that above it is not referenced as
+ tell you where you are specifically and you should use that information for
+ your configuration settings. Note that above it is not referenced as
<literal>gmail.com</literal>, which is a valid domain name.
</para>
<quote>profiles</quote> in the web based actions file editor at <ulink
url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</ulink>.
See the <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html"><citetitle>User
- Manual</citetitle></ulink> for a list of actions, and how the default
+ Manual</citetitle></ulink> for a list of actions, and how the default
profiles are set.
</para>
Where the defaults are likely to break some sites, exceptions for
known popular <quote>problem</quote> sites are included, but in
general, the more aggressive your default settings are, the more exceptions
- you will have to make later. New users are best to start off in
- <quote>Cautious</quote> setting. This is safest and will have the fewest
+ you will have to make later. New users are best to start off in
+ <quote>Cautious</quote> setting. This is safest and will have the fewest
problems. See the <ulink
url="../user-manual/index.html"><citetitle>User Manual</citetitle></ulink>
for a more detailed discussion.
</para>
<para>
- It should be noted that the <quote>Advanced</quote> profile (formerly known
+ It should be noted that the <quote>Advanced</quote> profile (formerly known
as the <quote>Adventuresome</quote> profile) is more
- aggressive, and will make use of some of
+ aggressive, and will make use of some of
<application>Privoxy's</application> advanced features. Use at your own risk!
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="browseconfig"> <title>Why can I change the configuration
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="browseconfig"> <title>Why can I change the configuration
with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?</title>
<para>
It may seem strange that regular users can edit the config files with their
When you use the browser-based editor, <application>Privoxy</application>
itself is writing to the config files. Because
<application>Privoxy</application> is running as the user <quote>privoxy</quote>,
- it can update the config files.
+ it can update its own config files.
</para>
<para>
If you run <application>Privoxy</application> for multiple untrusted users (e.g. in
- a LAN), you will probably want to turn the web-based editor and remote toggle
- features off by setting <quote><literal><ulink
+ a LAN) or aren't entirely in control of your own browser, you will probably want
+ to make sure that the web-based editor and remote toggle features are
+ <quote>off</quote> by setting <quote><literal><ulink
url="../user-manual/config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</ulink>
0</literal></quote> and <quote><literal><ulink
url="../user-manual/config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE">enable-remote-toggle</ulink>
0</literal></quote> in the <ulink url="../user-manual/config.html">main configuration file</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
- Note that in the default configuration, only local users (i.e. those on
- <quote>localhost</quote>) can connect to <application>Privoxy</application>,
- so this is (normally) not a security problem.
+ As of &my-app; 3.0.7 these options are disabled by default.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="filterfile">What is the <filename>default.filter</filename> file? What is a <quote>filter</quote>?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="filterfile">
+<title>What is the <filename>default.filter</filename> file? What is a <quote>filter</quote>?</title>
<para>
The <ulink url="../user-manual/filter-file.html"><filename>default.filter</filename></ulink>
- file is where <emphasis>filters</emphasis> as supplied by the developers are defined.
+ file is where <emphasis>filters</emphasis> as supplied by the developers are defined.
Filters are a special subset of actions that can be used to modify or
- remove, web page content on the fly. Filters apply to <emphasis>anything</emphasis>
- in the page source (and optionally both client and server headers), including
- HTML tags, and JavaScript. Regular expressions are used to accomplish this.
+ remove web page content or headers on the fly. Content filters can
+ be applied to <emphasis>anything</emphasis> in the page source,
+ header filters can be applied to either server or client headers.
+ Regular expressions are used to accomplish this.
+</para>
+<para>
There are a number of pre-defined filters to deal with common annoyances. The
filters are only defined here, to invoke them, you need to use the
<ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#FILTER"><literal>filter</literal>
- action</ulink> in one of the actions files. Filtering is automatically
- disabled for inappropriate MIME types.
+ action</ulink> in one of the actions files. Content filtering is automatically
+ disabled for inappropriate MIME types, but if you know better than Privoxy
+ what should or should not be filtered you can filter any content you like.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Filters should
+ <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#BLOCK"><literal>blocks</literal></ulink>, which
+ is a completely different action, and is more typically used to block ads and
+ unwanted sites.
</para>
<para>
- If you are familiar with regular expressions, and HTML, you can look at
+ If you are familiar with regular expressions, and HTML, you can look at
the provided <filename>default.filter</filename> with a text editor and define
your own filters. This is potentially a very powerful feature, but
- requires some expertise in both regular expressions and HTML/HTTP.
- <![%p-newstuff;[ You should
- place any modifications to the default filters, or any new ones you create
- in a separate file, such as <filename>user.filter</filename>, so they won't
- be overwritten during upgrades.
- The ability to define multiple filter files
+ requires some expertise in both regular expressions and HTML/HTTP.
+ <![%p-newstuff;[ You should
+ place any modifications to the default filters, or any new ones you create
+ in a separate file, such as <filename>user.filter</filename>, so they won't
+ be overwritten during upgrades.
+ The ability to define multiple filter files
in <filename>config</filename> is a new feature as of v. 3.0.5.]]>
</para>
<para>
- There is no GUI editor option for this part of the configuration,
- but you can disable/enable the various pre-defined filters of the included
+ There is no GUI editor option for this part of the configuration,
+ but you can disable/enable the various pre-defined filters of the included
<filename>default.filter</filename> file with the <ulink
url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">web-based actions file editor</ulink>.
+ Note that the custom actions editor must be explicitly enabled in
+ the main config file (see <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</ulink>).
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you intend to develop your own filters, you might want to have a look at
+ <ulink
+ url="http://www.fabiankeil.de/sourcecode/pft/">Privoxy-Filter-Test</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="lanconfig">
-<title>How can I set up Privoxy to act as a proxy for my
+<title>How can I set up Privoxy to act as a proxy for my
LAN?</title>
<para>
- By default, <application>Privoxy</application> only responds to requests
+ By default, <application>Privoxy</application> only responds to requests
from <literal>127.0.0.1</literal> (localhost). To have it act as a server for
a network, this needs to be changed in the <ulink
url="../user-manual/config.html">main configuration file</ulink>. Look for
</para>
<para>
- Save the file, and restart <application>Privoxy</application>. Configure
+ Save the file, and restart <application>Privoxy</application>. Configure
all browsers on the network then to use this address and port number.
</para>
<para>
- Alternately, you can have <application>Privoxy</application> listen on
+ Alternately, you can have <application>Privoxy</application> listen on
all available interfaces:
</para>
</para>
<para>
- And then use <application>Privoxy's</application>
+ And then use <application>Privoxy's</application>
<ulink
- url="../user-manual/config.html#PERMIT-ACCESS">permit-access</ulink>
- feature to limit connections. A firewall in this situation is recommended
+ url="../user-manual/config.html#PERMIT-ACCESS">permit-access</ulink>
+ feature to limit connections. A firewall in this situation is recommended
as well.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="noseeum">Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="noseeum">
+<title>Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</title>
<para>
The replacement for blocked images can be controlled with the <ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"><literal>set-image-blocker</literal>
<para>
If you want to see nothing, then change the <ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"><literal>set-image-blocker</literal>
- action</ulink> to <quote>blank</quote>. This can be done by editing the
+ action</ulink> to <quote>blank</quote>. This can be done by editing the
<filename>user.action</filename> file, or through the <ulink
url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">web-based actions file editor</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whyseeum">
+<title>Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</title>
<para>
Remember that <link linkend="whatsanad">telling which image is an ad and which
isn't</link>, is an educated guess. While we hope that the standard configuration
is rather smart, it will make occasional mistakes. The checkerboard image is visually
decent, and it shows you where images have been blocked, which can be very
helpful in case some navigation aid or otherwise innocent image was
- erroneously blocked. It is recommended for new users so they can
+ erroneously blocked. It is recommended for new users so they can
<quote>see</quote> what is happening. Some people might also enjoy seeing how
many banners they <emphasis>don't</emphasis> have to see.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="blockedbytext">I see some images being replaced by a text
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blockedbytext">
+<title>I see some images being replaced with text
instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</title>
<para>
This happens when the banners are not embedded in the HTML code of the
or (i)layers, and these external HTML documents are blocked. Being non-images
they get replaced by a substitute HTML page rather than a substitute image,
which wouldn't work out technically, since the browser expects and accepts
- only HTML when it has requested an HTML document.
+ only HTML when it has requested an HTML document.
</para>
<para>
The substitute page adapts to the available space and shows itself as a
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="srvany">
-<title>Can Privoxy run as a service
+<title>Can Privoxy run as a service
on Win2K/NT/XP?</title>
<para>
<![%p-newstuff;[
Yes. Version 3.0.5 introduces full <application>Windows</application> service
functionality. See <ulink url="../user-manual/installation.html#installation-pack-win">
- the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle></ulink> for details on how to install and configure
+ the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle></ulink> for details on how to install and configure
<application>Privoxy</application> as a service.
-</para>
+</para>
<para>
Earlier ]]>3.x versions could run as a system service using <command>srvany.exe</command>.
See the discussion at <ulink
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="otherproxy">
-<title>How can I make Privoxy work with other
-proxies like Squid or Tor?</title>
+<title>How can I make Privoxy work with other proxies?</title>
<para>
This can be done and is often useful to combine the benefits of
- <application>Privoxy</application> with those of a another proxy.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> with those of a another proxy,
+ for example to cache content.
See the <ulink
url="../user-manual/config.html#FORWARDING">forwarding chapter</ulink>
in the <ulink url="../user-manual/index.html">User Manual</ulink> which
- describes how to do this, and the <link linkend="TOR">
- How do I use Privoxy together with
- Tor</link> section below.
+ describes how to do this. If you intend to use Privoxy with Tor,
+ please also have a look at
+ <link linkend="TOR">How do I use Privoxy together with Tor</link>.
</para>
</sect2>
and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</title>
<para>
- No, its more complicated than that. This only works with special kinds
- of proxies known as <quote>intercepting</quote> proxies (see below).
+ No, its more complicated than that. This only works with special kinds
+ of proxies known as <quote>intercepting</quote> proxies
+ (<link linkend="INTERCEPTING">see below</link>).
</para>
</sect2>
<para>
However, some people say <quote>transparent proxy</quote> when they
mean <quote>intercepting proxy</quote>. If you are one of them,
- please read the <ulink url="#intercepting">next entry</ulink>.
+ please read the <link linkend="INTERCEPTING">next entry</link>.
</para>
</sect2>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> can't intercept traffic itself,
but it can handle requests that where intercepted and redirected
- with a packet filter (like PF or iptables), as long as the Host
+ with a packet filter (like <application>PF</application> or
+ <application>iptables</application>), as long as the <literal>Host</literal>
header is present.
-</para>
+ </para>
<para>
- As the Host header is required by HTTP/1.1 and as most web sites
- don't work if it isn't set, this limitation shouldn't be a problem.
+ As the <literal>Host</literal> header is required by HTTP/1.1 and as most
+ web sites rely on it anyway, this limitation shouldn't be a problem.
</para>
<para>
Please refer to your packet filter's documentation to learn how to
- intercept and redirect traffic into Privoxy. Afterward you just have
- to configure Privoxy to
- <ulink url="../user-manual/config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS">accept intercepted requests</ulink>.
+ intercept and redirect traffic into <application>Privoxy</application>.
+ Afterward you just have to configure <application>Privoxy</application> to
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS">accept
+ intercepted requests</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="outlook">
-<title>How can I configure Privoxy for use with Outlook
- Express?</title>
+<title>How can I configure Privoxy for use with Outlook?</title>
<para>
- <application>Outlook Express</application> uses <application>Internet Explorer</application>
- components to both render HTML, and fetch any HTTP requests that may be embedded in an HTML email.
- So however you have <application>Privoxy</application> configured to work
- with IE, this configuration should automatically be shared.
+ Versions of <application>Outlook</application> prior to Office 2007, use
+ <application>Internet Explorer</application> components to both render HTML,
+ and fetch any HTTP requests that may be embedded in an HTML email. So however
+ you have <application>Privoxy</application> configured to work with IE, this
+ configuration should automatically be shared, at least with older version of
+ Internet Explorer.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Starting with Office 2007, Microsoft is instead using the MS-Word rendering
+ engine with Outlook. It is unknown whether this can be configured to use a
+ proxy.
+ <!-- FIXME HB 2009-02-15 -->
</para>
</sect2>
of knowing which particular application makes a request, so there is no way to
distinguish between web pages and HTML mail.
<application>Privoxy</application> just blindly proxies all requests. In the
- case of <application>Outlook Express</application> (see above), OE uses
- IE anyway, and there is no way for <application>Privoxy</application> to ever
+ case of <application>Outlook Express</application> (see above), OE uses
+ IE anyway, and there is no way for <application>Privoxy</application> to ever
be able to distinguish between them (nor could any other proxy type application for
that matter).
</para>
<para>
- For a good discussion of some of the issues involved (including privacy and
- security issues), see
+ For a good discussion of some of the issues involved (including privacy and
+ security issues), see
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
<title>I sometimes notice cookies sneaking through. How?</title>
<para>
<ulink
- url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">Cookies</ulink> can be
- set in several ways. The classic method is via the
+ url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">Cookies</ulink> can be
+ set in several ways. The classic method is via the
<literal>Set-Cookie</literal> HTTP header. This is straightforward, and an
- easy one to manipulate, such as the &my-app; concept of
+ easy one to manipulate, such as the &my-app; concept of
<ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY">session-cookies-only</ulink>.
- There is also the possibility of using
+ There is also the possibility of using
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink> to
set cookies (&my-app; calls these <literal>content-cookies</literal>). This
is trickier because the syntax can vary widely, and thus requires a certain
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="evil-cookies">
<title>Are all cookies bad? Why?</title>
<para>
- No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of
+ No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of
<ulink
url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>. Cookies are just a
method that browsers can use to store data between pages, or between browser
sessions. Sometimes there is a good reason for this, and the user's life is a
bit easier as a result. But there is a long history of some websites taking
- advantage of this layer of trust, and using the data they glean from you and
+ advantage of this layer of trust, and using the data they glean from you and
your browsing habits for their own purposes, and maybe to your potential
detriment. Such sites are using you and storing their data on your system.
That is why the privacy conscious watch from whom those cookies come, and why
they really <emphasis>need</emphasis> to be there.
</para>
<para>
- See the
+ See the
<ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">Wikipedia cookie
definition</ulink> for more.
</para>
<title>How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?</title>
<para>
- There are several actions that relate to cookies. The default behavior is to
+ There are several actions that relate to cookies. The default behavior is to
allow only <quote>session cookies</quote>, which means the cookies only last
- for the current browser session. This eliminates most kinds of abuse related
+ for the current browser session. This eliminates most kinds of abuse related
to cookies. But there may be cases where you want cookies to last.
</para>
<para>
To disable all cookie actions, so that cookies are allowed unrestricted,
- both in and out, for <literal>example.com</literal>:
+ both in and out, for <literal>example.com</literal>:
</para>
<para>
<screen>
<para>
Each instance of <application>Privoxy</application> has its own
configuration, including such attributes as the TCP port that it listens on.
- What you can do is run multiple instances of <application>Privoxy</application>, each with
- a unique
+ What you can do is run multiple instances of <application>Privoxy</application>, each with
+ a unique
<ulink url="../user-manual/config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS">listen-address</ulink>
configuration setting, and configuration path, and then
each of these can have their own configurations. Think of it as per-port
configuration.
</para>
-<para>
+<para>
Simple enough for a few users, but for large installations, consider having
groups of users that might share like configurations.
</para>
############################################################
{ <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#BLOCK">+block</ulink> }
/ # Block *all* URLs
-
+
############################################################
# Whitelist
############################################################
toys.example.com
games.example.com</screen>
<para>
- This allows access to only those three sites by first blocking all URLs, and
+ This allows access to only those three sites by first blocking all URLs, and
then subsequently allowing three specific exceptions.
</para>
<para>
- A more interesting approach is <application>Privoxy's</application>
- <literal>trustfile</literal> concept, which incorporates the notion of
+ Another approach is <application>Privoxy's</application>
+ <literal>trustfile</literal> concept, which incorporates the notion of
<quote>trusted referrers</quote>. See the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/config.html#TRUSTFILE">User Manual Trust</ulink>
- documentation.
+ url="../user-manual/config.html#TRUSTFILE">Trust documentation</ulink>
+ for details.
</para>
<para>
These are fairly simple approaches and are not completely foolproof. There
are various other configuration options that should be disabled (described
elsewhere here and in <ulink url="../user-manual/">the User Manual</ulink>)
so that users can't modify their own configuration and easily circumvent the
- whitelist.
+ whitelist.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="no-adblock">
<title>How can I turn off ad-blocking?</title>
<para>
- Ad blocking is achieved through a complex application of various &my-app;
- <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">actions</ulink>. These
- actions are deployed against simple images, banners, flash animations,
+ Ad blocking is achieved through a complex application of various &my-app;
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">actions</ulink>. These
+ actions are deployed against simple images, banners, flash animations,
text pages, JavaScript, pop-ups and pop-unders, etc., so its not as simple as
just turning one or two actions off. The various actions that make up
&my-app; ad blocking are hard-coded into the default configuration files. It
has been assumed that everyone using &my-app; is interested in this
- particular feature.
+ particular feature.
</para>
<para>
If you want to do without this, there are several approaches you can take:
blocking rules, and corresponding exceptions. Or lastly, if you are not
concerned about the additional blocks that are done for privacy reasons, you
can very easily over-ride <emphasis>all</emphasis> blocking with the
- following very simple rule in your <filename>user.action</filename>:
+ following very simple rule in your <filename>user.action</filename>:
</para>
<para>
<screen>
{ <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#BLOCK">-block</ulink> }
/ # UN-Block *all* URLs</screen>
</para>
-<para>
+<para>
Or even a more comprehensive reversing of various ad related actions:
</para>
<para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="templates">
-<title>How can I have custom template pages, like the
+<title>How can I have custom template pages, like the
<emphasis>BLOCKED</emphasis> page?</title>
<para>
&my-app; <quote>templates</quote> are specialized text files utilized by
&my-app; for various purposes and can easily be modified using any text
editor. All the template pages are installed in a sub-directory appropriately
named: <filename>templates</filename>. Knowing something about HTML syntax
- will of course be helpful. You cannot rename any of these files, or create
- completely new templates, that is not possible. But you can change the page
- content to whatever you like. Be forewarned that these files are subject to
- being overwritten during upgrades, so be sure to save any customizations.
+ will of course be helpful.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Be forewarned that the default templates are subject to being overwritten
+ during upgrades. You can, however, create completely new templates,
+ place them in another directory and specify the alternate path in the main
+ <filename>config</filename>. For details, have a look at the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/config.html#templdir">templdir</ulink> option.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blockall">
-<title>How can I remove the <quote>Go There Anyway</quote> link from
+<title>How can I remove the <quote>Go There Anyway</quote> link from
the <emphasis>BLOCKED</emphasis> page?</title>
<para>
- There is more than one way to do it.
+ There is more than one way to do it (although Perl is not involved).
</para>
<para>
Editing the BLOCKED template page (see above) may dissuade some users, but
this method is easily circumvented. Where you need this level of control, you
- should build &my-app; from source, and enable various features that are
- available as compile-time options. You should
+ might want to build &my-app; from source, and disable various features that are
+ available as compile-time options. You should
<command>configure</command> the sources as follows:
</para>
<para>
current configuration via any connected user's web browser.
</para>
<para>
- Note that all of these features can also be toggled on/off via options in
+ Finally, all of these features can also be toggled on/off via options in
<application>Privoxy's</application> main <ulink
url="../user-manual/config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL">config</ulink> file which
means you don't have to recompile anything.
<sect1 id="misc"><title>Miscellaneous</title>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="slowsme">How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="slowsme">
+<title>How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.</title>
<para>
How much of an impact depends on many things, including the CPU of the host
- system, how aggressive the configuration is, which specific actions are being triggered,
+ system, how aggressive the configuration is, which specific actions are being triggered,
the size of the page, the bandwidth of the connection, etc.
</para>
<para>
- Overall, it should not slow you down any in real terms, and may actually help
+ Overall, it should not slow you down any in real terms, and may actually help
speed things up since ads, banners and other junk are not typically being
retrieved and displayed. The actual processing time required by
<application>Privoxy</application> itself for each page, is relatively small
in the overall scheme of things, and happens very quickly. This is typically
- more than offset by time saved not downloading and rendering ad images (if ad
- blocking is being used).
+ more than offset by time saved not downloading and rendering ad images and
+ other junk content (if ad blocking is being used).
</para>
<para>
<literal><ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS">deanimate-gifs</ulink></literal>
actions may cause a perceived slowdown, since the entire document
- needs to be buffered before displaying. And on very large documents, filtering may have
- some measurable impact. How much depends on the page size, the actual
- definition of the filter(s), etc. See below. Most other actions have little
- to no impact on speed.
+ needs to be buffered before displaying. And on very large documents,
+ filtering may have some measurable impact. How much depends on the page size,
+ the actual definition of the filter(s), etc. See below. Most other actions
+ have little to no impact on speed.
</para>
<para>
Also, when filtering is enabled but zlib support isn't available, compression
is often disabled (see <ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION">prevent-compression</ulink>).
- This can have an impact on speed as well. Again, the page size, etc. will
- determine how much of an impact.
+ This can have an impact on speed as well, although it's probably smaller than
+ you might think. Again, the page size, etc. will determine how much of an impact.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="loadingtimes"><title>I notice considerable
-delays in page requests compared to the old Junkbuster. What's wrong?</title>
+delays in page requests. What's wrong?</title>
<para>
If you use any <literal><ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#FILTER">filter</ulink></literal> action,
such as filtering banners by size, web-bugs etc, or the <literal><ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS">deanimate-gifs</ulink></literal>
- action, the entire document must be loaded into memory in order for the filtering
+ action, the entire document must be loaded into memory in order for the filtering
mechanism to work, and nothing is sent to the browser during this time.
</para>
<para>
anti-virus software).
</para>
<para>
- Filtering is automatically disabled for inappropriate MIME types. But note
+ Filtering is automatically disabled for inappropriate MIME types. But note
that if the web server mis-reports the MIME type, then content that should
not be filtered, could be. <application>Privoxy</application> only knows how
to differentiate filterable content because of the MIME type as reported by
"http://p.p/"?</title>
<para>
<ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink> is the
- address of <application>Privoxy</application>'s built-in user interface, and
+ address of <application>Privoxy</application>'s built-in user interface, and
<ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> is a shortcut for it.
</para>
<para>
- Since <application>Privoxy</application> sits between your web browser and the Internet,
+ Since <application>Privoxy</application> sits between your web browser and the Internet,
it can simply intercept requests for these addresses and answer them with its built-in
<quote>web server</quote>.
</para>
web site at config.privoxy.org.
</para>
<para>
- With recent versions of <application>Privoxy</application> (version 2.9.x and
- later), the user interface features information on the run time status, the
- configuration, and even a built-in editor for the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">actions files</ulink>.
+ Note that config.privoxy.org resolves to a public IP address.
+ If you use config.privoxy.org as ping or traceroute target you will
+ reach the system on the Internet (Privoxy can't intercept ICMP requests).
+ If you want to ping the system Privoxy runs on,
+ you should use its IP address or local DNS name (if it has got one).
</para>
-<para>
- Note that the built-in URLs from earlier versions of <application>Junkbuster</application>
- / <application>Privoxy</application>, http://example.com/show-proxy-args and http://i.j.b/,
- are no longer supported. If you still use such an old version, you should really consider
- upgrading to &p-version;.
-</para>
</sect2>
<!--
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blocklist"><title>Do you still maintain the blocklists?</title>
<para>
No. The patterns for blocking now reside (among other things) in the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">actions files</ulink>, which are
+ url="../user-manual/actions-file.html">actions files</ulink>, which are
actively maintained instead. See next question ...
</para>
</sect2>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newads2"><title>If I do submit missed ads, will
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newads2"><title>If I do submit missed ads, will
they be included in future updates?</title>
<para>
Whether such submissions are eventually included in the
- <filename>default.action</filename> configuration file depends on how
- significant the issue is. We of course want to address any potential
- problem with major, high-profile sites such as <citetitle>Google</citetitle>,
- <citetitle>Yahoo</citetitle>, etc. Any site with global or regional reach,
+ <filename>default.action</filename> configuration file depends on how
+ significant the issue is. We of course want to address any potential
+ problem with major, high-profile sites such as <citetitle>Google</citetitle>,
+ <citetitle>Yahoo</citetitle>, etc. Any site with global or regional reach,
has a good chance of being a candidate. But at the other end of the spectrum
are any number of smaller, low-profile sites such as for local clubs or
schools. Since their reach and impact are much less, they are best handled by
inclusion in the user's <filename>user.action</filename>, and thus would be
- unlikely to be included.
+ unlikely to be included.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="noonecares"><title>Why doesn't anyone answer my support
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="noonecares"><title>Why doesn't anyone answer my support
request?</title>
<para>
Rest assured that it has been read and considered. Why it is not answered,
If you run both the browser and &my-app; locally, you cannot hide your IP
address with <application>Privoxy</application> or ultimately any other
software alone. The server needs to know your IP address so that it knows
- where to send the responses back.
+ where to send the responses back.
</para>
<para>
There are many publicly usable "anonymous" proxies out there, which
on (those suspicious) people with a more than average preference for privacy.
</para>
<para>
- Your best bet is to chain <application>Privoxy</application>
- with <ulink url="http://tor.eff.org/">Tor</ulink>,
- an <ulink url="http://www.eff.org/">EFF</ulink> supported onion routing system.
+ If you want to hide your IP address from most adversaries,
+ you should consider chaining <application>Privoxy</application>
+ with <ulink url="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor</ulink>.
The configuration details can be found in
<ulink url="#TOR">How do I use <application>Privoxy</application> together
with <application>Tor</application> section</ulink>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="anonforsure">Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="anonforsure">
+<title>Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</title>
<para>
- No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are greatly improved, but unless you
+ No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are improved, but unless you
<ulink url="#TOR">chain <application>Privoxy</application> with <application>Tor</application></ulink>
- or a similar system and know what you're doing when it comes to configuring
- the rest of your system, it would be safest to assume that everything you do
+ or a similar proxy and know what you're doing when it comes to configuring
+ the rest of your system, you should assume that everything you do
on the Web can be traced back to you.
</para>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> can remove various information about you,
- and allows <emphasis>you</emphasis> more freedom to decide which sites
- you can trust, and what details you want to reveal. But it neither
+ and allows <emphasis>you</emphasis> 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
out who you are, even if you are using a strict <application>Privoxy</application>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="proxytest">A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxytest">
+<title>A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</title>
<para>
Good! Actually, they are probably testing for some other kinds of proxies.
Hiding yourself completely would require additional steps.
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="tor"><title>How do I use Privoxy
together with Tor?</title>
<para>
- Before you configure <application>Privoxy</application> to use <application>Tor</application>
- (<ulink url="http://tor.eff.org/">http://tor.eff.org/</ulink>),
+ Before you configure <application>Privoxy</application> to use
+ <ulink url="https://www.torproject.org/">Tor</ulink>,
please follow the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> chapters
<ulink url="../user-manual/installation.html">2. Installation</ulink> and
<ulink url="../user-manual/startup.html">5. Startup</ulink> to make sure
<application>Privoxy</application> itself is setup correctly.
</para>
-<para>
- If it is, refer to <ulink url="http://tor.eff.org/documentation.html.en">Tor's
+<para>
+ If it is, refer to <ulink url="https://www.torproject.org/documentation.html">Tor's
extensive documentation</ulink> to learn how to install <application>Tor</application>,
and make sure <application>Tor</application>'s logfile says that
<quote>Tor has successfully opened a circuit</quote> and it
If you verified that <application>Privoxy</application> and <application>Tor</application>
are working, it is time to connect them. As far as <application>Privoxy</application>
is concerned, <application>Tor</application> is just another proxy that can be reached
- by socks4 or socks4a. Most likely you are interested in <application>Tor</application>
- to increase your anonymity level, therefore you should use socks4a, to make sure DNS requests are
- done through <application>Tor</application> and thus invisible to your local network.
+ by socks4, socks4a and socks5. Most likely you are interested in <application>Tor</application>
+ to increase your anonymity level, therefore you should use socks5, to make sure DNS
+ requests are done through <application>Tor</application> and thus invisible to your
+ local network. Using socks4a would work too, but with socks5 you get more precise error
+ messages.
</para>
-<![%p-newstuff;[
<para>
- Since <application>Privoxy</application> 3.0.5, its
+ <application>Privoxy's</application>
<ulink url="../user-manual/config.html">main configuration file</ulink>
is already prepared for <application>Tor</application>, if you are using a
default <application>Tor</application> configuration and run it on the same
</para>
<para>
<screen>
-# forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
+# forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
</screen>
</para>
+<para>
+ Note that if you got Tor through one of the bundles, you may
+ have to change the port from 9050 to 9150 (or even another one).
+ For details, please check the documentation on the
+ <ulink url="https://torproject.org/">Tor website</ulink>.
+</para>
+
<para>
This is enough to reach the Internet, but additionally you might want to
uncomment the following forward rules, to make sure your local network is still
</para>
<para>
Save the modified configuration file and open
- <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status/</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</ulink>
in your browser, confirm that <application>Privoxy</application> has reloaded its configuration
and that there are no other forward lines, unless you know that you need them. If everything looks good,
refer to
- <ulink url="http://wiki.noreply.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#head-0e1cc2ac330ede8c6ad1ac0d0db0ac163b0e6143">Tor
+ <ulink url="https://wiki.torproject.org/noreply/TheOnionRouter/TorFAQ#IsMyConnectionPrivate">Tor
Faq 4.2</ulink> to learn how to verify that you are really using <application>Tor</application>.
</para>
<para>
Afterward, please take the time to at least skim through the rest
of <application>Tor's</application> documentation. Make sure you understand
what <application>Tor</application> does, why it is no replacement for
- application level security, and why you shouldn't use it for unencrypted logins.
-</para> ]]>
+ application level security, and why you probably don't want to
+ use it for unencrypted logins.
+</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="sitebreak">Might some things break because header information or
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="sitebreak">
+<title>Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?</title>
<para>
- Definitely. It is common for sites to use browser type, browser version,
+ Definitely. It is common for sites to use browser type, browser version,
HTTP header content, and various other techniques in order to dynamically
decide what to display and how to display it. What you see, and what I see,
might be very different. There are many, many ways that this can be handled,
</para>
<para>
- Also, different browsers use different encodings of Russian and Czech
+ Also, different browsers use different encodings of non-English
characters, certain web servers convert pages on-the-fly according to the
User Agent header. Giving a <quote>User Agent</quote> with the wrong
operating system or browser manufacturer causes some sites in these languages
weather maps of Intellicast have been blocked by their server when no
<quote>Referer</quote> or cookie is provided, is another example. (But you
can forge both headers without giving information away). There are
- many other ways things that can go wrong when trying to fool a web server. The
+ many other ways things can go wrong when trying to fool a web server. The
results of which could inadvertently cause pages to load incorrectly,
partially, or even not at all. And there may be no obvious clues as to just
- what went wrong, or why. Nowhere will there be a message that says
- <quote><emphasis>Turn off <literal>fast-redirects</literal> or else!</emphasis>
+ what went wrong, or why. Nowhere will there be a message that says
+ <quote><emphasis>Turn off <literal>fast-redirects</literal> or else!</emphasis>
</quote>
</para>
</para>
<para>
- If you have problems with a site, you will have to adjust your configuration
- accordingly. Cookies are probably the most likely adjustment that may
+ If you have problems with a site, you will have to adjust your configuration
+ accordingly. Cookies are probably the most likely adjustment that may
be required, but by no means the only one.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="caching">Can Privoxy act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy to
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="caching">
+<title>Can Privoxy act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy to
speed up web browsing?</title>
<para>
- No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
+ No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
<ulink url="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid</ulink> or
<ulink url="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/">Polipo</ulink> for this.
- And, yes, before you ask, <application>Privoxy</application> can co-exist
+ And, yes, before you ask, <application>Privoxy</application> can co-exist
with other kinds of proxies like <application>Squid</application>.
See the <ulink url="../user-manual/config.html#FORWARDING">forwarding
chapter</ulink> in the <ulink url="../user-manual/index.html">user
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="firewall">What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="firewall">
+<title>What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</title>
<para>
- Not in the way you mean, or in the way some firewall vendors claim they can.
+ Not in the way you mean, or in the way some firewall vendors claim they can.
<application>Privoxy</application> can help protect your privacy, but can't
protect your system from intrusion attempts. It is, of course, perfectly possible
to use <emphasis>both</emphasis>.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="wasted">I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="wasted">
+<title>I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?</title>
<para>
It is technically possible to eliminate banners and ads in a way that frees
- their allocated page space. This could easily be done by blocking with
+ their allocated page space. This could easily be done by blocking with
<application>Privoxy's</application> filters,
and eliminating the <emphasis>entire</emphasis> image references from the
- HTML page source.
+ HTML page source.
</para>
<para>
But, this would consume considerably more CPU resources (IOW, slow things
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="ssl">How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="ssl">
+<title>How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</title>
<para>
Since secure HTTP connections are encrypted SSL sessions between your browser
and the secure site, and are meant to be reliably <emphasis>secure</emphasis>,
As far as ad blocking is concerned, this is less of a restriction than it may
seem, since ad sources are often identifiable by the host name, and often
the banners to be placed in an encrypted page come unencrypted nonetheless
- for efficiency reasons, which exposes them to the full power of
+ for efficiency reasons, which exposes them to the full power of
<application>Privoxy</application>'s ad blocking.
</para>
<para>
<quote>Content cookies</quote> (those that are embedded in the actual HTML or
JS page content, see <literal><ulink
- url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#FILTER-CONTENT-COOKIES">filter{content-cookies}</ulink></literal>),
- in an SSL transaction will be impossible to block under these conditions.
- Fortunately, this does not seem to be a very common scenario since most
+ url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#FILTER-CONTENT-COOKIES">filter{content-cookies}</ulink></literal>),
+ in an SSL transaction will be impossible to block under these conditions.
+ Fortunately, this does not seem to be a very common scenario since most
cookies come by traditional means.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="secure">Privoxy runs as a <quote>server</quote>. How
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="secure">
+<title>Privoxy runs as a <quote>server</quote>. How
secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</title>
<para>
- On Unix-like systems, <application>Privoxy</application> can run as a non-privileged
+ On Unix-like systems, <application>Privoxy</application> can run as a non-privileged
user, which is how we recommend it be run. Also, by default
<application>Privoxy</application> listens to requests from <quote>localhost</quote>
only.
</para>
<para>
- The server aspect of <application>Privoxy</application> is not itself directly
+ The server aspect of <application>Privoxy</application> is not itself directly
exposed to the Internet in this configuration. If you want to have
<application>Privoxy</application> serve as a LAN proxy, this will have to
be opened up to allow for LAN requests. In this case, we'd recommend
- you specify only the LAN gateway address, e.g. 192.168.1.1, in the main
+ you specify only the LAN gateway address, e.g. 192.168.1.1, in the main
<application>Privoxy</application> configuration file and check all <ulink
url="../user-manual/config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL">access control and security
options</ulink>. All LAN hosts can then use this as their proxy address
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="turnoff">
-<title>How can I temporarily disable Privoxy?</title>
+<title>Can I temporarily disable Privoxy?</title>
+<para>
+ &my-app; doesn't have a transparent proxy mode,
+ but you can toggle off blocking and content filtering.
+</para>
<para>
- The easiest way is to access <application>Privoxy</application> with your
-
browser by using the remote toggle URL: <ulink
+ The easiest way to do that is to point your browser
+
to the remote toggle URL: <ulink
url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle">http://config.privoxy.org/toggle</ulink>.
- See the <ulink url="../user-manual/appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS">Bookmarklets section</ulink>
- of the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> for an easy way to access this
- feature.
+</para>
+<para>
+ See the <ulink url="../user-manual/appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS">Bookmarklets section</ulink>
+ of the <citetitle>User Manual</citetitle> for an easy way to access this
+ feature. Note that this is a feature that may need to be enabled in the main
+ <filename>config</filename> file.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="reallyoff">
-<title>When <quote>disabled</quote> is Privoxy totally
+<title>When <quote>disabled</quote> is Privoxy totally
out of the picture?</title>
<para>
No, this just means all optional filtering and actions are disabled.
- <application>Privoxy</application> is still acting as a proxy, but just not
- doing
any of the things that <application>Privoxy</application> would
- normally be expected to do. It is still a <quote>middle-man</quote> in
- the interaction between your browser and web sites. See below to bypass
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is still acting as a proxy, but just
+ doing
less of the things that <application>Privoxy</application> would
+ normally be expected to do. It is still a <quote>middle-man</quote> in
+ the interaction between your browser and web sites. See below to bypass
the proxy.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="crunch">
-<title>My logs show Privoxy <quote>crunches</quote>
+<title>My logs show Privoxy <quote>crunches</quote>
ads, but also its own internal CGI pages. What is a <quote>crunch</quote>?</title>
<para>
- A <quote>crunch</quote> simply means <application>Privoxy</application> intercepted
+ A <quote>crunch</quote> simply means <application>Privoxy</application> intercepted
<emphasis>something</emphasis>, nothing more. Often this is indeed ads or
banners, but <application>Privoxy</application> uses the same mechanism for
trapping requests for its own internal pages. For instance, a request for
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="downloads">
-<title>Can Privoxy effect files that I download
+<title>Can Privoxy affect files that I download
from a webserver? FTP server?</title>
<para>
From the webserver's perspective, there is no difference between
viewing a document (i.e. a page), and downloading a file. The same is true of
<application>Privoxy</application>. If there is a match for a <literal><ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#BLOCK">block</ulink></literal> pattern,
- it will still be blocked, and of course this is obvious.
+ it will still be blocked, and of course this is obvious.
</para>
<para>
Filtering is potentially more of a concern since the results are not always
altered by filtering, will be saved too, for these (probably rare) cases.
</para>
<para>
- Note that versions later than 3.0.2 do NOT filter document types reported as
+ Note that versions later than 3.0.2 do NOT filter document types reported as
<quote>text/plain</quote>. Prior to this, <application>Privoxy</application>
did filter this document type.
</para>
all to the content is to be avoided.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> does not do FTP at all, only HTTP
- and HTTPS (SSL) protocols, so please don't try.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> does not do FTP at all, only HTTP
+ and HTTPS (SSL) protocols.
</para>
</sect2>
<title>Should I continue to use a <quote>HOSTS</quote> file for ad-blocking?</title>
<para>
One time-tested technique to defeat common ads is to trick the local DNS
- system by giving a phony IP address for the ad generator in the local
- <filename>HOSTS</filename> file, typically using <literal>127.0.0.1</literal>, aka
+ system by giving a phony IP address for the ad generator in the local
+ <filename>HOSTS</filename> file, typically using <literal>127.0.0.1</literal>, aka
<literal>localhost</literal>. This effectively blocks the ad.
</para>
<para>
- There is no reason to use this technique in conjunction with
+ There is no reason to use this technique in conjunction with
<application>Privoxy</application>. <application>Privoxy</application>
- does essentially the same thing, much more elegantly and with much more
+ does essentially the same thing, much more elegantly and with much more
flexibility. A large <filename>HOSTS</filename> file, in fact, not only
duplicates effort, but may get in the way and seriously slow down your system.
- It is recommended to remove such entries from your <filename>HOSTS</filename> file. If you think
- your hosts list is neglected by <application>Privoxy's </application>
+ It is recommended to remove such entries from your <filename>HOSTS</filename> file. If you think
+ your hosts list is neglected by <application>Privoxy's </application>
configuration, consider adding your list to your <filename>user.action</filename> file:
</para>
<para>
<!--
<para>
- Please see the
- <ulink url="../user-manual/seealso.html">user-manual</ulink> for
+ Please see the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/seealso.html">user-manual</ulink> for
others references.
</para>
-->
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="microsuck">
-<title>I've noticed that Privoxy changes <quote>Microsoft</quote> to
+<title>I've noticed that Privoxy changes <quote>Microsoft</quote> to
<quote>MicroSuck</quote>! Why are you manipulating my browsing?</title>
<para>
activated the <quote><literal>fun</literal></quote> filter which
is clearly labeled <quote>Text replacements for subversive browsing
fun!</quote> or you are using an older Privoxy version and have implicitly
- activated it by choosing the <quote>Adventuresome</quote> profile in the
- web-based editor. Please upgrade!
+ activated it by choosing the <quote>Advanced</quote> profile in the
+ web-based editor. Please upgrade.
</para>
</sect2>
Privoxy generates HTML in both its own <quote>templates</quote>, and possibly
whenever there are text substitutions via a &my-app; filter. While this
should always conform to the HTML 4.01 specifications, it has not been
- validated against this or any other standard.
+ validated against this or any other standard.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="surprise-privoxy">
+<title>How did you manage to get Privoxy on my computer without my consent?</title>
+
+<para>
+ We didn't. We make Privoxy available for download, but we don't go
+ around installing it on other people's systems behind their back.
+ If you discover Privoxy running on your system and are sure you didn't
+ install it yourself, somebody else did. You may not even be running
+ the real Privoxy, but maybe something else that only pretends to be
+ Privoxy, or maybe something that is based on the real Privoxy,
+ but has been modified.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Lately there have been reports of problems with some kind of
+ "parental control" software based on Privoxy that came preinstalled on
+ certain <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/p/ijbswa/bugs/813/">ASUS Netbooks</ulink>.
+ The problems described are inconsistent with the behaviour of official
+ Privoxy versions, which suggests that the preinstalled software may
+ contain vendor modifications that we don't know about and thus can't debug.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Privoxy's <link linkend="copyright">license</link> allows vendor
+ modifications, but the vendor has to comply with the license,
+ which involves informing the user about the changes and to make
+ the changes available under the same license as Privoxy itself.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If you are having trouble with a modified Privoxy version,
+ please try to talk to whoever made the modifications before
+ reporting the problem to us. Please also try to convince
+ whoever made the modifications to talk to us. If you think
+ somebody gave you a modified Privoxy version without complying
+ to the license, please let us know.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect1 id="trouble">
<title>Troubleshooting</title>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="refused">I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="refused">
+<title>I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting
<quote>connection refused</quote> message with every web page. Why?</title>
<para>
There are several possibilities:
<para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>
-<application>Privoxy</application> is not running. Solution: verify
+<application>Privoxy</application> is not running. Solution: verify
that &my-app; is installed correctly, has not crashed, and is indeed running.
- Look at <application>Privoxy's</application> logs to see what they say.
+ Turn on <application>Privoxy's</application> logging, and look at the logs to see what they say.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Or your browser is configured for a different port than what
<application>Privoxy</application> is using. Solution: verify that &my-app;
configuration and take the forwarders out of the equation.
</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>
- Or you have a firewall that is interfering and blocking you. Solution:
+ Or you have a firewall that is interfering and blocking you. Solution:
try disabling or removing the firewall as a simple test.
</para></listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="flushit">I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="flushit">
+<title>I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</title>
<para>
If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will probably be
applied. Try pasting the full URL of the offending ad into <ulink
url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info">http://config.privoxy.org/show-url-info</ulink>
and see if it really matches your new rule. Blocking ads is like blocking
- spam: a lot of tinkering is required to stay ahead of the game. And
- remember you need to block the URL of the ad in question, which may be
+ spam: a lot of tinkering is required to stay ahead of the game. And
+ remember you need to block the URL of the ad in question, which may be
entirely different from the site URL itself. Most ads are hosted on different
servers than the main site itself. If you right-click on the ad, you should
- be able to get all the relevant information you need. Alternately, you can
- find the correct URL by looking at <application>Privoxy's</application> logs.
+ be able to get all the relevant information you need. Alternately, you can
+ find the correct URL by looking at <application>Privoxy's</application> logs
+ (you may need to enable logging in the main config file if its disabled).
</para>
<para>
- Below is a slightly modified real-life log snippet that originates with one
+ Below is a slightly modified real-life log snippet that originates with one
requested URL: <literal>www.example.com</literal> (name of site was changed
for this example, the number of requests is real). You can see in this the
complexity of what goes into making up this one <quote>page</quote>. There
content is obviously <quote>good</quote> or <quote>bad</quote>, but not all.
Many of the more questionable looking requests, are going to outside domains
that seem to be identifying themselves with suspicious looking names, making
- our job a little easier. &my-app; has <quote>crunched</quote> (meaning caught
- and BLOCKED) quite a few items in this example, but perhaps missed a few as well.
+ our job a little easier. &my-app; has <quote>crunched</quote> (meaning caught
+ and BLOCKED) quite a few items in this example, but perhaps missed a few as well.
</para>
<para>
<screen>
Request: example.betamarker.com/example.html
Request: www.lik-sang.com/Banners/bestsellers/skyscraper.php?likref=BSellers
Request: img.example.com/pb.png
-Request: www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js crunch!
-Request: www.advertising-department.com/ats/switch.ps.php?26856 crunch!
+Request: www.google-analytics.com/urchin.js crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.advertising-department.com/ats/switch.ps.php?26856 crunch! (Blocked)
Request: img.example.com/p.gif
-Request: www.popuptraffic.com/assign.php?l=example&mode=behind crunch!
-Request: www.popuptraffic.com/scripts/popup.php?hid=5c3cf&tmpl=PBa.tmpl crunch!
-Request: www.popuptraffic.com/assign.php?l=example crunch!
+Request: www.popuptraffic.com/assign.php?l=example&mode=behind crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.popuptraffic.com/scripts/popup.php?hid=5c3cf&tmpl=PBa.tmpl crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.popuptraffic.com/assign.php?l=example crunch! (Blocked)
Request: www.lik-sang.com/Banners/best_sellers/best_sellers.css
-Request: www.adtrak.net/adx.js crunch!
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adx.js crunch! (Blocked)
Request: img.example.com/hbg.gif
Request: img.example.com/example.jpg
Request: img.example.com/mt.png
Request: img.example.com/mm.png
Request: img.example.com/mb.png
-Request: www.popuptraffic.com/scripts/popup.php?hid=a71b91fa5&tmpl=Ua.tmp crunch!
+Request: www.popuptraffic.com/scripts/popup.php?hid=a71b91fa5&tmpl=Ua.tmp crunch! (Blocked)
Request: www.example.com/tracker.js
Request: www.lik-sang.com/Banners/best_sellers/lsi_head.gif
-Request: www.adtrak.net/adjs.php?n=020548130&what=zone:61 crunch!
-Request: www.adtrak.net/adjs.php?n=463594413&what=zone:58&source=Ua crunch!
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adjs.php?n=020548130&what=zone:61 crunch! (Blocked)
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adjs.php?n=463594413&what=zone:58&source=Ua crunch! (Blocked)
Request: www.lik-sang.com/Banners/best_sellers/bottomani.swf
-Request: mmm.elitemediagroup.net/install.php?allowpop=no&popupmincook=0&allowsp2=1 crunch!
+Request: mmm.elitemediagroup.net/install.php?allowpop=no&popupmincook=0&allowsp2=1 crunch! (Blocked)
Request: www.example.com/tracker.js?screen=1400x1050&win=962x693
-Request: www.adtrak.net/adlog.php?bannerid=1309&clientid=439&zoneid=61 crunch!
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adlog.php?bannerid=1309&clientid=439&zoneid=61 crunch! (Blocked)
Request: 66.70.21.80/scripts/click.php?hid=5c3cf599a9efd0320d26&si
Request: 66.70.21.80/img/pixel.gif
-Request: www.adtrak.net/adlog.php?bannerid=1309&clientid=439&zoneid=58&source=Ua&block=86400 crunch!
+Request: www.adtrak.net/adlog.php?bannerid=1309&clientid=439&zoneid=58&source=Ua&block=86400 crunch! (Blocked)
Request: 66.70.21.80/scripts/click.php?hid=a71b9f6504b0c5681fa5&si=Ua
]]>
</screen>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="badsite" renderas="sect3">
-<title >One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy.
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="badsite">
+<title>One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy.
What can I do?</title>
<para>
- First verify that it is indeed a <application>Privoxy</application> problem,
+ First verify that it is indeed a <application>Privoxy</application> problem,
by toggling off <application>Privoxy</application> through <ulink
- url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle">http://config.privoxy.org/toggle</ulink>,
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/toggle">http://config.privoxy.org/toggle</ulink>
+ (the toggle feature may need to be enabled in the main
+ <filename>config</filename>),
and then shift-reloading the problem page (i.e. holding down the shift key
while clicking reload. Alternatively, flush your browser's disk and memory
caches).
and paste the full URL of the page in question into the prompt. See which
actions are being applied to the URL, and which matches in which actions
files are responsible for that. It might be helpful also to look at your logs
- for this site too, to see what else might be happening. Many sites are
+ for this site too, to see what else might be happening (note: logging may need
+ to be enabled in the main config file). Many sites are
complex and require a number of related pages to help present their content.
Look at what else might be used by the page in question, and what of that
might be <emphasis>required</emphasis>.
on again. Remember to flush your browser's caches in between any such changes!
</para>
<para>
- Alternately, if you are comfortable with a text editor, you can accomplish
- the same thing by editing the appropriate actions file. Probably the easiest
+ Alternately, if you are comfortable with a text editor, you can accomplish
+ the same thing by editing the appropriate actions file. Probably the easiest
way to deal with such problems when editing by hand is to add your
site to a <literal>{ fragile }</literal> section in <filename>user.action</filename>,
which is an alias that turns off most <quote>dangerous</quote>
actions, but is also likely to turn off more actions then needed, and thus lower
- your privacy and protection more than necessary,
+ your privacy and protection more than necessary,
</para>
<para>
Troubleshooting actions is discussed in more detail in the <ulink
with general configuration information and examples.
</para>
<para>
- As a last resort, you can always see if your browser has a setting that will
+ As a last resort, you can always see if your browser has a setting that will
bypass the proxy setting for selective sites. Modern browsers can do this.
</para>
every time I start IE. What gives?</title>
<para>
- This is a quirk that effects the installation of
+ This is a quirk that affects the installation of
<application>Privoxy</application>, in conjunction with Internet Explorer and
Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The symptoms may
appear to be corrupted or invalid DUN settings, or passwords.
set-up DUN connection and each LAN connection in IE store the settings for
each user individually. As such this enforces individual configurations
rather than common ones. Hence the first time you use a DUN connection after
- re-booting your system it may not perform as you expect, and prompt you for
+ re-booting your system it may not perform as you expect, and prompt you for
the password. Just set and save the password again and all should be OK.
</para>
<title>I cannot connect to any FTP sites. Privoxy
is blocking me.</title>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> cannot act as a proxy for FTP traffic,
+ <application>Privoxy</application> cannot act as a proxy for FTP traffic,
so do not configure your browser to use <application>Privoxy</application>
as an FTP proxy. The same is true for <emphasis>any protocol other than HTTP
- or HTTPS (SSL)</emphasis>.
+ or HTTPS (SSL)</emphasis>.
</para>
<para>
Most browsers understand FTP as well as HTTP. If you connect to a site, with
a URL like <literal>ftp://ftp.example.com</literal>, your browser is making
- an FTP connection, and not a HTTP connection. So while your browser may
- speak FTP, <application>Privoxy</application> does not, and cannot proxy
+ an FTP connection, and not a HTTP connection. So while your browser may
+ speak FTP, <application>Privoxy</application> does not, and cannot proxy
such traffic.
</para>
<para>
accidentally enable FTP proxying in these cases. And of course, if this
happens, <application>Privoxy</application> will indeed cause problems since
it does not know FTP. <![%p-newstuff;[Newer version will give a sane error
- message if a FTP connection is attempted.]]> Just disable the FTP setting
+ message if a FTP connection is attempted.]]> Just disable the FTP setting
and all will be well again.
</para>
<para>
</sect2>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 id="osxie" renderas="sect3">
-<title>In Mac OSX, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
+<sect2 id="macosxie" renderas="sect3">
+<title>In Mac OS X, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
Privoxy as the HTTP proxy.</title>
<para>
Microsoft Internet Explorer (in versions like 5.1) respects system-wide
network settings. In order to change the HTTP proxy, open System
Preferences, and click on the Network icon. In the settings pane that
- comes up, click on the Proxies tab. Ensure the "Web Proxy (HTTP)" checkbox
- is checked and enter <literal>127.0.0.1</literal> in the entry field.
+ comes up, click on the Proxies tab. Ensure the "Web Proxy (HTTP)" checkbox
+ is checked and enter <literal>127.0.0.1</literal> in the entry field.
Enter <literal>8118</literal> in the Port field. The next time you start
IE, it should reflect these values.
</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="osxuninstall">
-<title>In Mac OSX, 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
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="macosxuninstall">
+<title>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
empty the trash.</title>
+ <para>
+ Note: This ONLY applies to privoxy 3.0.6 and earlier.
+ </para>
<para>
Just dragging the <application>Privoxy</application> folder to the trash is
- not enough to delete it.
<application>Privoxy</application> supplies an
+ not enough to delete it. <application>Privoxy</application> supplies an
<application>uninstall.command</application> file that takes care of
- these details.
Open the trash, drag the <application>uninstall.command</application>
- file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
+ these details. Open the trash, drag the <application>uninstall.command</application>
+ file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
confirmation and the administration password.
- </para>
+ </para>
<para>
- The trash may still appear full after this command; emptying the trash
+ The trash may still appear full after this command; emptying the trash
from the desktop should make it appear empty again.
</para>
</sect2>
-
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="osximages">
-<title>In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="macosximages">
+<title>In Mac OS X Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
experience random delays in page loading. I'm using
<literal>localhost</literal> as my browser's proxy setting.</title>
<para>
- We believe this is due to an IPv6-related bug in OSX, but don't fully
- understand the issue yet. In any case, changing the proxy setting to
+ We believe this is due to an IPv6-related bug in Mac OS X, but don't fully
+ understand the issue yet. In any case, changing the proxy setting to
<literal>127.0.0.1</literal> instead of <literal>localhost</literal>
works around the problem.
</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="macosxaccountdeletion">
+<title>I just upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and now &my-app; has stopped
+ working.</title>
+ <para>
+ The upgrade process to Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) from an earlier version of OS
+ X deletes all user accounts that are either not part of OS X itself or are
+ not interactive user accounts (ones you log in with). Since, for the sake of
+ security, &my-app; runs as a non-privileged user that is created by its
+ installer (_privoxy), it can no longer start up once that account gets deleted.
+ The solution is to perform a complete uninstall using the supplied
+ <application>uninstall.command</application> script (either back up your
+ configuration files or select to not have the uninstaller remove them when it
+ prompts you) and then reinstall &my-app; using the installer package and merge
+ in your configuration.
+ </para>
+</sect2>
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<!-- XXX: Is this still relevant now that we have gzip support? -->
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blankpage">
<title>I get a completely blank page at one site. <quote>View Source</quote>
shows only: <markup><![CDATA[<html><body></body></html>]]></markup>. Without
<filename>user.action</filename>:
</para>
<screen>
- # Make exceptions for ill-behaved sites:
- #
- {-prevent-compression}
+ # Make exceptions for ill-behaved sites:
+ #
+ {-prevent-compression}
.example.com</screen>
<para>
If that works, you may also want to report the problem to the
its running on from the IP address of the system interface it is bound to
(from the <filename>config</filename> file
<emphasis>listen-address</emphasis> setting). If the system cannot supply
- this information, <application>Privoxy</application> logs this condition.
+ this information, <application>Privoxy</application> logs this condition.
</para>
<para>
Typically, this would be considered a minor system configuration error. It is
some platforms due to DNS timeouts.
</para>
<para>
- This can be caused by a problem with the local <filename>HOSTS</filename>
+ This can be caused by a problem with the local <filename>hosts</filename>
file. If this file has been changed from the original, try reverting it to
see if that helps. Make sure whatever name(s) are used for the local system,
that they resolve both ways.
</para>
+<para>
+ You should also be able to work around the problem with the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/config.html#HOSTNAME">hostname option</ulink>.
+</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="inuse">
-<title>When I try to launch Privoxy, I get an
+<title>When I try to launch Privoxy, I get an
error message <quote>port 8118 is already in use</quote> (or similar wording).
Why?</title>
<para>
- Port 8118 is <application>Privoxy's</application> default TCP
+ Port 8118 is <application>Privoxy's</application> default TCP
<quote>listening</quote> port. Typically this message would mean that there
is already one instance of <application>Privoxy</application> running, and
your system is actually trying to start a second
Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.
</title>
<para>
- This is caused by the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter. You should either
- upgrade <application>Privoxy</application>, or at least upgrade to the most
- recent <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>.
- Or you can simply disable the demoronizer filter.
+ This may be the result of an overly aggressive filter. The filters that
+ are enabled in the default configuration aren't expected to cause problems
+ like this. If you enabled the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter, please
+ try temporarily disabling it.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If that doesn't help, temporarily disable all filters to see if another
+ filter could be the culprit. If the problem disappears, enable the filters
+ one by one, until the problem reappears and the offending filter is found.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Once the problem-causing filter is known, it can be fixed or disabled.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Upgrading <application>Privoxy</application>, or going to the most recent
+ <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>
+ might be worth a try, too.
</para>
</sect2>
is used?
</title>
<para>
- This may also be caused by the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter,
- in conjunction with a web server that is misreporting the content type. Binary
- files are exempted from <application>Privoxy's</application> filtering
- (unless the web server by mistake says the file is something else). Either
- upgrade <application>Privoxy</application>, or go to the most recent
- <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>.
+ This may also be caused by an (<link linkend="DEMORONIZER">overly aggressive
+ filter</link> in conjunction with a web server that is misreporting the content
+ type. By default binary files are exempted from
+ <application>Privoxy's</application> filtering
+ (unless the web server by mistake says the file is something else).
</para>
</sect2>
What is the <quote>demoronizer</quote> and why is it there?
</title>
<para>
- The original demoronizer was a Perl script that cleaned up HTML pages which
- were created with certain Microsoft products. MS has used proprietary extensions
+ The original demoronizer was a Perl script that cleaned up HTML pages which
+ were created with certain Microsoft products. MS has used proprietary extensions
to standardized font encodings (ISO 8859-1), which has caused problems for pages
that are viewed with non-Microsoft products (and are expecting to see a
standard set of fonts). The demoronizer corrected these errors so the pages
displayed correctly. <application>Privoxy</application> borrowed from this
script, introducing a filter based on the original demoronizer, which in turn could
- correct these errors on the fly.
+ correct these errors on the fly.
</para>
<para>
- But this is only needed in some situations, and will cause serious problems in some
+ But this is only needed in some situations, and will cause serious problems in some
other situations.
</para>
<para>
- If you are using Microsoft products, you do not need it. If you need to view
- pages with UTF-8 characters (such as Cyrillic or Chinese), then it will
+ If you are using Microsoft products, you do not need it. If you need to view
+ pages with UTF-8 characters (such as Cyrillic or Chinese), then it will
cause corruption of the fonts, and thus <emphasis>should not be on</emphasis>.
</para>
<para>
- On the other hand, if you use non-Microsoft products, and you occasionally
- notice wierd characters on pages, you might want to try it.
+ On the other hand, if you use non-Microsoft products, and you occasionally
+ notice weird characters on pages, you might want to try it.
</para>
</sect2>
Why do I keep seeing <quote>PrivoxyWindowOpen()</quote> in raw source code?
</title>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is attempting to disable malicious
- <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is attempting to disable malicious
+ <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink>
in this case, with the <literal>unsolicited-popups</literal>
- filter. <application>Privoxy</application> cannot tell very well
+ filter. <application>Privoxy</application> cannot tell very well
<quote>good</quote> code snippets from <quote>bad</quote> code snippets.
</para>
<para>
- If you see this in HTML source, and the page displays without problems, then
- this is good, and likely some pop-up window was disabled. If you see this
- where it is causing a problem, such as a downloaded program source code file,
+ If you see this in HTML source, and the page displays without problems, then
+ this is good, and likely some pop-up window was disabled. If you see this
+ where it is causing a problem, such as a downloaded program source code file,
then you should set an exception for this site or page such that the
integrity of the page stays in tact by disabling all filtering.
</para>
is done by the underlying operating system -- not
<application>Privoxy</application> itself. <application>Privoxy</application>
merely initiates the process and hands it off, and then later reports
- whatever the outcome was. And tries to give a coherent message if there seems
+ whatever the outcome was and tries to give a coherent message if there seems
to be a problem. In some cases, this might otherwise be mitigated by the
browser itself which might try some work-arounds and alternate approaches (e.g
- adding <quote>www.</quote> to the URL). In other cases, if
- <application>Privoxy</application> is being chained with another proxy, this
- could complicate the issue, and cause undue
+ adding <quote>www.</quote> to the URL).
+</para>
+<para>
+ In other cases, if <application>Privoxy</application> is being chained
+ with another proxy, this could complicate the issue, and cause undue
delays and timeouts. In the case of a <quote>socks4a</quote> proxy, the socks
server handles all the DNS. <application>Privoxy</application> would just be
the <quote>messenger</quote> which is reporting whatever problem occurred
</para>
<![%p-newstuff;[
<para>
- In any case, newer versions include various improvements to help
+ In any case, versions newer than 3.0.3 include various improvements to help
<application>Privoxy</application> better handle these cases.
</para>]]>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="allcpu">
<title>
- At one site Privoxy just hangs, and starts taking
+ At one site Privoxy just hangs, and starts taking
all CPU. Why is this?
</title>
<para>
This is probably a manifestation of the <quote>100% cpu</quote> problem that
- occurs on pages containing many (thousands upon thousands) of blank lines. The blank lines
- are in the raw HTML source of the page, and the browser just ignores them. But the
+ occurs on pages containing many (thousands upon thousands) of blank lines. The blank lines
+ are in the raw HTML source of the page, and the browser just ignores them. But the
pattern matching in <application>Privoxy's</application> page filtering
mechanism is trying to match against absurdly long strings and this becomes
- very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete. Until a better
- solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages, particularly the
- <literal>js-annoyances</literal> and <literal>unsolicited-popups</literal>
- filters.
+ very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Until a better solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages,
+ particularly the <literal>js-annoyances</literal> and
+ <literal>unsolicited-popups</literal> filters. If you run into this problem
+ with a recent &my-app; version, please send a problem report.
</para>
</sect2>
it does not happen. I would suspect some inadvertent interaction of software
components such as anti-virus software, spyware protectors, personal
firewalls or similar components. Try disabling (or uninstalling) these one
- at a time and see if that helps.
+ at a time and see if that helps. Either way, if you are using a
+ recent &my-app; version, please report the problem.
</para>
</sect2>
<ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION">prevent-compression</ulink>.
</para>
+<para>
+ As of &my-app; 3.0.9, zlib support is enabled in the default builds.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="ssl-warnings">
+<title>On some HTTPS sites my browser warns me about unauthenticated content,
+ the URL bar doesn't get highlighted and the lock symbol appears to be broken.
+ What's going on?</title>
+<para>
+ Probably the browser is requesting ads through HTTPS and &my-app;
+ is blocking the requests. Privoxy's error messages are delivered
+ unencrypted and while it's obvious for the browser that the HTTPS
+ request is already blocked by the proxy, some warn about unauthenticated
+ content anyway.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To work around the problem you can redirect those requests to an invalid
+ local address instead of blocking them. While the redirects aren't
+ encrypted either, many browsers don't care. They simply follow the
+ redirect, fail to reach a server and display an error message instead
+ of the ad.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To do that, enable logging to figure out which requests get blocked by
+ &my-app; and add the hosts (no path patterns) to a section like this:
+</para>
+<para>
+<screen>
+<![CDATA[
+{+redirect{http://127.0.0.1:0/} -block -limit-connect}
+.ivwbox.de:443/
+]]>
+</screen>
+</para>
+<para>
+ Additionally you have to configure your browser to contact
+ <quote>127.0.0.1:0</quote> directly (instead of through &my-app;).
+</para>
+<para>
+ To add a proxy exception in <application>Mozilla Firefox</application>
+ open the <quote>Preferences</quote>, click the <quote>Settings</quote>
+ button located on the <quote>Network</quote> tab in the <quote>Advanced</quote>
+ section, and add <quote>127.0.0.1:0</quote> in the <quote>No Proxy for:</quote>
+ field.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="se-linux">
+<title>I get selinux error messages. How can I fix this?</title>
+<para>
+ Please report the problem to the creator of your selinux policies.
+</para>
+<para>
+ The problem is that some selinux policy writers aren't familiar
+ with the application they are trying to <quote>secure</quote> and
+ thus create policies that make no sense.
+</para>
+<para>
+ In <application>Privoxy's</application> case the problem usually
+ is that the policy only allows outgoing connections for certain
+ destination ports (e.g. 80 and 443). While this may cover the
+ standard ports, websites occasionally use other ports as well.
+ This isn't a security problem and therefore <application>Privoxy's</application>
+ default configuration doesn't block these requests.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If you really want to block these ports (and don't be able
+ to load websites that don't use standard ports), you should
+ configure Privoxy to block these ports as well, so it doesn't
+ trigger the selinux warnings.
+</para>
</sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="gentoo-ricers">
+<title>I compiled &my-app; with Gentoo's portage and it appears to be very slow. Why?</title>
+<para>
+ Probably you unintentionally compiled &my-app; without threading support
+ in which case requests have to be serialized and only one can be served
+ at the same time.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Check your <quote>USE</quote> flags and make sure they include
+ <quote>threads</quote>. If they don't, add the flag and rebuild &my-app;.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If you compiled &my-app; with threading support (on POSIX-based systems),
+ the <quote>Conditional #defines</quote> section on <ulink
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</ulink>
+ will list <quote>FEATURE_PTHREAD</quote> as <quote>enabled</quote>.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="tainted-sockets">
+<title>What are tainted sockets and how do I prevent them?</title>
+<para>
+ &my-app; marks sockets as tainted when it can't use them to
+ serve additional requests.
+ This does not necessarily mean that something went wrong and
+ information about tainted sockets is only logged if connection
+ debugging is enabled (debug 2).
+</para>
+<para>
+ For example server sockets that were used for CONNECT requests
+ (which are used to tunnel https:// requests) are considered tainted
+ once the client closed its connection to &my-app;.
+ Technically &my-app; could keep the connection to the server open,
+ but the server would not accept requests that do not belong to the
+ previous TLS/SSL session (and the client may even have terminated
+ the session).
+</para>
+<para>
+ Server sockets are also marked tainted when a client requests a
+ resource, but closes the connection before &my-app; has completely
+ received (and forwarded) the resource to the client.
+ In this case the server would (probably) accept additional requests,
+ but &my-app; could not get the response without completely reading
+ the leftovers from the previous response.
+</para>
+<para>
+ These are just two examples, there are currently a bit more than
+ 25 scenarios in which a socket is considered tainted.
+</para>
+<para>
+ While sockets can also be marked tainted as a result of a technical
+ problem that may be worth fixing, the problem will be explicitly
+ logged as error.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
</sect1>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
&contacting;
<!-- end contacting -->
</sect1>
-
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="copyright"><title>Privoxy Copyright, License and History</title>
<!-- Include copyright.sgml -->
©right;
<!-- end -->
-
+
<para>
Portions of this document are <quote>borrowed</quote> from the original
- <application>Junkbuster</application> (tm) FAQ, and modified as
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> (tm) FAQ, and modified as
appropriate for <application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
</sect1>
<!-- ~ End section ~ -->
-
-
+
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<!--
<sect1 id="seealso"><title>See also</title>
</sect1>
-->
-<!-- hhmts end -->
<!--
- Tue 09/11/01 06:38:14 PM EST: Test SGML doc by Hal Burgiss.
-
- This program is free software; you can redistribute it
+ 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
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.,
+ or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
-
-$Log: faq.sgml,v $
-Revision 2.26 2007/08/05 15:37:55 fabiankeil
-- Don't claim that thousands of people read our code.
-- Specify the GPL version and link to GPLv2 instead of v3.
-- Note that configuration syntax may change between releases.
-- Mention zlib support.
-- Answer the "transparent proxy" question properly.
-- Add "intercepting proxy" entry.
-- Mention Polipo.
-- Rephrase some other sentences for various reasons.
-
-Revision 2.25 2007/07/18 11:00:34 hal9
-Add misc note about valid mark-up in Privoxy.
-
-Revision 2.24 2006/11/14 01:57:46 hal9
-Dump all docs prior to 3.0.6 release. Various minor changes to faq and user
-manual.
-
-Revision 2.23 2006/10/21 22:19:52 hal9
-Two new FAQs, a rewrite or two, and some touch ups.
-
-Revision 2.22 2006/10/14 20:33:10 hal9
-Three new FAQ's re: templates and blocking, and various minor touch-ups/improvements.
-
-Revision 2.21 2006/10/03 14:40:51 fabiankeil
-Added links from the Tor faq to the
-configuration chapter in the User Manual.
-
-Revision 2.20 2006/09/26 10:12:37 fabiankeil
-Spelling fix.
-
-Revision 2.19 2006/09/22 10:54:32 hal9
-Change references to 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 and minor adjustments.
-
-Revision 2.18 2006/09/22 01:27:55 hal9
-Final commit of probably various minor changes here and there. Unless
-something changes this should be ready for pending release.
-
-Revision 2.17 2006/09/17 14:56:32 hal9
-This includes yet several more new FAQs, some improved wording, enhanced
-mark-up, various hyper links to wikipedia to explain key terminology to the
-uninitiated, etc. This is ready for release IMO pending final tagging of cvs
-and Privoxy version stamping.
-
-Revision 2.16 2006/09/10 15:30:46 hal9
-Spell check.
-
-Revision 2.15 2006/09/08 23:05:07 hal9
-Fix broken links. Add faq on hosts files. Move most of new windows service
-feature to user manual and reference in faq. Various other small changes.
-
-Revision 2.14 2006/09/05 13:25:12 david__schmidt
-Add Windows service invocation stuff (duplicated) in FAQ and in user manual under Windows startup. One probably ought to reference the other.
-
-Revision 2.13 2006/09/04 19:20:33 fabiankeil
-Adjusted anonymity related sections to match reality.
-Added a section about using Privoxy with Tor.
-
-Revision 2.12 2006/09/03 14:15:30 hal9
-Various updates, including 7 or 8 new FAQs, and updates/changes to various
-other ones to better reflect improvements, additions and changes for the
-upcoming release. This is close to final form for 3.0.4 IMHO.
-
-Revision 2.11 2006/07/18 14:48:50 david__schmidt
-Reorganizing the repository: swapping out what was HEAD (the old 3.1 branch)
-with what was really the latest development (the v_3_0_branch branch)
-
-Revision 1.61.2.41 2004/04/05 13:44:05 oes
-Fixed allow-all-cookies alias name; closes SR #929746
-
-Revision 1.61.2.40 2004/01/30 17:00:33 oes
-Added OSX Panther problem
-
-Revision 1.61.2.39 2004/01/29 22:53:08 hal9
-Minor changes for exempting docs of text/plain. Change copyright date.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.38 2003/12/10 03:39:45 hal9
-Added FAQs for: demoronizer, related problems and why its included. Also,
-port 8118 already in use questions, and PrivoxyWindowOpen() questions. All in
-troubleshooting section.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.37 2003/10/17 11:01:50 oes
-Added Q&A for "not being used" page problem
-
-Revision 1.61.2.36 2003/06/26 23:49:20 hal9
-More on the filter/source code problem.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.35 2003/06/26 13:38:08 hal9
-Add FAQ on whether configuring Privoxy is necessary or not.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.34 2003/06/26 03:00:03 hal9
-Sorry, found another copyright date.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.33 2003/06/26 02:57:05 hal9
-Fix typo (finally!) and very minor modifications.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.32 2003/06/26 02:52:04 hal9
-Test, no changes.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.31 2003/06/25 01:27:51 hal9
-Fix copyright, and a few nits.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.30 2003/06/25 01:13:52 hal9
-Add:
-
- - FAQ on "Unable to get my own hostname"
- - Another one on filtering effects on text files.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.29 2003/06/15 21:32:58 hal9
-Add to the 4.17 (filtering effects on downloaded files).
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-Revision 1.61.2.28 2003/03/18 19:37:21 oes
-s/Advanced|Radical/Adventuresome/g to avoid complaints re fun filter
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-Revision 1.61.2.27 2002/12/01 06:31:58 hal9
-Add faq on win32 error 503 due to ZoneAlarm.
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-Revision 1.61.2.26 2002/11/17 06:41:06 hal9
-Move default profiles table from FAQ to U-M, and other minor related changes.
-Add faq on cookies.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.25 2002/10/29 03:21:50 hal9
-Add 3 Q/A's relating to HTML in email. Other minor touchups.
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-Revision 1.61.2.24 2002/10/15 12:50:22 oes
-s/Advanced/Radical/ (stupid me)
-
-Revision 1.61.2.23 2002/10/15 12:38:56 oes
-Added Microsuck faq; more detail for PHP problem
-
-Revision 1.61.2.22 2002/10/12 01:13:13 hal9
-Updates for demoronizer, more commentary on Radical profile, and update on
-the srvany.exe/icon fix.
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-Revision 1.61.2.21 2002/10/10 04:09:35 hal9
-s/Advanced/Radical/ and added very brief note.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.20 2002/09/26 01:22:45 hal9
-Small additions for LAN setup, content-cookies/SSL, and FTP non-support.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.19 2002/08/25 23:31:56 hal9
-Fix one grammatical error. Add brief FAQ relating to tranparent proxies (ie
-port 80 setting). Add FAQ on effects of Privoxy on downloaded files
-(especially filtering).
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-Revision 1.61.2.18 2002/08/14 16:39:37 hal9
-Fix wrong tag on FAQ addition.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.17 2002/08/14 00:01:18 hal9
-Add a crunch FAQ.
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-Revision 1.61.2.16 2002/08/13 00:10:38 hal9
-Add faq to troubleshooting re: blank page syndrome, ie {-prevent-compression}.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.15 2002/08/10 11:34:22 oes
-Add disclaimer about probably being out-of-date
-
-Revision 1.61.2.14 2002/08/07 02:53:43 hal9
-Fix some minor markup errors, and move one OSX Q/A to troubleshooting section.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.13 2002/08/06 11:55:32 oes
-Added missing close tag
-
-Revision 1.61.2.12 2002/08/06 11:43:46 david__schmidt
-Updated OSX uninstall FAQ... we have an uninstall script now.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.11 2002/08/06 08:54:03 oes
-Style police: Fixed formatting details
-
-Revision 1.61.2.10 2002/08/02 14:00:25 david__schmidt
-Made the OSX removal commands far less dangerous
-
-Revision 1.61.2.9 2002/08/02 13:14:45 oes
-Added warning about sudo rm -r for Mac OSX deinstallation; moved this item to install section
-
-Revision 1.61.2.8 2002/08/02 02:01:42 david__schmidt
-Add FAQ item for MSIE on OSX HTTP proxy confusion
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-Revision 1.61.2.7 2002/08/02 01:46:01 david__schmidt
-Added FAQ item for Mac OSX uninstall woes
-
-Revision 1.61.2.6 2002/07/30 20:04:56 hal9
-Fix typo: 'schould'.
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-Revision 1.61.2.5 2002/07/26 15:22:58 oes
-- Updated to reflect changes in standard.action
-- Added info on where to get updated actions files
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-Revision 1.61.2.4 2002/07/25 21:42:29 hal9
-Add brief notes on not proxying non-HTTP protocols.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.3 2002/06/09 16:36:33 hal9
-Clarifications on filtering and MIME. Hardcode 'latest release' in index.html.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.2 2002/06/06 02:51:34 hal9
-Fix typo in URL http:/config.privoxy.org
-
-Revision 1.61.2.1 2002/06/05 23:10:43 hal9
-Add new FAQ re: DUN/IE. Change release date from May to June :)
-
-Revision 1.61 2002/05/25 12:37:25 hal9
-Various minor changes and edits.
-
-Revision 1.60 2002/05/22 17:17:48 oes
-Proofread & added more links into u-m
-
-Revision 1.59 2002/05/15 04:03:30 hal9
-Fix ulink -> link markup.
-
-Revision 1.58 2002/05/10 01:48:20 hal9
-This is mostly proposed copyright/licensing additions and changes. Docs
-are still GPL, but licensing and copyright are more visible. Also, copyright
-changed in doc header comments (eliminate references to JB except FAQ).
-
-Revision 1.57 2002/05/05 20:26:02 hal9
-Sorting out license vs copyright in these docs.
-
-Revision 1.56 2002/05/04 08:44:44 swa
-bumped version
-
-Revision 1.55 2002/05/04 00:41:56 hal9
--Remove TOC/first page kludge in favor of proper handling via dsl file.
-
-Revision 1.54 2002/05/03 05:06:44 hal9
-Add brief Q/A on transparent proxies.
-
-Revision 1.53 2002/05/03 01:34:52 hal9
-Fix section numbering for new sections (due to TOC kludge).
-
-Revision 1.52 2002/04/29 03:08:43 hal9
--Added new Q/A on new actions file set up (pointer to u-m)
--Fixed a few broken links and converted old actions as a result of
- recent changes.
-
-Revision 1.51 2002/04/26 17:24:31 swa
-bookmarks cleaned, changed structure of user manual, screen and programlisting cleanups, and numerous other changes that I forgot
-
-Revision 1.50 2002/04/26 05:25:23 hal9
-Mass commit to catch a few scattered fixes.
-
-Revision 1.49 2002/04/12 10:10:18 swa
-version update
-
-Revision 1.48 2002/04/10 18:45:15 swa
-generated
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-Revision 1.47 2002/04/10 04:05:32 hal9
-More on BML, etc.
-
-Revision 1.45 2002/04/08 22:59:26 hal9
-Version update. Spell chkconfig correctly :)
-
-Revision 1.44 2002/04/07 21:24:29 hal9
-Touch up on name change.
-
-Revision 1.43 2002/04/04 21:59:53 hal9
-Added NT/W2K service/icon situation.
-
-Revision 1.42 2002/04/04 18:46:47 swa
-consistent look. reuse of copyright, history et. al.
-
-Revision 1.41 2002/04/04 06:48:37 hal9
-Structural changes to allow for conditional inclusion/exclusion of content
-based on entity toggles, e.g. 'entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE"'. And
-definition of internal entities, e.g. 'entity p-version "2.9.13"' that will
-eventually be set by Makefile.
-More boilerplate text for use across multiple docs.
-
-Revision 1.40 2002/04/03 04:22:03 hal9
-Fixed several typos.
-
-Revision 1.39 2002/04/03 03:53:03 hal9
-Revert some changes, and then make some news, to layout, and appearance.
-
-Revision 1.38 2002/04/02 03:49:10 hal9
-Major changes to doc structure and layout. Sections are not automatically
-numbered now. TOC is on page by itself.
-
-Revision 1.37 2002/04/01 16:24:07 hal9
--Rework of supported Q/A.
--Set up entities to include boilerplate text.
-
-Revision 1.36 2002/03/31 23:18:47 hal9
-More on dealing with BLOCKED.
-
-Revision 1.35 2002/03/30 04:14:19 hal9
-Fix privoxy.org/config links.
-
-Revision 1.34 2002/03/29 04:35:56 hal9
-Touch ups.
-
-Revision 1.33 2002/03/29 01:31:48 hal9
-Several new Q/A's and other touch ups.
-
-Revision 1.32 2002/03/27 00:57:03 hal9
-Touch ups for name change.
-
-Revision 1.31 2002/03/26 22:29:55 swa
-we have a new homepage!
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-Revision 1.30 2002/03/25 16:39:22 hal9
-A few new sections. Made all links relative to user-manual.
-
-Revision 1.29 2002/03/25 05:23:57 hal9
-Moved section, and touch ups.
-
-Revision 1.28 2002/03/25 04:27:33 hal9
-New section related to name change.
-
-Revision 1.25 2002/03/24 16:08:08 swa
-we are too lazy to make a block-built
-privoxy logo. hence removed the option.
-
-Revision 1.24 2002/03/24 15:46:20 swa
-name change related issue.
-
-Revision 1.23 2002/03/24 12:33:01 swa
-more additions.
-
-Revision 1.22 2002/03/24 11:51:00 swa
-name change. changed filenames.
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-Revision 1.21 2002/03/24 11:01:06 swa
-name change
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-Revision 1.20 2002/03/23 15:13:11 swa
-renamed every reference to the old name with foobar.
-fixed "application foobar application" tag, fixed
-"the foobar" with "foobar". left junkbustser in cvs
-comments and remarks to history untouched.
-
-Revision 1.19 2002/03/21 17:01:54 hal9
-Some touch ups.
-
-Revision 1.18 2002/03/18 16:40:31 hal9
-More additions.
-
-Revision 1.17 2002/03/18 03:53:53 hal9
-Some new additions.
-
-Revision 1.16 2002/03/17 21:32:56 hal9
-A few more additions.
-
-Revision 1.15 2002/03/17 07:25:59 hal9
-Correcting some of my typos, and some additions.
-
-Revision 1.14 2002/03/17 02:39:13 hal9
-A little more added ...
-
-Revision 1.13 2002/03/17 00:22:20 hal9
-Adding new stuff, and trying to incorporate stuff from old faq.
-
-Revision 1.12 2002/03/11 20:13:21 swa
-typo
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-Revision 1.11 2002/03/11 18:42:27 swa
-new section
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-Revision 1.10 2002/03/11 13:13:27 swa
-correct feedback channels
-
-Revision 1.9 2002/03/10 23:34:04 swa
-more info on not hiding ip address
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-Revision 1.8 2002/03/09 15:55:48 swa
-added default config section
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-Revision 1.7 2002/03/07 18:16:55 swa
-looks better
-
-Revision 1.6 2002/03/07 13:16:31 oes
-Committing changes by Stefan
-
-Revision 1.5 2002/03/02 15:50:04 swa
-2.9.11 version. more input for docs.
-
-Revision 1.4 2002/02/24 14:34:24 jongfoster
-Formatting changes. Now changing the doctype to DocBook XML 4.1
-will work - no other changes are needed.
-
-Revision 1.3 2001/09/23 10:13:48 swa
-upload process established. run make webserver and
-the documentation is moved to the webserver. documents
-are now linked correctly.
-
-Revision 1.2 2001/09/13 15:20:17 swa
-merged standards into developer manual
-
-Revision 1.1 2001/09/12 15:36:41 swa
-source files for junkbuster documentation
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-Revision 1.3 2001/09/10 17:43:59 swa
-first proposal of a structure.
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-Revision 1.2 2001/06/13 14:28:31 swa
-docs should have an author.
-
-Revision 1.1 2001/06/13 14:20:37 swa
-first import of project's documentation for the webserver.
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