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Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
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- <link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> &my-copy; 2001-2009 by
+ <link linkend="copyright">Copyright</link> &my-copy; 2001-2010 by
<ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy Developers</ulink>
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-<para>
+</para>
</sect3>
</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.
- 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>
<para>
If you run <application>Privoxy</application> for multiple untrusted users (e.g. in
a LAN) or aren't entirely in control of your own browser, you will probably want
- to make sure that the the web-based editor and remote toggle features are
+ 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
<ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#FILTER"><literal>filter</literal>
action</ulink> in one of the actions files. Content filtering is automatically
- disabled for inappropriate MIME types, but if you now better than Privoxy
+ 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>
<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>
<para>
No, its more complicated than that. This only works with special kinds
- of proxies known as <quote>intercepting</quote> proxies (see below).
+ 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>
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.
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