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+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 1.38 2002/04/02 03:49:10 hal9 Exp $
Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com
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- IMPORTANT: READ: This document does not use automatic section
- numbering. It is turned off by GNUmakefile to keep the Table
- of contents from being so messy. Sections will need to be
- manually numbered as a consequence.
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+ <Qandaset defaultlabel='qanda'>
+ <QandAEntry>
+ <question>
+ <para>
+ How are you?
+ </para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ Fine.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </QandAEntry>
+ </QandASet>
-->
-<article id="index">
+<article id="index" class="faq">
<artheader>
<title>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</title>
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.37 2002/04/01 16:24:07 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.38 2002/04/02 03:49:10 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
<authorgroup>
<author>
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 Contact section in the <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> if
+ url="../user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> if
you want to contact the developers.
</para>
</abstract>
</artheader>
-
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="intro">
-<title></title>
+<sect1 id="intro" label=""><title></title>
<!-- dummy section to force TOC on page by itself -->
<!-- DO NOT REMOVE! please ;) -->
<para> </para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="general"><title>1. General Information</title>
+<sect1 label="1" id="general"><title>General Information</title>
-<sect2 id="newjb"><title>What is this new version of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+<sect2
renderas="sect3" id="newjb"><title>What is this new version of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
- The original <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> (tm) is a
- copyrighted product of <ulink url="http://www.junkbusters.com">Junkbusters
- Corporation</ulink>. Development of this effort stopped some time ago as of
- version 2.0.2. Stefan Waldherr started the ijbswa project on <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">Sourceforge</ulink> to rekindle
- development. Other developers subsequently joined with Stefan, and have
- since added many new features, refinements and enhancements. The result
+ The original <application><trademark>Internet
+ Junkbuster</trademark></application> (tm) is a copyrighted product of <ulink
+ url="http://www.junkbusters.com">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
+ Development of this effort stopped some time ago as of version 2.0.2. Stefan
+ Waldherr started the ijbswa project on <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">Sourceforge</ulink> to
+ rekindle development. Other developers subsequently joined with Stefan, and
+ have since added many new features, refinements and enhancements. The result
of this effort is <application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> started with the
- <application>Junkbuster 2.0.2</application> code base, but has advanced
+ <application>Privoxy</application> has evolved from the
+ <application>Junkbuster 2.0.2</application> code base, and has advanced
significantly at this point.
</para>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="whyprivoxy">Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why a name change at all?</title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> is the
code, that it was time to make a clean break from the past and make
a name in their own right, especially now with the pending release of
version 3.0.
-
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="differs"><title>How does <application>Privoxy</application> differ
+<sect2
renderas="sect3" id="differs"><title>How does <application>Privoxy</application> differ
from the old <application>Junkbuster?</application></title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> picks up where
not exist any more. This is replaced by <quote>actions</quote> files, such
as <filename>default.actions</filename>. This is where most of the per site
configuration is now.
-
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
<!--
-Include newfeatures.sgml
+ Include newfeatures.sgml
-->
&newfeatures;
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
<application>Privoxy</application> work? </title>
<para>
When you connect to a web site with <application>Privoxy</application>,
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="knows">How does <application>Privoxy</application> know what is
an ad, and what is not?</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="mistakes">Can <application>Privoxy</application> make mistakes?
This does not sound very scientific.</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="browsers2"><title>My browser does the same things as
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="browsers2"><title>My browser does the same things as
<application>Privoxy</application>. Why should I use
<application>Privoxy</application> at all?</title>
<para>
-<sect2 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
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what do I do?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what do I do?</title>
-<sect3 id="jointeam-money"><title>Money Money Money</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-money"><title>Money Money Money</title>
<para>
We, of course, welcome donations and use the money for domain registering,
regular world-wide get-togethers (hahaha). Anyway, we'll soon describe the
</para>
</sect3>
-<sect3 id="jointeam-work"><title>You want to work with us?</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-work"><title>You want to work with us?</title>
<para>
Well, helping the team is always a good idea. We welcome new developers,
RPM gurus or documentation makers. Simply get an account on sourceforge.net
and mail your id to the developer mailing list. Then read the
- section Quickstart in the <ulink url="http://privoxy.org/developer-manual/quickstart.html">
+ section Quickstart in the <ulink url="../developer-manual/quickstart.html">
Developer's Manual</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="installation"><title>2. Installation</title>
+<sect1 label="2" id="installation"><title>Installation</title>
-<sect2 id="whichbrowsers">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whichbrowsers">
<title>Which browsers are supported by <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
Any browser that can be configured to use a <quote>proxy</quote>, which
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="whichos">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whichos">
<title>Which operating systems are supported?</title>
<!--
Include supported.sgml here:
&supported;
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
<application>Privoxy</application> over <application>Junkbuster</application>?</title>
<para>
We recommend you uninstall <application>Junkbuster</application>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="firststep">I just installed <application>Privoxy</application>. Is there anything
special I have to do now?</title>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="localhost"><title>What is the proxy address of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+<sect2
renderas="sect3" id="localhost"><title>What is the proxy address of <application>Privoxy</application>?</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
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="nothing">I just installed <application>Privoxy</application>, and nothing is happening.
All the ads are there. What's wrong?</title>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="configuration"><title>3. Configuration</title>
+<sect1 label="3" id="configuration"><title>Configuration</title>
-<sect2 id="newconfig"><title>Can I use my old config files?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newconfig"><title>Can I use my old config files?</title>
<para>
There are major changes to <application>Junkbuster</application>,
<application>Privoxy</application>, configuration from version 2.0.x to
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="actionsfile">What is an <quote>actions</quote> file?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="actionss">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="actionss">
<title>The <quote>actions</quote>concept confuses me. Please list
some of these <quote>actions</quote>.</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="actconfig">How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
way to do this?</title>
<!--
FIXME: Commenting these out until we have some data there. HB 03/17/02.
-<sect2 id="yahoo"><title>How can I make my Yahoo account work?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="yahoo"><title>How can I make my Yahoo account work?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="hotmail"> <title>How can I make my Hotmail account work?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="hotmail"> <title>How can I make my Hotmail account work?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="gmx"> <title>How can I make my GMX account work?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="gmx"> <title>How can I make my GMX account work?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
</sect2>
-->
-<sect2 id="configfiles"> <title>What are the differences between
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configfiles"> <title>What are the differences between
intermediate.action, basic.action, etc.?</title>
<para>
Configuring <application>Privoxy</application> is not easy. To help you get
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="browseconfig"> <title>Why can I change the configuration with a
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="browseconfig"> <title>Why can I change the configuration with a
browser? Does that not raise security issues?</title>
<para>
What I don't understand, is how I can browser edit the config file as a
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="filterfile">What is <quote>default.filter</quote>?</title>
<para>
The <quote>default.filter</quote> file is used to <quote>filter</quote> any
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="lanconfig">How can I set up <application>Privoxy</application> to act as a proxy for my
LAN?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="noseeum">Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</title>
<para>
This is a configuration option for images that
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</title>
<para>
This can be helpful for troubleshooting problems. It might also be good
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="blockedisugly">I see large red banners on some pages that say
<quote>Blocked</quote>. Why and how do I get rid of this?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="alliseeisred">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="alliseeisred">
<title>I cannot see all of the <quote>Blocked</quote> page banner. All I
see is a bright red square.</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="otherproxy">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="otherproxy">
<title>How can I make <application>Privoxy</application> work with other
proxies like <application>Squid</application>?</title>
<para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="misc"><title>4. Miscellaneous</title>
+<sect1 label="4"id="misc"><title>Miscellaneous</title>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="slowsme">How much does <application>Privoxy</application> slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.</title>
<para>
-<sect2 id="loadingtimes"><title>I noticed considerable
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="loadingtimes"><title>I noticed considerable
delays in page requests compared to the old Junkbuster. What's wrong?</title>
<para>
Using the default filtering configuration, I noticed considerable delays in
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="configurl"><title>What is the "http://p.p/"?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configurl"><title>What is the "http://p.p/"?</title>
<para>
Since <application>Privoxy</application> sits between your web browser and the Internet, it can be
programmed to handle certain pages specially.
<!--
FIXME: commented out until we have data. HB 03/18/02.
-<sect2 id="badfiledesc"><title>I get the message 'Bad File Descriptor', why?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="badfiledesc"><title>I get the message 'Bad File Descriptor', why?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="proxy-chaining"><title>How do I chain <application>Privoxy</application> with other proxies
+<sect2
renderas="sect3" id="proxy-chaining"><title>How do I chain <application>Privoxy</application> with other proxies
(e.g. squid)?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</sect2>
-->
-<sect2 id="blocklist"><title>Do you still maintain the blocklists?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blocklist"><title>Do you still maintain the blocklists?</title>
<para>
No. The format of the blocklists has changed significantly in the versions
2.9.x. Once we have released the new stable version, v3.0, there will
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="newads"><title>How can I submit new ads?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newads"><title>How can I submit new ads?</title>
<para>
As of now, please discontinue to submit new ad blocking infos. Once we
have released the new version, there will again be a form on the website,
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="ip"><title>How can I hide my IP address?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="ip"><title>How can I hide my IP address?</title>
<para>
You cannot hide your IP address with <application>Privoxy</application> or any other software, since
the server needs to know your IP address to send the answer to you.
</para>
</sect2>
-<!-- <sect2 id="image"><title>What is the imagefile (simage.ini, etc.) for?</title> -->
+<!-- <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="image"><title>What is the imagefile (simage.ini, etc.) for?</title> -->
<!-- <para> -->
<!-- Anytime <application>Privoxy</application> determines (with the help of the blocklist) that a URL -->
<!-- contains an advertisement, it has to decide whether this advertisement is an -->
<!-- </para> -->
<!-- </sect2> -->
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="anonforsure">Can <application>Privoxy</application> guarantee I am anonymous?</title>
<para>
No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are greatly improved, but unless you
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="sitebreak">Might some things break because header information is
being altered?</title>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="caching">Can <application>Privoxy</application> act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy to
speed up web browsing?</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="firewall">What about as a firewall? Can <application>Privoxy</application> protect me?</title>
<para>
Not in the way you mean, or in the way a true firewall can, or a proxy that
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="logo">The <application>Privoxy</application> logo that replaces ads is very blocky
and ugly looking. Can't a better font be used?</title>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="wasted">I have large empty spaces now where ads used to be.
Why?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="ssl">How can <application>Privoxy</application> filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</title>
<para>
This is a limitation since HTTPS transactions are encrypted SSL sessions
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="secure"><application>Privoxy</application> runs as a <quote>server</quote>. How
secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="turnoff">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="turnoff">
<title>How can I temporarily disable <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
The easiest way is to access <application>Privoxy</application> with your
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="seealso">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="seealso">
<title>Where can I find more information about <application>Privoxy</application>
and related issues?</title>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="trouble">
-<title>5. Troubleshooting</title>
+<sect1 label="5" id="trouble">
+<title>Troubleshooting</title>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="refused">I just upgraded and am getting <quote>connection refused</quote>
with every web page?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="flushit">I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="badsite">One of my favorite sites does not work with <application>Privoxy</application>.
What can I do?</title>
being applied to the URL. Now, armed with this information, go to <quote>Edit
the actions list</quote>. Here you should see various sections that have
various <application>Privoxy</application> features disabled for specific
- sites. Disabled <quote>actions</quote> will have a <quote>-</quote> (minus
- sign) in front of them. Add your problem page URL to one of these sections
- that looks like it is disabling the feature that is causing the
- problem. Re-try the page. There might be some trial and error involved. This
- is discussed in a little more detail in the
- <ulink url="../user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual
- appendix</ulink>.
+ sites. Most disabled <quote>actions</quote> will have a <quote>-</quote> (minus
+ sign) in front of them. Some aliases are used just to disable other actions,
+ e.g. <quote>shop</quote> and <quote>fragile</quote>, and won't necessarily
+ use a <quote>+</quote> or <quote>-</quote> sign. Add your problem page
+ URL to one of these sections that looks like it is disabling the feature that
+ is causing the problem. Rember to flush your browser's caches when making
+ such changes! As a last resort, try <quote>fragile</quote> which
+ disables most actions. Now re-try the page. There might be some trial and
+ error involved. This is discussed in a little more detail in the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual appendix</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="bugs">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="bugs">
<title>Where can I get help? Report bugs? Feature Requests? Etc?</title>
<para>
Feedback is encouraged, whether good, bad or ugly. Please see the contact
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="time">What time is it?</title>
<para>
Time for you to go!
Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
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