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+ <QandAEntry>
+ <question>
+ <para>
+ How are you?
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-<article id="index">
+
+<article id="index" class="faq">
<artheader>
-<title>Junkbuster Frequently Asked Questions</title>
+<title>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</title>
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.5 2002/03/02 15:50:04 swa Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.38 2002/04/02 03:49:10 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<affiliation>
- <orgname>By: Junkbuster Developers</orgname>
+ <orgname>By: Privoxy Developers</orgname>
</affiliation>
</author>
</authorgroup>
<abstract>
+<![%dummy;[
+<para>
+ <comment>
+ This is here to keep vim syntax file from breaking :/
+ If I knew enough to fix it, I would.
+ PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE! HB: hal@foobox.net
+ </comment>
+</para>
+]]>
<para>
- The FAQ document gives users and developers alike answers to frequently
-asked questions about the Internet Junkbuster. The Internet Junkbuster is an application
-that provides privacy and security to the user of the world wide web.
- </para>
- <para>
-You can find the latest version of the document at <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/faq/">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/faq/</ulink>.
-Please see the Contact section in the user-manual if you want to contact the developers.
+ This FAQ gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked
+ questions about <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</ulink>.
</para>
+<!--
+ Include privoxy.sgml boilerplate:
+-->
+ &p-intro;
+
<para>
- Feel free to send a note to the developers at <email>ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</email>.
+ 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="../user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> if
+ you want to contact the developers.
</para>
+
+<!-- <para> -->
+<!-- Feel free to send a note to the developers at <email>ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</email>. -->
+<!-- </para> -->
</abstract>
</artheader>
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect1 id="intro" label=""><title></title>
+<!-- dummy section to force TOC on page by itself -->
+<!-- DO NOT REMOVE! please ;) -->
+<para> </para>
+</sect1>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="introduction"><title>Introduction</title>
+
+<sect1 label="1" id="general"><title>General Information</title>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newjb"><title>What is this new version of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+ <para>
+ 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> has evolved from the
+ <application>Junkbuster 2.0.2</application> code base, and has advanced
+ significantly at this point.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Please see the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/copyright.html#HISTORY">user-manual</ulink> for more
+ information on the history of <application>Junkbuster</application> and
+ <application>Privoxy</application>.
+ </para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="whyprivoxy">Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why a name change at all?</title>
<para>
- Fillme.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is the
+ <quote><emphasis>Privacy Enhancing Proxy</emphasis></quote>.
+</para>
+<para>
+ There are possible legal complications from the continued use of the
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a 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.)
</para>
+
+<para>
+ The developers also believed that there so many changes from the original
+ 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 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
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> left off. All the old features remain.
+ The new <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
+ still manages cookies, and still helps protect your privacy. But, these are
+ all enhanced, and many new features 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. The <quote>blocklist</quote> file does
+ 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 renderas="sect3" id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
+<!--
+ Include newfeatures.sgml
+-->
+&newfeatures;
+
+</sect2>
+
+<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>,
+ you are really connecting to your locally running version of
+ <application>Privoxy</application>. <application>Privoxy</application>
+ intercepts your requests for the web page, and relays that to the
+ <quote>real</quote> web site. The web site sends the HTTP data stream
+ back to <application>Privoxy</application>, where
+ <application>Privoxy</application> can work its magic before it
+ relays this data back to your web browser.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ Since <application>Privoxy</application> sits between you and the
+ WWW, it is in a position to intercept and completely manage all web traffic and
+ HTTP content before it gets to your browser.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> uses various programming methods to do
+ this, all of which is under your control via the various configuration
+ files and options.
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ There are many kinds of proxies. <application>Privoxy</application> best
+ fits the <quote>filtering proxy</quote> category.
+ </para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="knows">How does <application>Privoxy</application> know what is
+an ad, and what is not?</title>
+<para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> processes all the raw content of every
+ web page. So it reads everything on each page. It then compares this to the
+ rules as set up in the configuration files, and looks for any matches to
+ these rules. <application>Privoxy</application> makes heavy use of
+ <quote>regular expressions</quote>. (If you are not familiar with regular
+ expressions, it is explained briefly in <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/appendix.html">the user manual</ulink>.) Regular
+ expressions facilitate matching of one text string against another, using
+ wildcards to build complex patterns. So <application>Privoxy</application>
+ will typically look for URLs and other content that match certain key words
+ and expressions as defined in the configuration files. For instance a URL
+ that contains <quote>/banners</quote>, has a high probability of containing
+ ad banners, and thus would be a prime candidate to have a matching rule.
+</para>
+<para>
+ So <application>Privoxy</application> will look for these kinds of obvious
+ looking culprits. And also, will use lists of known organizations that
+ specialize in ads. Again, using complex patterns to match as many potential
+ combinations as possible since there tend to be many, many variations used by
+ advertisers, and new ones are being introduced all the time.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="mistakes">Can <application>Privoxy</application> 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 rule
+ accidentally block something by mistake. There is a good chance you may run
+ into such a situation at some point. It is tricky writing rules to cover
+ every conceivable possibility, and not occasionally get false positives.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ But this should not be a big concern since the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> configuration is very flexible, and
+ includes tools to help identify these types of situations so they can be
+ addressed as needed, allowing you to customize your installation.
+ (<link linkend="badsite">See the appendix below</link>.)
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+<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>
+ 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.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ In addition, a proxy is good choice if you use multiple browsers, or
+ have a LAN with multiple computers. This way all the configuration
+ is in one place, and you don't have to maintain a similar configuration
+ for possibly many browsers.
+
+ </para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+
+<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
+ GNU General Public License (GPL). It is free to use, copy,
+ modify or distribute as you wish under the terms of this license.
+ Please see the
+<ulink url="../user-manual/copyright.html#HISTORY">user-manual</ulink> for
+ more information on the license and copyright.
+
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ There is no warranty 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="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what do I do?</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
+ process how to donate money to the team.
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
+<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="../developer-manual/quickstart.html">
+ Developer's Manual</ulink>.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Once we have added you to the team, you'll have write access to the CVS
+ repository, and together we'll find a suitable task for you.
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
+</sect2>
+
</sect1>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="questions"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
+<sect1 label="2" id="installation"><title>Installation</title>
-<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<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
+ should be virtually all browsers. Direct browser support is not necessary
+ since <application>Privoxy</application> runs as a separate application and
+ just exchanges standard HTML data with your browser, just like a web server
+ does.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whichos">
+<title>Which operating systems are supported?</title>
+<!--
+Include supported.sgml here:
+-->
+&supported;
+</sect2>
-<sect2 id="installation"><title>Installation</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
+ <application>Privoxy</application> over <application>Junkbuster</application>?</title>
<para>
- Fillme.
+ We recommend you uninstall <application>Junkbuster</application>
+ first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to
+ save your old configuration files for future reference. The configuration
+ is substantially changed.
</para>
+ <para>
+ See the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/index.html">user-manual</ulink> for
+ platform specific installation instructions. [FIXME: This is meant for after
+ the name change for 3.0!]
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note: Some installers may automatically uninstall
+ <application>Junkbuster</application>, if present!
+ </para>
+
</sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="firststep">I just installed <application>Privoxy</application>. 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 below.
+ Also, you should flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any
+ cached items.
+
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+<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
+ networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <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
+ <emphasis>listen-address</emphasis> config option).
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ When configuring your browser's proxy settings you typically enter
+ the word <quote>localhost</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>. 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>
+ is running, or the equivalent hostname. Port assignment would be
+ same as above.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> does not currently handle
+ protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, or other Internet
+ protocols.
+ </para>
+</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>
+
+<para>
+ 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>. This should give you
+ a banner that says <quote>This is Privoxy</quote> and
+ access to <application>Privoxy's</application> internal configuration.
+ If you see this, then you are good to go. If not, the browser or
+ <application>Privoxy</application> are not set up correctly.
+
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 id="configuration"><title>Configuration</title>
+<sect1 label="3" id="configuration"><title>Configuration</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
+ 2.9.x and later. Most of the older files will not work at all. This is
+ especially true of <filename>blocklist</filename>. If this is the case, you
+ will need to re-enter your old data into the new configuration structure.
+ This is probably also a good recommendation even if upgrading from 2.9.x to
+ 3.x since there were many minor changes along the way.
+ </para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="actionsfile">What is an <quote>actions</quote> file?</title>
-<sect3 id="yahoo"><title>How can I make my Yahoo account work?</title>
+<para>
+ <quote>actions</quote> files are where various actions that
+ <application>Privoxy</application> might take, are configured.
+ Typically, you would define a set of default actions that apply
+ to all URLs, then add exceptions to these defaults.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Actions can be defined on a per site basis, or for groups of sites. Actions
+ can also be grouped together and then applied to one or more sites. There
+ are many possible actions that might apply to any given site. As an example,
+ if we are blocking cookies as one of our default
+ <application>actions</application>, but need to accept cookies from a given
+ site, we would define this in our <quote>actions</quote> file.
+
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> comes with several default
+ <application>actions</application> files, with varying degrees
+ of filtering and blocking, as starting points for your own
+ configuration (see below).
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="actionss">
+<title>The <quote>actions</quote>concept confuses me. Please list
+some of these <quote>actions</quote>.</title>
+<para>
+ These are all explained in the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink>.
+ Please refer to that.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="actconfig">How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
+way to do this?</title>
+
+<para>
+ The easiest way to do this, is to access <application>Privoxy</application>
+ with your web browser at <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>,
+ and then select
+ "<ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org">Edit the actions list</ulink>"
+ from the selection list. You can also do this by editing the appropriate
+ file with a text editor.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Please see the
+ <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink> for a
+ detailed explanation of these and other configuration files, and their
+ various options and syntax.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<!--
+FIXME: Commenting these out until we have some data there. HB 03/17/02.
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="yahoo"><title>How can I make my Yahoo account work?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
+-->
-<sect3 id="browseconfig"> <title>Why can I change the configuration with a
+<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
+started, we provide you with three different default configurations. The
+following table shows you, which features are enabled in each configuration.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+<table frame=all><title>Default Configurations</title>
+<tgroup cols=5 align=left colsep=1 rowsep=1>
+<colspec colname=c1>
+<colspec colname=c2>
+<colspec colname=c3>
+<colspec colname=c4>
+<colspec colname=c5>
+<thead>
+<row>
+ <entry>Feature</entry>
+ <entry>default.action</entry>
+ <entry>basic.action</entry>
+ <entry>intermediate.action</entry>
+ <entry>advanced.action</entry>
+</row>
+</thead>
+
+<!-- <tfoot> -->
+<!-- <row> -->
+<!-- <entry>f1</entry> -->
+<!-- <entry>f2</entry> -->
+<!-- <entry>f3</entry> -->
+<!-- <entry>f4</entry> -->
+<!-- <entry>f5</entry> -->
+<!-- </row> -->
+<!-- </tfoot> -->
+
+<tbody>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>ad-filtering</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>blank image</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>de-animate GIFs</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>referer forging</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>jon's +no-cookies-keep (i.e. session cookies only)</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>no-popup windows</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>fast redirects</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>hide-referrer</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>hide-useragent</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>content-modification</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry>x</entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>feature-x</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>feature-y</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+</row>
+<!-- new row -->
+<row>
+ <entry>feature-z</entry>
+ <entry>?</entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+ <entry></entry>
+</row>
+<!-- finish -->
+</tbody>
+</tgroup>
+</table>
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<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
-regular user, while the whole /etc/junkbuster hierarchy belongs to the user
-"junkbuster", with only 644 perms.
-
-When you use the browser-based editor, JunkBuster itself is writing to the
-config files. Because JunkBuster is running as the user "junkbuster", it can
+regular user, while the whole /etc/privoxy hierarchy belongs to the user
+"privoxy", with only 644 perms.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+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 "privoxy", it can
update the config files.
-
+ </para>
+ <para>
If you don't like this, setting "enable-edit-actions 0" in the config file
will disable the browser-based editor. If you're that paranoid, you should
also consider setting "enable-remote-toggle 0" to prevent browser-based
-enabling/disabling of JunkBuster.
-
-Note that normally only local users can connect to JunkBuster, so this is not
+enabling/disabling of <application>Privoxy</application>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+Note that normally only local users can connect to <application>Privoxy</application>, so this is not
(normally) a security problem.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</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
+ web page content. By <quote>filtering</quote> we mean it can modify, remove,
+ or change <emphasis>anything</emphasis> on the page, including HTML tags, and
+ JavaScript. Regular expressions are used to accomplish this, and operate
+ on a line by line basis. This is potentially a very powerful feature, but
+ requires some expertise.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you are familiar with regular expressions, and HTML, you can look at
+ the provided <filename>default.filter</filename> with a text editor and see
+ some of things it can be used for.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Presently, there is no GUI editor option for this part of the configuration,
+ but you can disable/enable various sections of the included default
+ file with the <quote>Actions List Editor</quote> from your browser.
+</para>
+
+</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>
+ By default, <application>Privoxy</application> only responds to requests
+ from localhost. To have it act as a server for a network, this needs to be
+ changed in the main config file where the <application>Privoxy</application>
+ configuration is located. In that file is a <quote>listen-address</quote>
+ option. It may be commented out with a <quote>#</quote> symbol. Make sure
+ it is uncommented, and assign it the address of the LAN gateway interface,
+ and port number to use:
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <screen>
+ listen-address 192.168.1.1:8118
+ </screen>
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Save the file, and restart <application>Privoxy</application>. Configure
+ all browsers on the network then to use this address and port number.
+</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>
+<para>
+ This is a configuration option for images that
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is stopping. You have the choice <!-- of
+ the --> <!-- <application>Privoxy</application> logo, --> of a checkerboard
+ pattern, a transparent 1x1 GIF image (aka <quote>blank</quote>), or a custom
+ URL of your choice. Note that to fit this category, the URL must match both
+ the <quote>+image</quote> and <quote>+block</quote> actions.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you want to see nothing, then change the <quote>+image-blocker</quote>
+ action to <quote>+image-blocker{blank}</quote>. This can be done from the
+ <quote>Edit Actions List</quote> selection at <ulink
+ url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>. Or by hand editing the appropriate
+ actions file. This will only effect what is defined as <quote>images</quote>
+ though. Also, some URLs that generate the bright red <quote>Blocked</quote>
+ banner, can be moved to the <quote>+image-blocker</quote> section for the
+ same reason, but there are some limits and risks to this (see below).
+</para>
+
+</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
+ for anyone new to <application>Privoxy</application> so that they can
+ see if their favorite pages are displaying correctly, and
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is not inadvertently removing something
+ important.
+</para>
</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>
+ These are URLs that match something in one of
+ <application>Privoxy's</application> block actions (+block). It is meant
+ to be a warning so that you know something has been blocked and an easy way
+ for you to see why. These are handled differently than what has been defined
+ explicitly as <quote>images</quote> (e.g. ad banners). Depending on the
+ URL itself, it is sometimes hard for <application>Privoxy</application> to
+ really know whether there is indeed an ad image there or not. And there are
+ limitations as to what <application>Privoxy</application> can do to
+ <quote>fool</quote> the browser.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ For instance, if the ad is in a frame, then it is embedded in the separate
+ HTML page used for the frame. In this case, you cannot just substitute an
+ aribitray image (like we would for a <quote>blank</quote> image), for an HTML
+ page. The browser is expecting an HTML page, and that is what it must have
+ for frames. So this situation can be a little trickier to deal with, and
+ <application>Privoxy</application> will use the <quote>Blocked</quote> page.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If you want these to be treated as if they were images, so that they can be
+ made invisible, you can try moving the offending URL from the
+ <quote>+block</quote> section to the <quote>+imageblock</quote> section of
+ your actions file. Just be forewarned, if any URL is made
+ <quote>invisible</quote>, you may not have any inkling that something has
+ been removed from that page, or why. If this approach does not work, then you are
+ probably dealing with a frame (or <quote>ilayer</quote>), and the only thing
+ that can go there is an HTML page of some sort.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To deal with this situation, you could modify the
+ <quote><filename>block</filename></quote> HTML template that is used by
+ <application>Privoxy</application> to display this, and make it something
+ more to your liking. Currently, there is no configuration option for this.
+ You will have to modify, or create your own page, and use this to replace
+ <filename>templates/blocked</filename>, which is what
+ <application>Privoxy</application> uses to display the <quote>Blocked</quote>
+ page.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Another way to deal with this is find why and where
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is blocking the frame, and
+ diable this. Then let the <quote>+image-blocker</quote> action
+ handle the ad that is embedded in the frame's HTML page.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<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>
+ There is not enough space to fit the entire page. Try right clicking on the
+ visible, red portion, and select <quote>Show Frame</quote>, or equivalent.
+ This will usually allow you to see the entire Privoxy <quote>Blocked</quote>
+ page, and from there you can see just what is being blocked, and why.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="otherproxy">
+<title>How can I make <application>Privoxy</application> work with other
+proxies like <application>Squid</application>?</title>
+<para>
+ This can be done. See the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/configuration.html#FORWARDING">user manual</ulink>,
+ which describes how to do this.
+
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+</sect1>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 id="misc"><title>Misc</title>
+<sect1 label="4"id="misc"><title>Miscellaneous</title>
-<sect3 id="loadingtimes"><title>I noticed considerable
-delays in page requests compared to the old IJB. What's wrong?</title>
+<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>
+ 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 being 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.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <quote>Filtering</quote> via the <filename>filterfile</filename>
+ mechanism may cause a perceived slowdown, since the entire page is buffered
+ before displaying. See below.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+
+
+<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
-page requests compared to the old IJB. Loading pages with large contents
+page requests compared to the old Junkbuster. Loading pages with large contents
seemed to take forever, then suddenly delivering all the content at once.
-
+ </para>
+<para>
The whole content must be loaded in order to filter, and nothing is is
sent to the browser during this time. The loading time does not really
change in real numbers, but the feeling is different, because most
browsers are able to start rendering incomplete content, giving the
user a feeling of "it works".
-
+ </para>
+<para>
To modify the content of a page (i.e. make frames resizeable again, etc.) and
-not just replace ads, the Internet Junkbuster needs to download the entire
-page first, do its content magic and then send the page to the browser.
+not just replace ads, <application>Privoxy</application> needs to download the
+entire page first, do its content magic and then send the page to the browser.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="configurl"><title>What is the "http://i.j.b/"?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configurl"><title>What is the "http://p.p/"?</title>
<para>
-Since JunkBuster sits between your web browser and the Internet, it can be
+Since <application>Privoxy</application> sits between your web browser and the Internet, it can be
programmed to handle certain pages specially.
+</para>
-With recent versions of JunkBuster (version 2.9.x), you can get some
-information about JunkBuster and change some settings by going to
-http://i.j.b/ or, equivalently, http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/
-(Note that i.j.b is far easier to type but may not work in some
-configurations).
+<para>
+With recent versions of <application>Privoxy</application> (version 2.9.x), you can get some
+information about <application>Privoxy</application> and change some settings by going to
+<ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> or, equivalently, <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink>
+(Note that p.p is far easier to type but may not work in some
+configurations. With the name change to <application>Privoxy</application>,
+this is changed from the previous http://i.j.b/ or earlier 2.9.x versions).
+</para>
-These pages are *not* forwarded to a server on the internet - instead they are
-handled by a special web server which is built in to JunkBuster.
+<para>
+These pages are <emphasis>not</emphasis> forwarded to a server on the Internet
+- instead they are handled by a special web server which is built in to
+<application>Privoxy</application>.
+</para>
-If you are not running JunkBuster, then http://i.j.b/ will fail, and
-http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/ will return a web page telling you
-you're not running JunkBuster.
+<para>
+If you are not running <application>Privoxy</application>, then <ulink
+url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> will fail, and <ulink
+url="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</ulink> will
+return a web page telling you you're not running
+<application>Privoxy</application>.
+</para>
+<para>
If you have version 2.0.2, then the equivalent is
http://example.com/show-proxy-args (but you get far less information, and you
should really consider upgrading to 2.9.x).
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
+<!--
+FIXME: commented out until we have data. HB 03/18/02.
-<sect3 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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="proxy-chaining"><title>How do I chain Junkbuster 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.
</para>
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3 id="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what do I do?</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. Once we have added you to
- the team, you'll have write access to the CVS repository, and we'll find a
- suitable task for you together.
-</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
+-->
-<sect3 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 version, there will again be
- blocklists that you can update automatically.
+ 2.9.x. Once we have released the new stable version, v3.0, there will
+ again be blocklists that you can update automatically.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 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,
which you can use to contribute new ads.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 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 Junkbuster.
+ 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>
-</sect3>
+<para>
+Fortunately there are many publicly usable anonymous proxies out there, which
+solve the problem by providing a further level of indirection between you and
+the web server, shared by many people and thus letting your requests "drown"
+in white noise of unrelated requests as far as user tracking is concerned.
+</para>
+<para>
+Most of them will, however, log your IP address and make it available to the
+authorities in case you abuse that anonymity for criminal purposes. In fact
+you can't even rule out that some of them only exist to *collect* information
+on (those suspicious) people with a more than average preference for privacy.
+</para>
+<para>
+You can find a list of anonymous public proxies at <ulink
+url="http://www.multiproxy.org/anon_list.htm">multiproxy.org</ulink> and many
+more through Google.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<!-- <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 -->
+<!-- image or not. <application>Privoxy</application> uses the imagefile for that purpose. -->
+<!-- </para> -->
+<!-- </sect2> -->
-<sect3 id="image"><title>What is the imagefile (simage.ini, etc.) for?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="anonforsure">Can <application>Privoxy</application> guarantee I am anonymous?</title>
<para>
- Anytime the Junkbuster determines (with the help of the blocklist) that a URL
- contains an advertisement, it has to decide whether this advertisement is an
- image or not. The Junkbuster uses the imagefile for that purpose.
+ No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are greatly improved, but unless you
+ are an expert on Internet security it would be safest to assume that
+ everything you do on the Web can be traced back to you.
</para>
-</sect3>
+<para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> can remove various information about you,
+ and allows <emphasis>you</emphasis> more freedom to decide which sites
+ you can trust. But it's still possible that web sites can find out who you
+ are. Here's one way this can happen.
+</para>
+<para>
+ A few browsers disclose the user's email address in certain situations, such
+ as when transferring a file by FTP. <application>Privoxy</application>
+ does not filter FTP. If you need this feature, or are concerned about the
+ mail handler of your browser disclosing your email address, you might
+ consider products such as <application>NSClean</application>.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Browsers available only as binaries could use non-standard headers to give
+ out any information they can have access to: see the manufacturer's license
+ agreement. It's impossible to anticipate and prevent every breach of privacy
+ that might occur. The professionally paranoid prefer browsers available as
+ source code, because anticipating their behavior is easier. Trust the source,
+ Luke!
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="sitebreak">Might some things break because header information is
+being altered?</title>
+
+<para>
+ Definitely. More and more sites use HTTP header content to decide what to
+ display and how to display it. There is many ways that this can be handled,
+ so having hard and fast rules, is tricky.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <quote>USER AGENT</quote> in particular is often used in this way to identify
+ the browser, and adjust content accordingly. Changing this now is not
+ recommended, since so many sites do look for this. You may get undesirable
+ results by changing this.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ For instance, different browsers use different encodings of Russian and Czech
+ 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
+ to be garbled; Surfers to Eastern European sites should change it to
+ something closer. And then some page access counters work by looking at the
+ <quote>REFERER</quote> header; they may fail or break if unavailable. The
+ weather maps of Intellicast have been blocked by their server when no
+ <quote>REFERER</quote> or cookie is provided, is another example. There are
+ many, many other ways things can go wrong when trying to fool a web server.
+</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
+ be required, but by no means the only one.
+
+</para>
+
+</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>
+ No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
+ <ulink url="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid</ulink> for this. And, yes,
+ before you ask, <application>Privoxy</application> can co-exist
+ with other kinds of proxies like <application>Squid</application>.
+</para>
+</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
+ has this specific capability. <application>Privoxy</application> can help
+ protect your privacy, but not really protect you from intrusion attempts.
+</para>
+</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>
+
+<para>
+ This is not a font problem. The logo is an image that is created by
+ <application>Privoxy</application> on the fly. So as to not waste
+ memory, the image is rather small. The blockiness comes when the
+ image is scaled to fill a largish area. There is not much to be done
+ about this, other than to use one of the other
+ <quote>imageblock</quote> directives: <emphasis>pattern</emphasis>,
+ <emphasis>blank</emphasis>, or a URL of your choosing.
+</para>
+<para>
+Given the above problem, we have decided to remove the logo option entirely
+[as of v2.9.13].
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="wasted">I have large empty spaces now where ads used to be.
+Why?</title>
+<para>
+ It would be easy enough to just eliminate this space altogether, rather than
+ fill it with blank space. But, this would create problems with many pages
+ that use the overall size of the ad to help organize the page layout and
+ position the various components of the page where they were intended to be.
+ It is best left this way.
+</para>
+
+</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
+ between your browser and the secure site, and are meant to be reliably
+ <emphasis>secure</emphasis> and private. This means that all cookies and HTTP
+ header information are also encrypted from the time they leave your browser,
+ to the site, and vice versa. <application>Privoxy</application> does not
+ try to unencrypt this information, so it just passes through as is.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> can still catch images and ads that
+ are embedded in the SSL stream though.
+</para>
+
+</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>
+ There are no known exploits that might effect
+ <application>Privoxy</application>. 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> only listens to requests
+ from <quote>localhost</quote>. 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
+ <application>Privoxy</application> config file. All LAN hosts can then use
+ this as their proxy address in the browser proxy configuration. In this way,
+ <application>Privoxy</application> will not listen on any external ports.
+ Of course, a firewall is always good too. Better safe than sorry.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<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
+ browser by using the special URL: <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>
+ and select "Toggle Privoxy on or off" from that page.
+
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="seealso">
+<title>Where can I find more information about <application>Privoxy</application>
+and related issues?</title>
+
+<!--
+ Include seealso.sgml
+-->
+
+ &seealso;
+
+<!--
+<para>
+ Please see the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/seealso.html">user-manual</ulink> for
+ others references.
+</para>
+-->
</sect2>
</sect1>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="contact"><title>Contact the developers</title>
-<para>Please see the user manual for information on how to contact the developers.
+
+<sect1 label="5" id="trouble">
+<title>Troubleshooting</title>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="refused">I just upgraded and am getting <quote>connection refused</quote>
+with every web page?</title>
+<para>
+ Either <application>Privoxy</application> is not running, or your
+ browser is configured for a different port than what
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is using.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ The old <application>Privoxy</application> (and also
+ <application>Junkbuster</application>) used port 8000 by
+ default. This has been changed to port 8118 now, due to a conflict
+ with NAS (Network Audio Service), which uses port 8000. If you haven't,
+ you need to change your browser to the new port number, or alternately
+ change <application>Privoxy's</application> <quote>listen-address</quote>
+ setting in the <filename>config</filename> file used to start
+ <application>Privoxy</application>.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="flushit">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
+ held in the browser's cache for some time, so it will be displayed without
+ the need for any request to the server, and <application>Privoxy</application>
+ will not be in the picture. The best thing to do is try flushing the browser's
+ caches. And then try again.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If this doesn't help, you probably have an error in the rule you
+ 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 any actions match your new rule.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="badsite">One of my favorite sites does not work with <application>Privoxy</application>.
+What can I do?</title>
+
+<para>
+ First verify that it is indeed a <application>Privoxy</application> problem,
+ by disabling <application>Privoxy</application> filtering and blocking.
+ Go to <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> and click on
+ <quote>Toggle Privoxy On or Off</quote>, then disable it. Now try that
+ page again. It's probably a good idea to flush the browser cache as well.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ If still a problem, go to <quote>Show which actions apply to a URL and
+ why</quote> from <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink> and paste
+ the full URL of the page in question into the prompt. See which actions are
+ 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. 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>
+
+<para>
+ Alternately, if you are comfortable with a text editor, you can accomplish
+ the same thing by editing the appropriate <quote>actions</quote> file.
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<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
+ page in the <ulink url="../user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> for
+ details.
+
</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="time">What time is it?</title>
+<para>
+ Time for you to go!
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
</sect1>
+<!--
+</sect1>
+-->
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="copyright"><title>Copyright and History</title>
-<para>Please see the user manual for information on Copyright and History.
+<!--
+FIXME: Commented out until we have something to put here. HB 03/18/02.
+<sect1 id="knownissues"><title>Known Issues</title>
+<para>
+ Fillme.
</para>
</sect1>
+-->
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="seealso"><title>See also</title>
-<para>Please see the user manual for information on references.
+<!--
+
+This is referenced in the doc header already. HB 03/25/02
+
+<sect1 id="contact"><title>Contact the developers</title>
+<para>Please see the user manual for information on how to contact the developers.
</para>
</sect1>
+-->
+
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+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!
+
+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.
+
+Revision 1.21 2002/03/24 11:01:06 swa
+name change
+
+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
+
+Revision 1.11 2002/03/11 18:42:27 swa
+new section
+
+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
+
+Revision 1.8 2002/03/09 15:55:48 swa
+added default config section
+
+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
+
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