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Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
- IJBSWA team. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net
+ Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/
Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written
by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com
+
+ <Qandaset defaultlabel='qanda'>
+ <QandAEntry>
+ <question>
+ <para>
+ How are you?
+ </para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ Fine.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </QandAEntry>
+ </QandASet>
+
+ ========================================================================
+ NOTE: Please read developer-manual/documentation.html before touching
+ anything in this, or other Privoxy documentation. You have been warned!
+ Failure to abide by this rule will result in the revocation of your license
+ to live a peaceful existence!
+ ========================================================================
+
-->
-<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 1.18 2002/03/18 16:40:31 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.44 2002/04/07 21:24:29 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. <application>Internet
-Junkbuster</application> is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities
-for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies,
-controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
-Internet Junk. Junkbuster has a very flexible configuration and can be
-customized to suit individual needs and tastes. <application>Internet
-Junkbuster</application> has application for both stand-alone systems and
-multi-user networks.
+ This FAQ gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked
+ questions about <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</ulink>
+ <![%p-stable;[ v.&p-version]]>.
</para>
+
+<!-- Include privoxy.sgml boilerplate: -->
+ &p-intro;
+<!-- end boilerplate -->
+
<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
-<ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> if you want to contact the developers.
+ 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 if you want to contact the developers.
</para>
<!-- <para> -->
</abstract>
</artheader>
-
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-
-<!--
-<sect1 id="introduction"><title>Introduction</title>
-<para>
- Fillme.
-</para>
+<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="questions"><title>Frequently Asked Questions</title>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 id="general"><title>General Information</title>
+<sect1 label="1" id="general"><title>General Information</title>
-<sect3 id="newjb"><title>What is this new version of <application>Junkbuster</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
- coyrighted 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 Walherr started the ijbswa project on <ulink
- url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net">Sourceforge</ulink> to rekindle
- development. Other developers subsequently joined with Stefan, and have
- since added many new features, refinements and enhancements.
+ 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>
- The new <application>Junkbuster</application> started with the same
- code base, but has changed significantly at this point.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> has evolved from the
+ <application>Junkbuster 2.0.2</application> code base, and has advanced
+ significantly at this point.
</para>
-
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3 id="differs"><title>How does it differ from the old <application>Junkbuster?</application></title>
- <para>
- All the old features remain. The new <application>Junkbuster</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>
+ Please see the <link linkend="copyright">History section</link> for more
+ information on the history of <application>Junkbuster</application> and
+ <application>Privoxy</application>.
</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>ijb.actions</filename>. This is where most of the per site
- configuration is now.
-
- </para>
-</sect3>
-
-<sect3 id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
-<!--
- The section is in both user-manual and faq. Please keep in sync!!!
--->
-<para>
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Integrated browser based configuration and control utility (<ulink
- url="http://i.j.b">http://i.j.b</ulink>). Browser-based tracing of rule
- and filter effects.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-<!--
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Modularized configuration that will allow for system wide settings, and
- individual user settings. (not implemented yet, probably a 3.1 feature)
- </para>
- </listitem>
--->
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Blocking of annoying pop-up browser windows.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- HTTP/1.1 compliant (most, but not all 1.1 features are supported).
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration files, and
- generally a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax over
- previous versions.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- GIF de-animation.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size,
- invisible <quote>web-bugs</quote>, JavaScript, pop-ups, status bar abuse,
- etc.)
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
-
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
- </para>
- </listitem>
+</sect2>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- User-customizable HTML templates (e.g. 404 error page).
- </para>
- </listitem>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
+<title id="whyprivoxy">Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why a name change at all?</title>
+<para>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is the
+ <quote><emphasis>Privacy Enhancing Proxy</emphasis></quote>.
+</para>
+<para>
+ There are potential legal complications from the continued use of the
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a registered trademark of
+ <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
+ And thus they <quote>own</quote> the rights to the name.
+ (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>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
- </para>
-</listitem>
+<para>
+ The developers also believed that there are 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<![%p-not-stable;[, especially now with the pending
+ release of version 3.0]]>.
+</para>
+</sect2>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Builds from source on most UNIX-like systems. Packages available for: Linux
- (RedHat, SuSE, or Debian), Windows, Sun Solaris, Mac OSX, OS/2, HP-UX 11 and AmigaOS.
-
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- In addition, the configuration is much more powerful and versatile over-all.
- </para>
-</listitem>
+<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 if you are upgrading from
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> 2.0.x. 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>
- </itemizedlist>
-</para>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
+<!-- Include newfeatures.sgml: -->
+ &newfeatures;
+<!-- end include -->
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
-<application>Junkbuster</application> work? </title>
+<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>Junkbuster</application>,
+ When you connect to a web site with <application>Privoxy</application>,
you are really connecting to your locally running version of
- <application>Junkbuster</application>. <application>Junkbuster</application>
+ <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>Junkbuster</application>, where
- <application>Junkbuster</application> can work its magic before it
+ 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>Junkbuster</application> sits between you and the
+ 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>Junkbuster</application> uses various programming methods to do
+ <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>Junkbuster</application> best
+ There are many kinds of proxies. <application>Privoxy</application> best
fits the <quote>filtering proxy</quote> category.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</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>
-<sect3 id="browsers2"><title>My browser does the same things as
-Junkbuster. Why should I use Junkbuster at all?</title>
+<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 Troubleshooting section 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>Junkbuster</application>. Maybe this is
- adequate for you. But <application>Junkbuster</application> is much more
- verstatile and powerful, and can do a number of things that browsers just can't.
+ 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
for possibly many browsers.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<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>Junkbuster</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.
- See <ulink
- url="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html">http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html</ulink>
- for specifics.
+ <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 Copyright section 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>Junkbuster</application> really is <emphasis>free</emphasis>
+ <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 ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 id="installation"><title>Installation</title>
+<sect1 label="2" id="installation"><title>Installation</title>
-<sect3 id="newinstall"><title>Can I install the new
- <application>Junkbuster</application> over the old one?</title>
+<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 renderas="sect3" id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
+ <application>Privoxy</application> over <application>Junkbuster</application>?</title>
<para>
- We recommend you uninstall
the old <application>Junkbuster</application>
+ 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="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/">user-manual</ulink> for
- platform specific installation instructions. [FIXME: This is meant for after
- the name change for 3.0!]
+ url="../user-manual/index.html">user-manual</ulink> for
+ platform specific installation instructions.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Note: Some installers may automatically uninstall
+ <application>Junkbuster</application>, if present!
</para>
-
-</sect3>
-<sect3>
-<title id="firststep">I just installed Junkbuster. Is there anything
+</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>Junkbuster</application>
+ 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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="localhost"><title>What is the proxy address of Junkbuster?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="localhost"><title>What is the proxy address of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
- If you set up the <application>Junkbuster</application> to run on
+ 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 told the Internet
- Junkbuster to run on a different port with the
+ 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>
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 <quote>Junkbuster</quote> instead of directly to the
- Interenet.
+ requests to <application>Privoxy</application> instead of directly to the
+ Internet.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Junkbuster</application> can also be used to proxy for
+ <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>Junkbuster</application>
+ 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>Junkbuster</application> does not currently handle
+ <application>Privoxy</application> does not currently handle
protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, or other Internet
protocols.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="nothing">I just installed Junkbuster, and nothing is happening.
+<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>Junkbuster</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>Junkbuster</application> is running, and your browser
+ that <application>Privoxy</application> is running, and your browser
is correctly configured by entering the special URL:
- <ulink url="http://i.j.b/">http://i.j.b/</ulink>. This should give you
- a banner that says <quote>This is the Internet JUNKBUSTER</quote> and
- access to <application>Junkbuster's</application> internal configuration.
+ <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>Junkbuster</application> are not set up correctly.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> are not set up correctly.
</para>
-</sect3>
-
</sect2>
+</sect1>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 id="configuration"><title>Configuration</title>
+<sect1 label="3" id="configuration"><title>Configuration</title>
-<sect3 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>
- configuration from version 2.0.x to 2.9.x and later. The older files will
- not work at all. 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.
+ 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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="actionsfile">What is an <quote>actions</quote> file?</title>
<para>
<quote>actions</quote> files are where various actions that
- <application>Junkbuster</application> might take, are configured.
+ <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>
<para>
- <application>Junkbuster</application> comes with several default
+ <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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="actionss">
-<title>The <quote>actions</quote>concept confuses me. Please list
+<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="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink>.
Please refer to that.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
+<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>Junkbuster</application>
- with your web browser at <ulink url="http://i.j.b/">http://i.j.b/</ulink>,
+ 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://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/edit-actions">Edit the actions list</ulink>"
+ "<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="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink> for a
+ 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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
<!--
FIXME: Commenting these out until we have some data there. HB 03/17/02.
-<sect3 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>
-</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="configfiles"> <title>What are the differences between
-ijb-intermediate.action, ijb-basic.action, etc.?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configfiles"> <title>What are the differences between
+intermediate.action, basic.action, etc.?</title>
<para>
-Configuring the Internet Junkbuster 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.
+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>
<thead>
<row>
<entry>Feature</entry>
- <entry>ijb.action</entry>
- <entry>ijb-basic.action</entry>
- <entry>ijb-intermediate.action</entry>
- <entry>ijb-advanced.action</entry>
+ <entry>default.action</entry>
+ <entry>basic.action</entry>
+ <entry>intermediate.action</entry>
+ <entry>advanced.action</entry>
</row>
</thead>
</tgroup>
</table>
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 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
-regular user, while the whole /etc/junkbuster hierarchy belongs to the user
-"junkbuster", with only 644 perms.
+regular user, while the whole <filename>/etc/privoxy</filename> hierarchy
+belongs to the user <quote>privoxy</quote>, with only 644 permissions.
</para>
<para>
-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
+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.
</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.
+If you don't like this, setting <quote>enable-edit-actions 0</quote> in the
+config file will disable the browser-based editor. If you're that paranoid,
+you should also consider setting <quote>enable-remote-toggle 0</quote> to prevent
+browser-based enabling/disabling of <application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
<para>
-Note that normally only local users can connect to JunkBuster, so this is not
-(normally) a security problem.
+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>
-<sect3>
-<title id="lanconfig">How can I set up Junkbuster to act as a proxy for my
+</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>Junkbuster</application> only responds to requests
+ 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>Junkbuster</application>
+ 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,
</para>
<para>
- Save the file, and restart <application>Junkbuster</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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="noseeum">Instead of ads, now I get a Junkbuster logo [or
-checkerboard]. I don't want to see anything.</title>
+<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>Junkbuster</application> is stopping. You have the choice of the
- <application>Junkbuster</application> logo, a checkerboard pattern (this
- scales better), a transparent 1x1 GIF image, or a custom URL or your choice.
+ <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://i.j.b/">http://i.j.b/</ulink>. Or by hand editing the appropriate
+ 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.
-
+ 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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see the logo or checkerboard?</title>
+<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>Junkbuster</application> so that they can
+ for anyone new to <application>Privoxy</application> so that they can
see if their favorite pages are displaying correctly, and
- <application>Junkbuster</application> is not inadvertantly removing something
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is not inadvertently removing something
important.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="blockedisugly">I see large red banners on some pages that say
-<quote>Blocked</quote>. How do I get rid of this?</title>
+<quote>Blocked</quote>. Why and how do I get rid of this?</title>
<para>
These are URLs that match something in one of
- <application>Junkbuster's</application> block actions (+block). It is meant
+ <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
- as <quote>images</quote> (e.g. ad banners). If you want them to be treated
- as if they were images, so that they can be invisible, then move the
- offending URL from the <quote>+block</quote> section to the
- <quote>+imageblock</quote> section of your actions file. Alternately, you
- could modify the <quote><filename>block</filename></quote> HTML template that
- is used by <application>Junkbuster</application> to display this, and make it
- something more to your liking.
+ 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>
-</sect3>
+<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="srvany">
+<title>Can <application>Privoxy</application> run as a service
+on Win2K/NT?</title>
+<para>
+ Yes, it can run as a system service using <command>srvany.exe</command>.
+ The only catch is that this will effectively disable the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> icon in the taskbar. You can have
+ one or the other, but not both at this time :(
+</para>
+<para>
+ There is a pending feature request for this functionality. See
+ thread: <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118</ulink>,
+ for details, and a sample configuration.
+
+</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>
-<title id="slowsme">How much does Junkbuster slow my browsing down? This
+<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>Junkbuster</application>
+ 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>re_filterfile</filename>
+ <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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3 id="loadingtimes"><title>I noticed considerable
-delays in page requests compared to the old IJB. What's wrong?</title>
+<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>
</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>
<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).
+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>
<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.
+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>
<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.
+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).
+should really consider upgrading to &p-version;).
</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>
+</sect2>
-->
-<sect3 id="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what do I do?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blocklist"><title>Do you still maintain the blocklists?</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 together
- we'll find a suitable task for you.
+ No. The format of the blocklists has changed significantly in versions
+ 2.9.x and later. <![%p-not-stable;[Once we have released the new stable
+ version, v3.0, there will again be blocklists that you can update
+ automatically.]]>
</para>
-</sect3>
-
-<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.
-</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 or any other software, since
+ 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>
<para>
url="http://www.multiproxy.org/anon_list.htm">multiproxy.org</ulink> and many
more through Google.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<!-- <sect3 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 the Junkbuster determines (with the help of the blocklist) that a URL -->
+<!-- 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. The Junkbuster uses the imagefile for that purpose. -->
+<!-- image or not. <application>Privoxy</application> uses the imagefile for that purpose. -->
<!-- </para> -->
-<!-- </sect3> -->
+<!-- </sect2> -->
-<sect3>
-<title id="anonforsure">Can Junkbuster guarantee I am anonymous?</title>
+<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
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>
<para>
- <application>Junkbuster</application> can remove various information about you,
+ <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.
+ you can trust, and what details you want to reveal. 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>Junkbuster</application>
+ 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>.
Luke!
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="sitebreak">Might some things break because header information is
being altered?</title>
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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="caching">Can Junkbuster act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy to
+<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>Junkbuster</application> can co-exist
- with other kinds of proxies like <quote>Squid</quote>.
+ before you ask, <application>Privoxy</application> can co-exist
+ with other kinds of proxies like <application>Squid</application>.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="firewall">What about as a firewall? Can Junkbuster protect me?</title>
+<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>Junkbuster</application> can help
+ has this specific capability. <application>Privoxy</application> can help
protect your privacy, but not really protect you from intrusion attempts.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="logo">The Junkbuster logo that replaces ads is very blocky
+<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>Junkbuster</application> on the fly. So as to not waste
+ <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 chosing.
+ <emphasis>blank</emphasis>, or a URL of your choosing.
</para>
-</sect3>
+<para>
+Given the above problem, we have decided to remove the logo option entirely
+[as of v2.9.13].
+</para>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="wasted">I have large empty spaces now where ads used to be.
-Why does Junkbuster leave these large gaps?</title>
+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
It is best left this way.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="ssl">How can Junkbuster filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</title>
+<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>Junkbuster</application> does not
+ to the site, and vice versa. <application>Privoxy</application> does not
try to unencrypt this information, so it just passes through as is.
- <application>Junkbuster</application> can still catch images and ads that
+ <application>Privoxy</application> can still catch images and ads that
are embedded in the SSL stream though.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="secure">Junkbuster runs as a <quote>server</quote>. How
+<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>Junkbuster</application>. On Unix-like systems,
- <application>Junkbuster</application> can run as a non-privileged
+ <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>Junkbuster</application> only listens to requests
- from <quote>localhost</quote>. It is not itself directly exposed to the
+ <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>Junkbuster</application> serve as a LAN proxy, this will have to
+ <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>Junkbuster</application> config file. All LAN hosts can then use
+ 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>Junkbuster</application> will not listen on any external ports.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> will not listen on any external ports.
Of course, a firewall is always good too. Better safe than sorry.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="filterfile">What is a <quote>re_filterfile</quote>?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="turnoff">
+<title>How can I temporarily disable <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
- The <quote>re_filterfile</quote> is used to <quote>filter</quote> any
- 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. This is
- potentially a very powerful feature, but requires some expertise.
-</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>
- If you are familiar with regular expressions, and HTML, you can look at
- the provided <filename>re_filterfile</filename> with a text editor and see
- some of things it can be used for.
</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 boilerplate: -->
+ &seealso;
+<!-- end boilerplate -->
+<!--
<para>
- Presently, there is no GUI editor option for this part of the configuration.
+ Please see the
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/seealso.html">user-manual</ulink> for
+ others references.
</para>
-
-</sect3>
+-->
</sect2>
+</sect1>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2>
-<title id="trouble">Troubleshooting</title>
+<sect1 label="5" id="trouble">
+<title>Troubleshooting</title>
-<sect3>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="refused">I just upgraded and am getting <quote>connection refused</quote>
with every web page?</title>
<para>
- Either <application>Junkbuster</application> is not running, or your
+ Either <application>Privoxy</application> is not running, or your
browser is configured for a different port than what
- <application>Junkbuster</application> is using.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is using.
</para>
<para>
- The old <application>Junkbuster</application> used port 8000 by
+ 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>Junkbuster's</application> <quote>listen-address</quote>
+ change <application>Privoxy's</application> <quote>listen-address</quote>
setting in the <filename>config</filename> file used to start
- <application>Junkbuster</application>.
+ <application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
+<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>Junkbuster</application>
- will not be in the picture. The best thing to do is try flusing the browser's
+ 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://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info</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>
-</sect3>
+</sect2>
-<sect3>
-<title id="badsite">One of my favorite sites does not work with Junkbuster.
+<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>Junkbuster</application> problem,
- by disabling <application>Junkbuster</application> filtering and blocking.
- Go to <ulink url="http://i.j.b/">http://i.j.b/</ulink> and click on
- <quote>Toggle Junkbuster On or Off</quote>, then disable it. Now try that
- page again.
+ 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://i.j.b/">http://i.j.b/</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 <quote>Junkbuster</quote> features disabled
- for specific sites. Disabled <quote>actions</quote> will have a
- <quote>-</quote> (minus sign) in front of them. Add your problem page
+ 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. Re-try the page. There might be some trial and error
- involved. This is discussed in a little more detail in
- the <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/appenix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual appendix</ulink>.
+ 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>
the same thing by editing the appropriate <quote>actions</quote> file.
</para>
-</sect3>
+</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.
-<sect3>
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="time">What time is it?</title>
<para>
Time for you to go!
</para>
-</sect3>
-
</sect2>
</sect1>
-
+<!--
+</sect1>
+-->
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<!--
</para>
</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.
-</para>
-</sect1>
-<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="copyright"><title>Copyright and History</title>
-<para>Please see the user manual for information on Copyright and History.
-</para>
-</sect1>
+ <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+ <sect1 id="contact"><title>Contacting the developers, Bug Reporting and Feature Requests</title>
+<!-- Include contacting.sgml -->
+ &contacting;
+<!-- end contacting -->
+ </sect1>
+
+ <!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+ <sect1 id="copyright"><title>Copyright and History</title>
+
+<sect2><title>Copyright</title>
+<!-- Include copyright.sgml -->
+ ©right;
+<!-- end -->
+</sect2>
+<sect2><title>History</title>
+<!-- Include history.sgml -->
+ &history;
+<!-- end -->
+</sect2>
+
+ </sect1>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<!--
<sect1 id="seealso"><title>See also</title>
-<para>Please see the user manual for information on references.
-</para>
+-->
+<!-- Include seealso.sgml -->
+<!--
+ &see;
+-->
+<!-- end -->
+<!--
</sect1>
+-->
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+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!
+
+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
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+
+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
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