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by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and
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+ <Qandaset defaultlabel='qanda'>
+ <QandAEntry>
+ <question>
+ <para>
+ How are you?
+ </para>
+ </question>
+ <answer>
+ <para>
+ Fine.
+ </para>
+ </answer>
+ </QandAEntry>
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+
+ ========================================================================
+ 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>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</title>
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.37 2002/04/01 16:24:07 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.45 2002/04/08 22:59:26 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
<authorgroup>
<author>
]]>
<para>
This FAQ gives users and developers alike answers to frequently asked
- questions about <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</ulink>.
+ questions about <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org">Privoxy</ulink>
+ <![%p-stable;[ v.&p-version]]>.
</para>
-<!--
- Include privoxy.sgml boilerplate:
--->
+<!-- Include privoxy.sgml boilerplate: -->
&p-intro;
+<!-- end boilerplate -->
<para>
You can find the latest version of the document at <ulink
url="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</ulink>.
- Please see the Contact section in the <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/contact.html">user-manual</ulink> if
- you want to contact the developers.
+ Please see the Contact section if you want to contact the developers.
</para>
<!-- <para> -->
</abstract>
</artheader>
-
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="intro">
-<title></title>
+<sect1 id="intro" label=""><title></title>
<!-- dummy section to force TOC on page by itself -->
<!-- DO NOT REMOVE! please ;) -->
<para> </para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="general"><title>1. General Information</title>
+<sect1 label="1" id="general"><title>General Information</title>
-<sect2 id="newjb"><title>What is this new version of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+<sect2
renderas="sect3" id="newjb"><title>What is this new version of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
- The original <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> (tm) is a
- copyrighted product of <ulink url="http://www.junkbusters.com">Junkbusters
- Corporation</ulink>. Development of this effort stopped some time ago as of
- version 2.0.2. Stefan Waldherr started the ijbswa project on <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">Sourceforge</ulink> to rekindle
- development. Other developers subsequently joined with Stefan, and have
- since added many new features, refinements and enhancements. The result
+ The original <application><trademark>Internet
+ Junkbuster</trademark></application> (tm) is a copyrighted product of <ulink
+ url="http://www.junkbusters.com">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
+ Development of this effort stopped some time ago as of version 2.0.2. Stefan
+ Waldherr started the ijbswa project on <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">Sourceforge</ulink> to
+ rekindle development. Other developers subsequently joined with Stefan, and
+ have since added many new features, refinements and enhancements. The result
of this effort is <application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> started with the
- <application>Junkbuster 2.0.2</application> code base, but has advanced
+ <application>Privoxy</application> has evolved from the
+ <application>Junkbuster 2.0.2</application> code base, and has advanced
significantly at this point.
</para>
<para>
- Please see the <ulink
- url="../user-manual/copyright.html#HISTORY">user-manual</ulink> for more
+ Please see the <link linkend="copyright">History section</link> for more
information on the history of <application>Junkbuster</application> and
<application>Privoxy</application>.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="whyprivoxy">Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why a name change at all?</title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> is the
<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
+ 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>
<para>
- The developers also believed that there so many changes from the original
+ 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, especially now with the pending release of
- version 3.0.
-
+ a name in their own right<![%p-not-stable;[, especially now with the pending
+ release of version 3.0]]>.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="differs"><title>How does <application>Privoxy</application> differ
+<sect2
renderas="sect3" id="differs"><title>How does <application>Privoxy</application> differ
from the old <application>Junkbuster?</application></title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> picks up where
</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.
-
+ 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>
-<sect2 id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
-<!--
-Include newfeatures.sgml
--->
-&newfeatures;
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="features"><title>What are some of the new features?</title>
+<!-- Include newfeatures.sgml: -->
+ &newfeatures;
+<!-- end include -->
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
<application>Privoxy</application> work? </title>
<para>
When you connect to a web site with <application>Privoxy</application>,
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="knows">How does <application>Privoxy</application> know what is
an ad, and what is not?</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="mistakes">Can <application>Privoxy</application> make mistakes?
This does not sound very scientific.</title>
<para>
<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>.)
+ (<link linkend="badsite">See the Troubleshooting section below</link>.)
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="browsers2"><title>My browser does the same things as
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="browsers2"><title>My browser does the same things as
<application>Privoxy</application>. Why should I use
<application>Privoxy</application> at all?</title>
<para>
-<sect2 id="license"><title>Is there is a license or fee? What about a
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="license"><title>Is there is a license or fee? What about a
warranty? Registration?</title>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is licensed under the
- 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.
+ <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>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what do I do?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="jointeam"><title>I would like to help you, what do I do?</title>
-<sect3 id="jointeam-money"><title>Money Money Money</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-money"><title>Money Money Money</title>
<para>
We, of course, welcome donations and use the money for domain registering,
regular world-wide get-togethers (hahaha). Anyway, we'll soon describe the
</para>
</sect3>
-<sect3 id="jointeam-work"><title>You want to work with us?</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="jointeam-work"><title>You want to work with us?</title>
<para>
Well, helping the team is always a good idea. We welcome new developers,
RPM gurus or documentation makers. Simply get an account on sourceforge.net
and mail your id to the developer mailing list. Then read the
- section Quickstart in the <ulink url="http://privoxy.org/developer-manual/quickstart.html">
+ section Quickstart in the <ulink url="../developer-manual/quickstart.html">
Developer's Manual</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="installation"><title>2. Installation</title>
+<sect1 label="2" id="installation"><title>Installation</title>
-<sect2 id="whichbrowsers">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whichbrowsers">
<title>Which browsers are supported by <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
Any browser that can be configured to use a <quote>proxy</quote>, which
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="whichos">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whichos">
<title>Which operating systems are supported?</title>
<!--
Include supported.sgml here:
&supported;
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
<application>Privoxy</application> over <application>Junkbuster</application>?</title>
<para>
We recommend you uninstall <application>Junkbuster</application>
<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!]
+ platform specific installation instructions.
</para>
<para>
Note: Some installers may automatically uninstall
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="firststep">I just installed <application>Privoxy</application>. Is there anything
special I have to do now?</title>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="localhost"><title>What is the proxy address of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+<sect2
renderas="sect3" id="localhost"><title>What is the proxy address of <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
If you set up the <application>Privoxy</application> to run on
the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or some
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="nothing">I just installed <application>Privoxy</application>, and nothing is happening.
All the ads are there. What's wrong?</title>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="configuration"><title>3. Configuration</title>
+<sect1 label="3" id="configuration"><title>Configuration</title>
-<sect2 id="newconfig"><title>Can I use my old config files?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newconfig"><title>Can I use my old config files?</title>
<para>
- There are major changes to <application>Junkbuster</application>,
- <application>Privoxy</application>, configuration from version 2.0.x to
+ 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.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="actionsfile">What is an <quote>actions</quote> file?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 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
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="actconfig">How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
way to do this?</title>
<!--
FIXME: Commenting these out until we have some data there. HB 03/17/02.
-<sect2 id="yahoo"><title>How can I make my Yahoo account work?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="yahoo"><title>How can I make my Yahoo account work?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="hotmail"> <title>How can I make my Hotmail account work?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="hotmail"> <title>How can I make my Hotmail account work?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="gmx"> <title>How can I make my GMX account work?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="gmx"> <title>How can I make my GMX account work?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
</sect2>
-->
-<sect2 id="configfiles"> <title>What are the differences between
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configfiles"> <title>What are the differences between
intermediate.action, basic.action, etc.?</title>
<para>
Configuring <application>Privoxy</application> is not easy. To help you get
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="browseconfig"> <title>Why can I change the configuration with a
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="browseconfig"> <title>Why can I change the configuration with a
browser? Does that not raise security issues?</title>
<para>
What I don't understand, is how I can browser edit the config file as a
-regular user, while the whole /etc/privoxy hierarchy belongs to the user
-"privoxy", 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, <application>Privoxy</application>
itself is writing to the config files. Because
-<application>Privoxy</application> is running as the user "privoxy", it can
+<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 <application>Privoxy</application>.
+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 <application>Privoxy</application>, 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>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="filterfile">What is <quote>default.filter</quote>?</title>
<para>
The <quote>default.filter</quote> file is used to <quote>filter</quote> any
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="lanconfig">How can I set up <application>Privoxy</application> to act as a proxy for my
LAN?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="noseeum">Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</title>
<para>
This is a configuration option for images that
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</title>
<para>
This can be helpful for troubleshooting problems. It might also be good
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="blockedisugly">I see large red banners on some pages that say
<quote>Blocked</quote>. Why and how do I get rid of this?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="alliseeisred">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="alliseeisred">
<title>I cannot see all of the <quote>Blocked</quote> page banner. All I
see is a bright red square.</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="otherproxy">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="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>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="misc"><title>4. Miscellaneous</title>
+<sect1 label="4"id="misc"><title>Miscellaneous</title>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="slowsme">How much does <application>Privoxy</application> slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.</title>
<para>
-<sect2 id="loadingtimes"><title>I noticed considerable
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="loadingtimes"><title>I noticed considerable
delays in page requests compared to the old Junkbuster. What's wrong?</title>
<para>
Using the default filtering configuration, I noticed considerable delays in
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="configurl"><title>What is the "http://p.p/"?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configurl"><title>What is the "http://p.p/"?</title>
<para>
Since <application>Privoxy</application> sits between your web browser and the Internet, it can be
programmed to handle certain pages specially.
</para>
<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).
+ With recent versions of <application>Privoxy</application> (version 2.9.x and
+ greater), 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/ and earlier 2.9.x versions).
</para>
<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>.
+ 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 <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>.
+
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).
+ 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 &p-version;).
</para>
</sect2>
<!--
FIXME: commented out until we have data. HB 03/18/02.
-<sect2 id="badfiledesc"><title>I get the message 'Bad File Descriptor', why?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="badfiledesc"><title>I get the message 'Bad File Descriptor', why?</title>
<para>
Fillme.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="proxy-chaining"><title>How do I chain <application>Privoxy</application> with other proxies
-(e.g. squid)?</title>
-<para>
- Fillme.
-</para>
-</sect2>
-->
-<sect2 id="blocklist"><title>Do you still maintain the blocklists?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blocklist"><title>Do you still maintain the blocklists?</title>
<para>
- No. The format of the blocklists has changed significantly in the versions
- 2.9.x. Once we have released the new stable version, v3.0, there will
- again be blocklists that you can update automatically.
+ No, not by this name. The format of the blocklists has changed
+ significantly in versions 2.9.x and later. This functionality
+ is done by the <quote>actions</quote> file now. See next question ...
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="newads"><title>How can I submit new ads?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="newads"><title>How can I submit new ads?</title>
+<para>
+ Beginning with <application>Privoxy v2.9.14</application>, missed ads and
+ banners and other actions file problems, can be submitted by accessing
+ <ulink url="javascript:void(window.open('http://www.privoxy.org/actions','Feedback','width=600,scrollbars=yes,toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,copyhistory=no').focus());"><quote>actions file feedback system</quote></ulink>
+ from <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>
+ There will soon be an easy way to update your actions file as well.
+</para>
<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.
+ This does not work with earlier versions of <application>Privoxy</application>
+ or <application>Junkbuster</application>.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="ip"><title>How can I hide my IP address?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="ip"><title>How can I hide my IP address?</title>
<para>
You cannot hide your IP address with <application>Privoxy</application> or any other software, since
-the server needs to know your IP address to send the answer to you.
+the server needs to know your IP address to send the answers back to you.
</para>
<para>
Fortunately there are many publicly usable anonymous proxies out there, which
</para>
</sect2>
-<!-- <sect2 id="image"><title>What is the imagefile (simage.ini, etc.) for?</title> -->
+<!-- <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="image"><title>What is the imagefile (simage.ini, etc.) for?</title> -->
<!-- <para> -->
<!-- Anytime <application>Privoxy</application> determines (with the help of the blocklist) that a URL -->
<!-- contains an advertisement, it has to decide whether this advertisement is an -->
<!-- </para> -->
<!-- </sect2> -->
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="anonforsure">Can <application>Privoxy</application> guarantee I am anonymous?</title>
<para>
No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are greatly improved, but unless you
<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.
+ 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
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<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>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="caching">Can <application>Privoxy</application> act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy to
speed up web browsing?</title>
<para>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="firewall">What about as a firewall? Can <application>Privoxy</application> protect me?</title>
<para>
Not in the way you mean, or in the way a true firewall can, or a proxy that
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="logo">The <application>Privoxy</application> logo that replaces ads is very blocky
and ugly looking. Can't a better font be used?</title>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="wasted">I have large empty spaces now where ads used to be.
Why?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="ssl">How can <application>Privoxy</application> filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</title>
<para>
This is a limitation since HTTPS transactions are encrypted SSL sessions
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="secure"><application>Privoxy</application> runs as a <quote>server</quote>. How
secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="turnoff">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="turnoff">
<title>How can I temporarily disable <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
<para>
The easiest way is to access <application>Privoxy</application> with your
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="seealso">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="seealso">
<title>Where can I find more information about <application>Privoxy</application>
and related issues?</title>
-
-<!--
- Include seealso.sgml
--->
-
+<!-- Include seealso.sgml boilerplate: -->
&seealso;
+<!-- end boilerplate -->
<!--
<para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="trouble">
-<title>5. Troubleshooting</title>
+<sect1 label="5" id="trouble">
+<title>Troubleshooting</title>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="refused">I just upgraded and am getting <quote>connection refused</quote>
with every web page?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="flushit">I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="badsite">One of my favorite sites does not work with <application>Privoxy</application>.
What can I do?</title>
being applied to the URL. Now, armed with this information, go to <quote>Edit
the actions list</quote>. Here you should see various sections that have
various <application>Privoxy</application> features disabled for specific
- sites. Disabled <quote>actions</quote> will have a <quote>-</quote> (minus
- sign) in front of them. Add your problem page URL to one of these sections
- that looks like it is disabling the feature that is causing the
- problem. Re-try the page. There might be some trial and error involved. This
- is discussed in a little more detail in the
- <ulink url="../user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual
- appendix</ulink>.
+ sites. Most disabled <quote>actions</quote> will have a <quote>-</quote> (minus
+ sign) in front of them. Some aliases are used just to disable other actions,
+ e.g. <quote>shop</quote> and <quote>fragile</quote>, and won't necessarily
+ use a <quote>+</quote> or <quote>-</quote> sign. Add your problem page
+ URL to one of these sections that looks like it is disabling the feature that
+ is causing the problem. Rember to flush your browser's caches when making
+ such changes! As a last resort, try <quote>fragile</quote> which
+ disables most actions. Now re-try the page. There might be some trial and
+ error involved. This is discussed in a little more detail in the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual appendix</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="bugs">
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="bugs">
<title>Where can I get help? Report bugs? Feature Requests? Etc?</title>
<para>
Feedback is encouraged, whether good, bad or ugly. Please see the contact
</sect2>
-<sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3">
<title id="time">What time is it?</title>
<para>
Time for you to go!
</sect1>
-->
-<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<!--
+ <!-- ~~~~~ 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>
-This is referenced in the doc header already. HB 03/25/02
+<sect2><title>History</title>
+<!-- Include history.sgml -->
+ &history;
+<!-- end -->
+</sect2>
-<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="seealso"><title>See also</title>
+-->
+<!-- Include seealso.sgml -->
+<!--
+ &see;
+-->
+<!-- end -->
+<!--
</sect1>
-->
-
<!-- hhmts end -->
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+Revision 1.45 2002/04/08 22:59:26 hal9
+Version update. Spell chkconfig correctly :)
+
+Revision 1.44 2002/04/07 21:24:29 hal9
+Touch up on name change.
+
+Revision 1.43 2002/04/04 21:59:53 hal9
+Added NT/W2K service/icon situation.
+
+Revision 1.42 2002/04/04 18:46:47 swa
+consistent look. reuse of copyright, history et. al.
+
+Revision 1.41 2002/04/04 06:48:37 hal9
+Structural changes to allow for conditional inclusion/exclusion of content
+based on entity toggles, e.g. 'entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE"'. And
+definition of internal entities, e.g. 'entity p-version "2.9.13"' that will
+eventually be set by Makefile.
+More boilerplate text for use across multiple docs.
+
+Revision 1.40 2002/04/03 04:22:03 hal9
+Fixed several typos.
+
+Revision 1.39 2002/04/03 03:53:03 hal9
+Revert some changes, and then make some news, to layout, and appearance.
+
+Revision 1.38 2002/04/02 03:49:10 hal9
+Major changes to doc structure and layout. Sections are not automatically
+numbered now. TOC is on page by itself.
+
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