Purpose : Used with other docs and files only.
- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.104 2014/05/05 09:59:30 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.119 2016/03/30 11:14:46 fabiankeil Exp $
- Copyright (C) 2001-2011 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
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Sample Configuration File for Privoxy &p-version;
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<para>
- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.104 2014/05/05 09:59:30 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.119 2016/03/30 11:14:46 fabiankeil Exp $
</para>
<para>
-Copyright (C) 2001-2013 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
+Copyright (C) 2001-2016 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
</para>
<para>
<para>
Actions files contain all the per site and per URL configuration for
ad blocking, cookie management, privacy considerations, etc.
- There is no point in using <application>Privoxy</application> without at
- least one actions file.
- </para>
- <para>
- Note that since Privoxy 3.0.7, the complete filename, including the <quote>.action</quote>
- extension has to be specified. The syntax change was necessary to be consistent
- with the other file options and to allow previously forbidden characters.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<para>
Depending on the debug options below, the logfile may be a privacy risk
if third parties can get access to it. As most users will never look
- at it, <application>Privoxy</application> 3.0.7 and later only log fatal
- errors by default.
+ at it, <application>Privoxy</application> only logs fatal errors by default.
</para>
<para>
For most troubleshooting purposes, you will have to change that,
please refer to the debugging section for details.
</para>
- <para>
- Your logfile will grow indefinitely, and you will probably want to
- periodically remove it. On Unix systems, you can do this with a cron job
- (see <quote>man cron</quote>).
- </para>
<para>
Any log files must be writable by whatever user <application>Privoxy</application>
is being run as (on Unix, default user id is <quote>privoxy</quote>).
</para>
+ <para>
+ To prevent the logfile from growing indefinitely, it is recommended to
+ periodically rotate or shorten it. Many operating systems support log
+ rotation out of the box, some require additional software to do it.
+ For details, please refer to the documentation for your operating system.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
so that you will notice when things go wrong. The other levels are
probably only of interest if you are hunting down a specific problem.
They can produce a hell of an output (especially 16).
- <!-- LOL -->
- </para>
- <para>
- &my-app; used to ship with the debug levels recommended above enabled by
- default, but due to privacy concerns 3.0.7 and later are configured to
- only log fatal errors.
</para>
<para>
If you are used to the more verbose settings, simply enable the debug lines
forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
</screen>
</para>
-
- <para>
+ <para>
+ Note that if you got Tor through one of the bundles, you may
+ have to change the port from 9050 to 9150 (or even another one).
+ For details, please check the documentation on the
+ <ulink url="https://torproject.org/">Tor website</ulink>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
The public <application>Tor</application> network can't be used to
reach your local network, if you need to access local servers you
therefore might want to make some exceptions:
<application>Privoxy's</application> listening port is reachable
by the outside or an attacker has access to the pages you visit.
</para>
+ <para>
+ If you are running Privoxy as intercepting proxy without being
+ able to intercept all client requests you may want to adjust
+ the CGI templates to make sure they don't reference content from
+ config.privoxy.org.
+ </para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term>Notes:</term>
<listitem>
<para>
- This is a work-around for Firefox bug 492459:
- <quote>
- Websites are no longer rendered if SSL requests for JavaScripts are blocked by a proxy.
- </quote>
+ This directive was added as a work-around for Firefox bug 492459:
+ <quote>Websites are no longer rendered if SSL requests for JavaScripts are blocked by a proxy.</quote>
(<ulink url="https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492459"
- >https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492459</ulink>)
- As the bug has been fixed for quite some time this option should no longer
- be needed and will be removed in a future release. Please speak up if you
- have a reason why the option should be kept around.
+ >https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=492459</ulink>),
+ the bug has been fixed for quite some time, but this directive is also useful
+ to make it harder for websites to detect whether or not resources are being
+ blocked.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</sect3>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="client-specific-tag"><title>client-specific-tag</title>
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Specifies:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of a tag that will always be set for clients that
+ requested it through the webinterface.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Type of value:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <replaceable>Tag name followed by a description that will be shown in the webinterface</replaceable>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Default value:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>None</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Notes:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <warning>
+ <para>
+ This is an experimental feature. The syntax is likely to change
+ in future versions.
+ </para>
+ </warning>
+ <para>
+ Client-specific tags allow Privoxy admins to create different
+ profiles and let the users chose which one they want without
+ impacting other users.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ One use case is allowing users to circumvent certain blocks
+ without having to allow them to circumvent all blocks.
+ This is not possible with the
+ <link linkend="enable-remote-toggle">enable-remote-toggle feature</link>
+ because it would bluntly disable all blocks for all users and also affect
+ other actions like filters.
+ It also is set globally which renders it useless in most multi-user setups.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ After a client-specific tag has been defined with the client-specific-tag
+ directive, action sections can be activated based on the tag by using a
+ <ulink url="actions-file.html#CLIENT-TAG-PATTERN">CLIENT-TAG</ulink> pattern.
+ The CLIENT-TAG pattern is evaluated at the same priority
+ as URL patterns, as a result the last matching pattern wins.
+ Tags that are created based on client or server headers are evaluated
+ later on and can overrule CLIENT-TAG and URL patterns!
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The tag is set for all requests that come from clients that requested
+ it to be set.
+ Note that "clients" are differentiated by IP address,
+ if the IP address changes the tag has to be requested again.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Clients can request tags to be set by using the CGI interface <ulink
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/client-tags">http://config.privoxy.org/client-tags</ulink>.
+ The specific tag description is only used on the web page and should
+ be phrased in away that the user understand the effect of the tag.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Examples:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <screen>
+ # Define a couple of tags, the described effect requires action sections
+ # that are enabled based on CLIENT-TAG patterns.
+ client-specific-tag circumvent-blocks Overrule blocks but do not affect other actions
+ disable-content-filters Disable content-filters but do not affect other actions
+ </screen>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+</sect3>
+
+<!-- ~ End section ~ -->
+
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="client-tag-lifetime"><title>client-tag-lifetime</title>
+<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Specifies:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ How long a temporarily enabled tag remains enabled.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Type of value:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <replaceable>Time in seconds.</replaceable>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Default value:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>60</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Notes:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <warning>
+ <para>
+ This is an experimental feature. The syntax is likely to change
+ in future versions.
+ </para>
+ </warning>
+ <para>
+ In case of some tags users may not want to enable them permanently,
+ but only for a short amount of time, for example to circumvent a block
+ that is the result of an overly-broad URL pattern.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ The CGI interface <ulink
+ url="http://config.privoxy.org/client-tags">http://config.privoxy.org/client-tags</ulink>
+ therefore provides a "enable this tag temporarily" option.
+ If it is used, the tag will be set until the client-tag-lifetime
+ is over.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>Examples:</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <screen>
+ # Increase the time to life for temporarily enabled tags to 3 minutes
+ client-tag-lifetime 180
+ </screen>
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+</variablelist>
+</sect3>
+
</sect2>
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