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Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
IJBSWA team. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net
<artheader>
<title>Junkbuster User Manual</title>
-<pubdate>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.35 2002/03/05 00:17:27 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.46 2002/03/10 00:51:08 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
<authorgroup>
<author>
<abstract>
<para>
- The user manual gives the users information on how to install and configure
+ The user manual gives users information on how to install, configure and use
<application>Internet Junkbuster</application>. <application>Internet
- Junkbuster</application> is an application that provides privacy and
- security to users of the World Wide Web.
+ 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.
</para>
<para>
You can find the latest version of the user manual at <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/</ulink>.
</para>
- <para>
- Feel free to send a note to the developers at <email>ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</email>.
- </para>
+<!-- <para> -->
+<!-- Feel free to send a note to the developers at <email>ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</email>. -->
+<!-- </para> -->
</abstract>
</artheader>
<para>
This documentation is included with the current BETA version of
- <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> and mostly complete at this
+ <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> and is mostly complete at this
point. The most up to date reference for the time being is still the comments
in the source files and in the individual configuration files. Development
of version 3.0 is currently nearing completion, and includes many significant
<para>
Since this is a BETA version, not all new features are well tested. This
- documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result. And there
- <emphasis>may be</emphasis> bugs, though hopefully not many!
+ documentation may be slightly out of sync as a result (especially with
+ CVS sources). And there <emphasis>may be</emphasis> bugs, though hopefully
+ not many!
</para>
<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.
+ (RedHat, SuSE, or Debian), Windows, Sun Solaris, Mac OSX, OS/2, HP-UX 11 and AmigaOS.
</para>
</listitem>
<application>Junkbuster</application> is available as raw source code, or
pre-compiled binaries. See the <ulink
url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">Junkbuster Home Page</ulink>
- for current release info. <application>Junkbuster</application> is also available
- via <ulink
+ for binaries and current release info. <application>Junkbuster</application>
+
is also available via <ulink
url="http://cvs.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ijbswa/current/">CVS</ulink>.
This is the recommended approach at this time. But please be aware that CVS
is constantly changing, and it may break in mysterious ways.
<para>
<screen>
tar xzvf ijb_source_* [.tgz or .tar.gz]
- cd ijb_source_2.9.10_beta
+ cd ijb_source_2.9.11_beta
</screen>
</para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect1 id="configuration"><title>Invoking and Configuring JunkBuster</title>
+<sect1 id="configuration"><title>JunkBuster Configuration</title>
+ <para>
+ All <application>JunkBuster</application> configuration is kept
+ in text files. These files can be edited with a text editor.
+ Many important aspects of <application>JunkBuster</application> can
+ also be controlled easily with a web browser.
+
+ </para>
+
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Controlling Junkbuster with Your Web Browser</title>
+<para>
+ <application>JunkBuster</application> can be reached by the special
+ URL <ulink url="http://i.j.b/">http://i.j.b/</ulink> (or alternately
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/</ulink>,
+ which is an internal page. You will see the following section:
+
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <screen>
+
+Please choose from the following options:
+
+ * Show information about the current configuration
+ * Show the source code version numbers
+ * Show the client's request headers.
+ * Show which actions apply to a URL and why
+ * Toggle JunkBuster on or off
+ * Edit the actions list
+
+ </screen>
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ This should be self-explanatory. Note the last item is an editor for the
+ <quote>actions list</quote>, which is where much of the ad, banner, cookie,
+ and URL blocking magic is configured as well as other advanced features of
+ <application>Junkbuster</application>. This is an easy way to adjust various
+ aspects of <application>Junkbuster</application> configuration. The actions
+ file, and other configuration files, are explained in detail below.
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> will automatically detect any changes
+ to these files.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <quote>Toggle JunkBuster On or Off</quote> is handy for sites that might
+ have problems with your current actions and filters, or just to test if
+ a site misbehaves, whether it is <application>JunkBuster</application>
+ causing the problem or not. <application>Junkbuster</application> continues
+ to run as a proxy in this case, but all filtering is disabled.
+
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
+<!-- ~ End section ~ -->
+
+
+
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Configuration Files Overview</title>
<para>
For Unix, *BSD and Linux, all configuration files are located in
<filename>/etc/junkbuster/</filename> by default. For MS Windows, OS/2, and
<quote>actions</quote> relating to images, banners, pop-ups, access
restrictions, banners and cookies. There is a CGI based editor for this
file that can be accessed via <ulink
- url="http://i.j.b">http://i.j.b</ulink>. This is the easiest method of
- configuring actions. (Other actions
+ url="http://i.j.b">http://i.j.b</ulink>. (Other actions
files are included as well with differing levels of filtering
and blocking, e.g. <filename>ijb-basic.action</filename>.)
</para>
Also, what constitutes a <quote>default</quote> setting, may change, so
please check all your configuration files on important issues.
</para>
-
-
-
-<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-
-<sect2>
-<title>Command Line Options</title>
-<para>
- <application>JunkBuster</application> may be invoked with the following
- command-line options:
-</para>
-
-<para>
- <itemizedlist>
-
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>--version</emphasis>
- </para>
- <para>
- Print version info and exit, Unix only.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>--help</emphasis>
- </para>
- <para>
- Print a short usage info and exit, Unix only.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>--no-daemon</emphasis>
- </para>
- <para>
- Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
- leader, don't detach from controlling tty. Unix only.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>--pidfile FILE</emphasis>
-
- </para>
- <para>
- On startup, write the process ID to <emphasis>FILE</emphasis>. Delete the
- <emphasis>FILE</emphasis> on exit. Failiure to create or delete the
- <emphasis>FILE</emphasis> is non-fatal. If no <emphasis>FILE</emphasis>
- option is given, no PID file will be used. Unix only.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>--user USER</emphasis>
-
- </para>
- <para>
- After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
- <emphasis>USER</emphasis>. Exit if the privileges are not sufficient to do
- so. Unix only.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- <emphasis>configfile</emphasis>
- </para>
- <para>
- If no <emphasis>configfile</emphasis> is included on the command line,
- <application>JunkBuster</application> will look for a file named
- <quote>config</quote> in the current directory (except on Win32
- where it will look for <quote>config.txt</quote> instead). Specify
- full path to avoid confusion.
- </para>
- </listitem>
-
-
- </itemizedlist>
-</para>
-
</sect2>
-<!-- ~ End section ~ -->
-
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
apply to requests for each site. Default: Cookies to and from all
destinations are kept only during the current browser session (i.e. they
are not saved to disk). Pop-ups are disabled for all sites. All sites are
- filtered if <quote>re_filterfile</quote> specified. No sites are blocked. An
- empty image is displayed for filtered ads and other images (formerly
- <quote>tinygif</quote>). The syntax of this file is explained in detail <link
- linkend="actionsfile">below</link>.
+ filtered if <quote>re_filterfile</quote> specified according to the
+ contents of <quote>re_filterfile</quote>. No sites are blocked. The
+ JunkBuster logo is displayed for filtered ads and other images . The syntax
+ of this file is explained in detail <link
+ linkend="actionsfile">below</link>.
</para>
<para>
content modification, or whatever the developers are playing with :-/
</para>
+<para>
+ Filtering requires buffering the page content, which may appear to slow down
+ page rendering since nothing is displayed until all content has passed
+ the filters. (It does not really take longer, but seems that way since
+ the page is not incrementally displayed.) This effect will be more noticeable
+ on slower connections.
+
+</para>
+
<para>
<literal>
<msgtext>
<listitem>
<para>
Decides what to do with URLs that end up tagged with <quote>{+block
- +image}</quote>. There are 4 options. <quote>-image-blocker</quote> will
- send a HTML <quote>blocked</quote> page, usually resulting in a
- <quote>broken image</quote> icon. <quote>+image-blocker{logo}</quote> will
- send a <quote>JunkBuster</quote> image.
- <quote>+image-blocker{blank}</quote> will send a 1x1 transparent GIF image.
- And finally, <quote>+image-blocker{http://xyz.com}</quote> will send a HTTP
- temporary redirect to the specified image. This has the advantage of the
- icon being being cached by the browser, which will speed up the display.
+ +image}</quote>, e.g an advertizement. There are five options.
+ <quote>-image-blocker</quote> will send a HTML <quote>blocked</quote> page,
+ usually resulting in a <quote>broken image</quote> icon.
+ <quote>+image-blocker{logo}</quote> will send a <quote>JunkBuster</quote>
+ logo image. <quote>+image-blocker{blank}</quote> will send a 1x1
+ transparent GIF image. And finally,
+ <quote>+image-blocker{http://xyz.com}</quote> will send a HTTP temporary
+ redirect to the specified image. This has the advantage of the icon being
+ being cached by the browser, which will speed up the display.
+ <quote>+image-blocker{pattern}</quote> will send a checkboard type pattern,
+ which scales better than the logo (which can get blocky if the browser
+ enlarges it too much).
</para>
<para>
<literal>
<sect2 id="filterfile">
<title>The Filter File</title>
<para>
- The filter file defines what filtering of web pages
- <application>Junkbuster</application> does. The default filter file is
- <filename>re_filterfile</filename>, located in the config directory. In this
- file, <emphasis>any document content</emphasis>, whether viewable text or
- embedded non-visible content, can be changed.
+ Any web page can be dynamically modified with the filter file. This
+ modification can be removal, or re-writing, of any web page content,
+ including tags and non-visible content. The default filter file is
+ <filename>re_filterfile</filename>, located in the config directory.
</para>
<para>
This file uses regular expressions to alter or remove any string in the
- target page. Some examples from the included default <filename>re_filterfile</filename>:
+ target page. The expressions can only operate on one line at a time .Some
+ examples from the included default <filename>re_filterfile</filename>:
</para>
<para>
<para>
When <application>Junkbuster</application> displays one of its internal
pages, such as a 404 Not Found error page, it uses the appropriate template.
- On Linux, BSD, and Unix, these are locate in
+ On Linux, BSD, and Unix, these are located in
<filename>/etc/junkbuster/templates</filename> by default. These may be
customized, if desired.
<sect1 id="quickstart"><title>Quickstart to Using Junkbuster</title>
<para>
Install package, then run and enjoy! <application>JunkBuster</application>
- accepts only one command line option -- the configuration file to be
- used. Example Unix startup command:
+ is typically started by specifying the main configuration file to be
+ used on the command line. Example Unix startup command:
</para>
<para>
the developers (see below).
</para>
+
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+
+<sect2>
+<title>Command Line Options</title>
+<para>
+ <application>JunkBuster</application> may be invoked with the following
+ command-line options:
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>--version</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Print version info and exit, Unix only.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>--help</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Print a short usage info and exit, Unix only.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>--no-daemon</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
+ leader, don't detach from controlling tty. Unix only.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>--pidfile FILE</emphasis>
+
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ On startup, write the process ID to <emphasis>FILE</emphasis>. Delete the
+ <emphasis>FILE</emphasis> on exit. Failiure to create or delete the
+ <emphasis>FILE</emphasis> is non-fatal. If no <emphasis>FILE</emphasis>
+ option is given, no PID file will be used. Unix only.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>--user USER[.GROUP]</emphasis>
+
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
+ <emphasis>USER</emphasis>, and if included the GID of GROUP. Exit if the
+ privileges are not sufficient to do so. Unix only.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <emphasis>configfile</emphasis>
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If no <emphasis>configfile</emphasis> is included on the command line,
+ <application>JunkBuster</application> will look for a file named
+ <quote>config</quote> in the current directory (except on Win32
+ where it will look for <quote>config.txt</quote> instead). Specify
+ full path to avoid confusion.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
</sect1>
+<!-- ~ End section ~ -->
+
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+
<sect1 id="contact"><title>Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
Requests</title>
<para>
- Please do not use the mailing lists for feature requests or
- bug reports. They are not as easily tracked this way!
+We value your feedback. However, to provide you with the best support,
+please note:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem><para>Use the <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=211118">Sourceforge support forum</ulink> to get
+ help.</para></listitem>
+
+ <listitem><para>Submit bugs only thru our <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118">Sourceforge bug
+ forum</ulink>.
+Make sure that the bug has not already been submitted. Please try to
+verify that it is a <application>Junkbuster</application> bug, and not
+a browser or site bug first. If you are using your own custom configuration,
+please try the stock configs to see if the problem is a configuration
+related bug. And if not using the latest development snapshot, please
+try the latest one. Or even better, CVS sources.</para>
+</listitem>
+
+
+ <listitem><para>Submit feature requests only thru our <ulink
+ url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118&func=browse">Sourceforge feature request forum</ulink>.</para></listitem>
+
+
+ </itemizedlist>
</para>
<para>
-<!--
-To be filled. mention the support forums as the primary channel of
-communication (bugs, feature requests, etc.)
--->
- Feature requests and other questions should be posted to the <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?atid=361118&group_id=11118&func=browse">Feature
- request page</ulink> at SourceForge. There is also an archive there.
+For any other issues, feel free to use the <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=11118">mailing lists</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
Archives are available here too.
</para>
-<para>
- Please report bugs, using the form at
- <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=111118">Sourceforge</ulink>.
- Please try to verify that it is a <application>Junkbuster</application> bug,
- and not a browser or site bug first. Also, check to make sure this is not
- already a known bug. If you are using your own custom configuration, please
- try the stock configs to see if the problem is a configuration related bug.
-</para>
-
</sect1>
</sect2>
+<!-- ~ End section ~ -->
+
+
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect2>
+<title>JunkBuster's Internal Pages</title>
+
+<para>
+ Since <application>JunkBuster</application> proxies each requested
+ web page, it is easy for <application>JunkBuster</application> to
+ trap certain URLs. In this way, we can talk directly to
+ <application>JunkBuster</application>, and see how it is
+ configured, see how our rules are being applied, change these
+ rules and other configuration options, and even turn
+ <application>JunkBuster</application> off.
+
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ The URLs listed below are the special ones that allow direct access
+ to <application>JunkBuster</application>. Of course,
+ <application>JunkBuster</application> must be running to access these. If
+ not, you will get a friendly error message.
+
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ <itemizedlist>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Junkbuster main page:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ <para>
+ Alternately, this may be reached at <ulink url="http://i.j.b/">http://i.j.b/</ulink>,
+ but this variation may not work as reliably as the above in some
+ configurations.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show information about the current configuration:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-status">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-status</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show the source code version numbers:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-version">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-version</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show the client's request headers:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-request">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-request</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Show which actions apply to a URL and why:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/show-url-info</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Toggle JunkBuster on or off:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/toggle">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/toggle</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ <para>
+ Short cuts. Turn off, then on:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/toggle?set=disable">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/toggle?set=disable</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/toggle?set=enable">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/toggle?set=enable</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Edit the actions list file:
+ </para>
+ <blockquote>
+ <para>
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/edit-actions">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config/edit-actions</ulink>
+ </para>
+ </blockquote>
+ </listitem>
+
+ </itemizedlist>
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ These may be bookmarked for quick reference.
+
+</para>
+
+</sect2>
+
</sect1>
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+ Revision 1.46 2002/03/10 00:51:08 hal9
+ Added section on JB internal pages in Appendix.
+
+ Revision 1.45 2002/03/09 17:43:53 swa
+ more distros
+
+ Revision 1.44 2002/03/09 17:08:48 hal9
+ New section on Jon's actions file editor, and move some stuff around.
+
+ Revision 1.43 2002/03/08 00:47:32 hal9
+ Added imageblock{pattern}.
+
+ Revision 1.42 2002/03/07 18:16:55 swa
+ looks better
+
+ Revision 1.41 2002/03/07 16:46:43 hal9
+ Fix a few markup problems for jade.
+
+ Revision 1.40 2002/03/07 16:28:39 swa
+ provide correct feedback channels
+
+ Revision 1.39 2002/03/06 16:19:28 hal9
+ Note on perceived filtering slowdown per FR.
+
+ Revision 1.38 2002/03/05 23:55:14 hal9
+ Stupid I did it again. Double hyphen in comment breaks jade.
+
+ Revision 1.37 2002/03/05 23:53:49 hal9
+ jade barfs on '- -' embedded in comments. - -user option broke it.
+
+ Revision 1.36 2002/03/05 22:53:28 hal9
+ Add new - - user option.
+
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