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-<!entity p-version "3.0.22">
+<!entity p-version "3.0.25">
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- $Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.193 2014/07/18 10:01:39 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.203 2016/02/26 12:27:32 fabiankeil Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
</subscript>
</pubdate>
-<pubdate>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.193 2014/07/18 10:01:39 fabiankeil Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.203 2016/02/26 12:27:32 fabiankeil Exp $</pubdate>
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</para>
</sect2>
+<sect2 id="start-freebsd">
+<title>FreeBSD and ElectroBSD</title>
+<para>
+ To start <application>Privoxy</application> upon booting, add
+ "privoxy_enable='YES'" to <filename>/etc/rc.conf</filename>.
+ <application>Privoxy</application> will use
+ <filename>/usr/local/etc/privoxy/config</filename> as its main
+ configuration file.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If you installed <application>Privoxy</application> into a jail, the
+ paths above are relative to the jail root.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To start <application>Privoxy</application> manually, run:
+</para>
+<para>
+ <screen>
+ # service privoxy onestart
+</screen>
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
<sect2 id="start-windows">
<title>Windows</title>
<para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="start-unices">
-<title>Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</title>
+<title>Generic instructions for Unix derivates (Solaris, NetBSD, HP-UX etc.)</title>
<para>
Example Unix startup command:
</para>
<para>
<screen>
- # /usr/sbin/privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
+ # /usr/sbin/privoxy --user privoxy /etc/privoxy/config
</screen>
</para>
+<para>
+ Note that if you installed <application>Privoxy</application> through
+ a package manager, the package will probably contain a platform-specific
+ script or configuration file to start <application>Privoxy</application>
+ upon boot.
+</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 id="start-os2">
<sect2 id="start-macosx">
<title>Mac OS X</title>
<para>
- After downloading the privoxy software, unzip the downloaded file by
- double-clicking on the zip file icon. Then, double-click on the
- installer package icon and follow the installation process.
-</para>
-<para>
- The privoxy service will automatically start after a successful
- installation. In addition, the privoxy service will automatically
- start every time your computer starts up.
-</para>
-<para>
- To prevent the privoxy service from automatically starting when your
- computer starts up, remove or rename the folder named
- /Library/StartupItems/Privoxy.
-</para>
-<para>
- A simple application named Privoxy Utility has been created which
- enables administrators to easily start and stop the privoxy service.
+ The privoxy service will automatically start after a successful installation
+ (and thereafter every time your computer starts up) however you will need to
+ configure your web browser(s) to use it. To do so, configure them to use a
+ proxy for HTTP and HTTPS at the address 127.0.0.1:8118.
</para>
<para>
- In addition, the Privoxy Utility presents a simple way for
- administrators to edit the various privoxy config files. A method
- to uninstall the software is also available.
+ To prevent the privoxy service from automatically starting when your computer
+ starts up, remove or rename the file <literal>/Library/LaunchDaemons/org.ijbswa.privoxy.plist</literal>
+ (on OS X 10.5 and higher) or the folder named
+ <literal>/Library/StartupItems/Privoxy</literal> (on OS X 10.4 'Tiger').
</para>
<para>
- An administrator username and password must be supplied in order for
- the Privoxy Utility to perform any of the tasks.
+ To manually start or stop the privoxy service, use the scripts startPrivoxy.sh
+ and stopPrivoxy.sh supplied in /Applications/Privoxy. They must be run from an
+ administrator account, using sudo.
</para>
</sect2>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2>
+<sect2 id="control-with-webbrowser">
<title>Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application>'s user interface can be reached through the special
</para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2>
+<sect2 id="right-mix">
<title>Finding the Right Mix</title>
<para>
Note that some <link linkend="actions">actions</link>, like cookie suppression
</sect2>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2>
+<sect2 id="how-to-edit">
<title>How to Edit</title>
<para>
The easiest way to edit the actions files is with a browser by
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect3><title>The Path Pattern</title>
+<sect3 id="path-pattern"><title>The Path Pattern</title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> uses <quote>modern</quote> POSIX 1003.2
<term>Type:</term>
<!-- boolean, parameterized, Multi-value -->
<listitem>
- <para>Parameterized.</para>
+ <para>Multi-value.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>Type:</term>
<!-- boolean, parameterized, Multi-value -->
<listitem>
- <para>Parameterized.</para>
+ <para>Multi-value.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>Type:</term>
<!-- boolean, parameterized, Multi-value -->
<listitem>
- <para>Parameterized.</para>
+ <para>Multi-value.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>Type:</term>
<!-- boolean, parameterized, Multi-value -->
<listitem>
- <para>Parameterized.</para>
+ <para>Multi-value.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>Type:</term>
<!-- Boolean, Parameterized, Multi-value -->
<listitem>
- <para>Multi-value.</para>
+ <para>Parameterized.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
for socks5 connections (with remote DNS resolution).
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <quote>forward-webserver 127.0.0.1:80</quote> to use the HTTP
+ server listening at 127.0.0.1 port 80 without adjusting the
+ request headers.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ This makes it more convenient to use Privoxy to make
+ existing websites available as onion services as well.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Many websites serve content with hardcoded URLs and
+ can't be easily adjusted to change the domain based
+ on the one used by the client.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Putting Privoxy between Tor and the webserver (or an stunnel
+ that forwards to the webserver) allows to rewrite headers and
+ content to make client and server happy at the same time.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Using Privoxy for webservers that are only reachable through
+ onion addresses and whose location is supposed to be secret
+ is not recommended and should not be necessary anyway.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>Type:</term>
<!-- boolean, parameterized, Multi-value -->
<listitem>
- <para>Parameterized.</para>
+ <para>Multi-value.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<term>Type:</term>
<!-- boolean, parameterized, Multi-value -->
<listitem>
- <para>Parameterized.</para>
+ <para>Multi-value.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect3>
+<sect3 id="summary">
<title>Summary</title>
<para>
Note that many of these actions have the potential to cause a page to
and <filename>user.action</filename> file and see how all these pieces come together:
</para>
-<sect3>
+<sect3 id="match-all">
<title>match-all.action</title>
<para>
Remember <emphasis>all actions are disabled when matching starts</emphasis>,
</para>
</sect3>
-<sect3>
+<sect3 id="default-action">
<title>default.action</title>
<para>
</sect3>
-<sect3><title>user.action</title>
+<sect3 id="user-action"><title>user.action</title>
<para>
So far we are painting with a broad brush by setting general policies,
<!-- ~~~~~~~~ New section Header ~~~~~~~~~ -->
-<sect2><title>Filter File Tutorial</title>
+<sect2 id="filter-file-tut"><title>Filter File Tutorial</title>
<para>
Now, let's complete our <quote>foo</quote> content filter. We have already defined
the heading, but the jobs are still missing. Since all it does is to replace
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2>
+<sect2 id="internal-pages">
<title>Privoxy's Internal Pages</title>
<para>
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