<application>Privoxy</application> provides many supplemental
features<![%p-not-stable;[, some of them currently under development]]>,
that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom:
<application>Privoxy</application> provides many supplemental
features<![%p-not-stable;[, some of them currently under development]]>,
that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom:
by setting the proxy configuration for address of
<literal>127.0.0.1</literal> and port <literal>8118</literal>.
<emphasis>DO NOT</emphasis> activate proxying for <literal>FTP</literal> or
by setting the proxy configuration for address of
<literal>127.0.0.1</literal> and port <literal>8118</literal>.
<emphasis>DO NOT</emphasis> activate proxying for <literal>FTP</literal> or
<para>
Flush your browser's disk and memory caches, to remove any cached ad images.
If using <application>Privoxy</application> to manage
<para>
Flush your browser's disk and memory caches, to remove any cached ad images.
If using <application>Privoxy</application> to manage
Before launching <application>Privoxy</application> for the first time, you
will want to configure your browser(s) to use
<application>Privoxy</application> as a HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)
Before launching <application>Privoxy</application> for the first time, you
will want to configure your browser(s) to use
<application>Privoxy</application> as a HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)
127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for the proxy address, and port 8118 (earlier versions
used port 8000). This is the one configuration step <emphasis>that must be done
</emphasis>!
127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for the proxy address, and port 8118 (earlier versions
used port 8000). This is the one configuration step <emphasis>that must be done
</emphasis>!
<para>
After doing this, flush your browser's disk and memory caches to force a
re-reading of all pages and to get rid of any ads that may be cached. Remove
<para>
After doing this, flush your browser's disk and memory caches to force a
re-reading of all pages and to get rid of any ads that may be cached. Remove
if you want <application>Privoxy</application> to manage that. You are now
ready to start enjoying the benefits of using
<application>Privoxy</application>!
if you want <application>Privoxy</application> to manage that. You are now
ready to start enjoying the benefits of using
<application>Privoxy</application>!
The pattern matching syntax is different for the host and path parts of
the URL. The host part uses a simple globbing type matching technique,
while the path part uses more flexible
The pattern matching syntax is different for the host and path parts of
the URL. The host part uses a simple globbing type matching technique,
while the path part uses more flexible
themselves. These work similarly to shell globbing type wild-cards:
<quote>*</quote> represents zero or more arbitrary characters (this is
equivalent to the
themselves. These work similarly to shell globbing type wild-cards:
<quote>*</quote> represents zero or more arbitrary characters (this is
equivalent to the
Expression</quote></ulink> based syntax of <quote>.*</quote>),
<quote>?</quote> represents any single character (this is equivalent to the
regular expression syntax of a simple <quote>.</quote>), and you can define
Expression</quote></ulink> based syntax of <quote>.*</quote>),
<quote>?</quote> represents any single character (this is equivalent to the
regular expression syntax of a simple <quote>.</quote>), and you can define
Expressions</quote></ulink> for matching the path portion (after the slash),
and is thus more flexible.
</para>
Expressions</quote></ulink> for matching the path portion (after the slash),
and is thus more flexible.
</para>
This is very powerful feature, and potentially very intrusive.
Filters should be used with caution, and where an equivalent
<quote>action</quote> is not available.
This is very powerful feature, and potentially very intrusive.
Filters should be used with caution, and where an equivalent
<quote>action</quote> is not available.
More information on known user-agent strings can be found at
<ulink url="http://www.user-agents.org/">http://www.user-agents.org/</ulink>
and
More information on known user-agent strings can be found at
<ulink url="http://www.user-agents.org/">http://www.user-agents.org/</ulink>
and
Expressions</quote></ulink>, you might want to take a look at
the <link linkend="regex">Appendix on regular expressions</link>, and
see the <ulink url="http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html">Perl
Expressions</quote></ulink>, you might want to take a look at
the <link linkend="regex">Appendix on regular expressions</link>, and
see the <ulink url="http://perldoc.perl.org/perlre.html">Perl