><BR></P
><P
CLASS="PUBDATE"
->$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.14 2006/09/05 13:25:12 david__schmidt Exp $<BR></P
+>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.17 2006/09/17 14:56:32 hal9 Exp $<BR></P
><DIV
><DIV
CLASS="ABSTRACT"
TARGET="_top"
>Privoxy</A
>.
- It can't and doesn't replace the
+ It is not a substitute for the
<A
HREF="../user-manual/index.html"
TARGET="_top"
><I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
->User Manual</I
+>Privoxy User Manual</I
></A
>.
</P
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing
- cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
- obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> has a very
- flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
- tastes. <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> has application for both
- stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
+>What is Privoxy?</P
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> is based on <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Internet
- Junkbuster</SPAN
-> (tm).</P
+> Privoxy is a
+ <A
+HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
+TARGET="_top"
+>web proxy</A
+>
+ with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting
+ privacy, modifying web page data, managing
+ <A
+HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
+TARGET="_top"
+>cookies</A
+>,
+ controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
+ Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be
+ customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
+ both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
+><P
+> Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).</P
><P
> Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy represents
- the state at the release of version 3.0.4.
+ the state at the release of version 3.0.5.
You can find the latest version of the document at <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/"
TARGET="_top"
><DL
><DT
>1.1. <A
-HREF="general.html#NEWJB"
->What is this new version of <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Junkbuster</SPAN
->?</A
+HREF="general.html#WHO_USES"
+>Who should use Privoxy?</A
></DT
><DT
>1.2. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN45"
->Why <SPAN
-CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Privoxy"</SPAN
->? Why change the name from
-<SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Junkbuster</SPAN
-> at all?</A
+HREF="general.html#BESTCHOICE"
+>Is Privoxy the best choice for
+me?</A
></DT
><DT
>1.3. <A
-HREF="general.html#DIFFERS"
->How does <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> differ
-from the old <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Junkbuster?</SPAN
-></A
-></DT
-><DT
->1.4. <A
HREF="general.html#PROXYMORON"
>What is a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"proxy"</SPAN
>? How does
+Privoxy work?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>1.4. <A
+HREF="general.html#NEWJB"
+>What is this new version of
<SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> work?</A
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Junkbuster"</SPAN
+>?</A
></DT
><DT
>1.5. <A
+HREF="general.html#AEN74"
+>Why <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"Privoxy"</SPAN
+>? Why change the name from
+Junkbuster at all?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>1.6. <A
+HREF="general.html#DIFFERS"
+>How does Privoxy differ
+from the old Junkbuster?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>1.7. <A
HREF="general.html#WHATSANAD"
->How does <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> know what is
+>How does Privoxy know what is
an ad, and what is not?</A
></DT
><DT
->1.6. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN138"
->Can <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> make mistakes?
+>1.8. <A
+HREF="general.html#AEN155"
+>Can Privoxy make mistakes?
This does not sound very scientific.</A
></DT
><DT
->1.7. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN145"
->Will I have to configure <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
+>1.9. <A
+HREF="general.html#AEN161"
+>Will I have to configure Privoxy
before I can use it?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="general.html#BROWSERS2"
>My browser does the same things as
-<SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->. Why should I use
-<SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> at all?</A
+Privoxy. Why should I use
+Privoxy at all?</A
></DT
><DT
->1.9. <A
+>1.11. <A
+HREF="general.html#WHYTRUST"
+>Why should I trust Privoxy?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>1.12. <A
HREF="general.html#LICENSE"
>Is there is a license or fee? What about a
warranty? Registration?</A
></DT
><DT
->1.10. <A
+>1.13. <A
+HREF="general.html#SPYWARE"
+>Can Privoxy remove spyware? Adware? Viruses?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>1.14. <A
+HREF="general.html#OTHERADS"
+>Can I use Privoxy with other ad-blocking software?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>1.15. <A
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM"
>I would like to help you, what can I do?</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-WORK"
>Would you like to participate?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-MONEY"
>Contribute!</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-SOFTWARE"
>Software</A
></DT
><DT
>2.1. <A
HREF="installation.html#WHICHBROWSERS"
->Which browsers are supported by <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->?</A
+>Which browsers are supported by Privoxy?</A
></DT
><DT
>2.2. <A
><DT
>2.3. <A
HREF="installation.html#EMAIL-CLIENT"
->Can I use <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> with my email client?</A
+>Can I use Privoxy with my email client?</A
></DT
><DT
>2.4. <A
HREF="installation.html#NEWINSTALL"
>Can I install
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> over <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Junkbuster</SPAN
->?</A
+ Privoxy over Junkbuster?</A
></DT
><DT
>2.5. <A
-HREF="installation.html#AEN235"
->I just installed <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->. Is there anything
+HREF="installation.html#AEN263"
+>I just installed Privoxy. Is there anything
special I have to do now?</A
></DT
><DT
>2.6. <A
HREF="installation.html#LOCALHOST"
->What is the proxy address of <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->?</A
+>What is the proxy address of Privoxy?</A
></DT
><DT
>2.7. <A
HREF="installation.html#NOTHING"
->I just installed <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->, and nothing is happening.
+>I just installed Privoxy, and nothing is happening.
All the ads are there. What's wrong?</A
></DT
><DT
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Privoxy is not being used"</SPAN
> dummy page although
-<SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> is running and being used.</A
+Privoxy is running and being used.</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DT
><DT
>3.3. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN332"
->What is an <SPAN
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN361"
+>What exactly is an <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
> file?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.5. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN351"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN381"
>How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
way to do this?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.6. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN359"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN389"
>There are several different <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
>"Medium"</SPAN
> and <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Adventuresome"</SPAN
+>"Advanced"</SPAN
> defaults?</A
></DT
><DT
></DT
><DT
>3.10. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN424"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN467"
>What is the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>default.filter</TT
></DT
><DT
>3.11. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN442"
->How can I set up <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> to act as a proxy for my
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN485"
+>How can I set up Privoxy to act as a proxy for my
LAN?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.12. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN468"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN510"
>Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</A
></DT
><DT
>3.13. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN485"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN527"
>Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.14. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN490"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN532"
>I see some images being replaced by a text
instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.15. <A
HREF="configuration.html#SRVANY"
->Can <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> run as a service
+>Can Privoxy run as a service
on Win2K/NT/XP?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.16. <A
HREF="configuration.html#OTHERPROXY"
->How can I make <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> work with other
-proxies like <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Squid</SPAN
-> or <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Tor</SPAN
->?</A
+>How can I make Privoxy work with other
+proxies like Squid or Tor?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.17. <A
HREF="configuration.html#PORT-80"
->Can I just set <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> to use port 80
+>Can I just set Privoxy to use port 80
and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.18. <A
HREF="configuration.html#TRANSPARENT"
->Can <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> run as a <SPAN
+>Can Privoxy run as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"transparent"</SPAN
> proxy?</A
><DT
>3.19. <A
HREF="configuration.html#OUTLOOK"
->How can I configure <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> for use with <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Outlook
- Express</SPAN
->?</A
+>How can I configure Privoxy for use with Outlook
+ Express?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.20. <A
></DT
><DT
>3.21. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#SNEAKY-COOKIES"
+>I sometimes notice cookies sneaking through. How?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.22. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#EVIL-COOKIES"
+>Are all cookies bad? Why?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.23. <A
HREF="configuration.html#ALLOW-COOKIES"
>How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="configuration.html#MULTIPLES"
>Can I have separate configurations for different users?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="configuration.html#WHITELISTS"
->Can I set-up <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> as a whitelist of
+>Can I set-up Privoxy as a whitelist of
<SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"good"</SPAN
><DL
><DT
>4.1. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN584"
->How much does <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> slow my browsing down? This
+HREF="misc.html#AEN640"
+>How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.</A
></DT
><DT
></DT
><DT
>4.3. <A
-HREF="misc.html#SLOWCRAWL"
->I just installed <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->, and all my
-browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?</A
-></DT
-><DT
->4.4. <A
HREF="misc.html#CONFIGURL"
>What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and
"http://p.p/"?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#NEWADS"
>How can I submit new ads, or report
problems?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#NOONECARES"
>Why doesn't anyone answer my support
request?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#IP"
>How can I hide my IP address?</A
></DT
><DT
+>4.7. <A
+HREF="misc.html#AEN702"
+>Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</A
+></DT
+><DT
>4.8. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN651"
->Can <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> guarantee I am anonymous?</A
+HREF="misc.html#AEN720"
+>A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</A
></DT
><DT
>4.9. <A
HREF="misc.html#TOR"
->How do I use <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
- together with <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Tor</SPAN
->?</A
+>How do I use Privoxy
+ together with Tor?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.10. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN722"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN774"
>Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.11. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN733"
->Can <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> act as a <SPAN
+HREF="misc.html#AEN785"
+>Can Privoxy act as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"caching"</SPAN
> proxy to
></DT
><DT
>4.12. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN743"
->What about as a firewall? Can <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> protect me?</A
+HREF="misc.html#AEN794"
+>What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.13. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN749"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN799"
>I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.14. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN754"
->How can <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</A
+HREF="misc.html#AEN804"
+>How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.15. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN769"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> runs as a <SPAN
+HREF="misc.html#AEN818"
+>Privoxy runs as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"server"</SPAN
>. How
><DT
>4.16. <A
HREF="misc.html#TURNOFF"
->How can I temporarily disable <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->?</A
+>How can I temporarily disable Privoxy?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.17. <A
>When <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"disabled"</SPAN
-> is <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> totally
+> is Privoxy totally
out of the picture?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.18. <A
HREF="misc.html#CRUNCH"
->My logs show <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> <SPAN
+>My logs show Privoxy <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"crunches"</SPAN
>
><DT
>4.19. <A
HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS"
->Can <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> effect files that I download
+>Can Privoxy effect files that I download
from a webserver? FTP server?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.20. <A
HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS2"
->I just downloaded a Perl script, and <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
+>I just downloaded a Perl script, and Privoxy
altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!</A
></DT
><DT
><DT
>4.22. <A
HREF="misc.html#SEEALSO"
->Where can I find more information about <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
+>Where can I find more information about Privoxy
and related issues?</A
></DT
><DT
><DL
><DT
>5.1. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN925"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN967"
>I am getting <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"connection refused"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>5.2. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN938"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN980"
>I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</A
></DT
><DT
>5.3. <A
HREF="trouble.html#BADSITE"
->One of my favorite sites does not work with <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->.
+>One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy.
What can I do?</A
></DT
><DT
>5.4. <A
HREF="trouble.html#DUN"
->After installing <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->, I have to log in
+>After installing Privoxy, I have to log in
every time I start IE. What gives?</A
></DT
><DT
>5.5. <A
HREF="trouble.html#FTP"
->I cannot connect to any FTP sites. <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
- seems to be blocking me.</A
+>I cannot connect to any FTP sites. Privoxy
+ is blocking me.</A
></DT
><DT
>5.6. <A
HREF="trouble.html#OSXIE"
>In Mac OSX, I can't configure Microsoft Internet Explorer to use
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> as the HTTP proxy.</A
+ Privoxy as the HTTP proxy.</A
></DT
><DT
>5.7. <A
CLASS="MARKUP"
><html><body></body></html></SPAN
>. Without
- <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> the page loads fine.</A
+ Privoxy the page loads fine.</A
></DT
><DT
>5.10. <A
><DT
>5.12. <A
HREF="trouble.html#INUSE"
->When I try to launch <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->, I get an
+>When I try to launch Privoxy, I get an
error message <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"port 8118 is already in use"</SPAN
><DT
>5.14. <A
HREF="trouble.html#DEMORONIZER2"
->Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
+>Why are binary files (such as images) corrupted when Privoxy
is used?</A
></DT
><DT
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"404 No Such Domain"</SPAN
>. Why
- can't <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> do this better?</A
+ can't Privoxy do this better?</A
></DT
><DT
>5.18. <A
HREF="trouble.html#ALLCPU"
->At one site <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> just hangs, and starts taking
+>At one site Privoxy just hangs, and starts taking
all CPU. Why is this?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>5.19. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#SLOWCRAWL"
+>I just installed Privoxy, and all my
+browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><DL
><DT
>7.1. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN1209"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1248"
>License</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN1225"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1264"
>History</A
></DT
></DL
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