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- <sub><a href="copyright.html">Copyright</a> © 2001-201
1 by <a
- href="http://www.privoxy.org/" target="_top">Privoxy
+ <sub><a href="copyright.html">Copyright</a> © 2001-201
6 by <a
+ href="https://www.privoxy.org/" target="_top">Privoxy
Developers</a></sub><br>
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- $Id: index.html,v 1.67 2011/08/26 16:14:03 fabiankeil Exp $<br>
+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.128 2016/07/26 10:46:29 fabiankeil Exp $<br>
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- <a name="AEN9"></a>
- <p>
- This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
- <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/" target="_top">Privoxy</a>. It
- is not a substitute for the <a href="../user-manual/index.html"
- target="_top"><i class="CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i></a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- What is Privoxy?
- </p>
- <p>
- Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and
- HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other
- obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and
- can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has
- application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
- </p>
- <p>
- Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.
- </p>
- <p>
- Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public
- Interest (SPI).
- </p>
- <p>
- Helping hands and donations are welcome:
- </p>
- <ul>
- <li>
- <p>
- <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE"
- target=
- "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE</a>
- </p>
- </li>
- <li>
- <p>
- <a href="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
- target=
- "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</a>
- </p>
- </li>
- </ul>
+ <div class="ABSTRACT">
+ <a name="AEN9"></a>
+ <p>
+ This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions
+ about <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/" target=
+ "_top">Privoxy</a>. It is not a substitute for the <a href=
+ "../user-manual/index.html" target="_top"><i class=
+ "CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i></a>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ What is Privoxy?
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering
+ capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and
+ HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other
+ obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration
+ and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It
+ has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
+ networks.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public
+ Interest (SPI).
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ Helping hands and donations are welcome:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <p>
+ <a href=
+ "https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE"
+ target=
+ "_top">https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE</a>
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ <p>
+ <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
+ target=
+ "_top">https://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</a>
+ </p>
+ </li>
+ </ul>
- <p>
- Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy
- represents the state at the release of version 3.0.18. You can
- find the latest version of the document at <a href=
- "http://www.privoxy.org/faq/" target=
- "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</a>. Please see the <a href=
- "contact.html">Contact section</a> if you want to contact the
- developers.
- </p>
+ <p>
+ Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy
+ represents the state at the release of version 3.0.26. You can
+ find the latest version of the document at <a href=
+ "https://www.privoxy.org/faq/" target=
+ "_top">https://www.privoxy.org/faq/</a>. Please see the <a
+ href="contact.html">Contact section</a> if you want to contact
+ the developers.
+ </p>
+ </div>
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<dl>
- <dt class="c1">
- Table of Contents
+ <dt>
+ <b>Table of Contents</b>
</dt>
<dt>
1. <a href="general.html">General Information</a>
<span class="QUOTE">"Junkbuster"</span>?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 1.6. <a href="general.html#AEN85">Why <span class=
+ 1.6. <a href="general.html#WHYPRIVOXY">Why <span class=
"QUOTE">"Privoxy"</span>? Why change the name from Junkbuster
at all?</a>
</dt>
what is an ad, and what is not?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 1.9. <a href="general.html#AEN163">Can Privoxy make mistakes?
- This does not sound very scientific.</a>
+ 1.9. <a href="general.html#MISTAKES">Can Privoxy make
+ mistakes? This does not sound very scientific.</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 1.10. <a href="general.html#AEN169">Will I have to configure
- Privoxy before I can use it?</a>
+ 1.10. <a href="general.html#CONFIGORNOT">Will I have to
+ configure Privoxy before I can use it?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
1.11. <a href="general.html#LAN">Can Privoxy run as a server
</dt>
</dl>
</dd>
+ <dt>
+ 1.18. <a href="general.html#SPONSOR">How can I become a
+ sponsor and get my logo or link on privoxy.org?</a>
+ </dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt>
- 3.1. <a href="configuration.html#AEN360">What exactly is an
- <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> file?</a>
+ 3.1. <a href="configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">What exactly is
+ an <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> file?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
3.2. <a href="configuration.html#ACTIONSS">The <span class=
some of these <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span>.</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 3.3. <a href="configuration.html#AEN383">How are actions
+ 3.3. <a href="configuration.html#ACTCONFIG">How are actions
files configured? What is the easiest way to do this?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 3.4. <a href="configuration.html#AEN392">There are several
+ 3.4. <a href="configuration.html#AEN418">There are several
different <span class="QUOTE">"actions"</span> files. What
are the differences?</a>
</dt>
security issues?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 3.11. <a href="configuration.html#AEN480">What is the <tt
+ 3.11. <a href="configuration.html#FILTERFILE">What is the <tt
class="FILENAME">default.filter</tt> file? What is a <span
class="QUOTE">"filter"</span>?</a>
</dt>
Privoxy to act as a proxy for my LAN?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 3.13. <a href="configuration.html#AEN531">Instead of ads, now
- I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see
+ 3.13. <a href="configuration.html#NOSEEUM">Instead of ads,
+ now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see
anything.</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 3.14. <a href="configuration.html#AEN548">Why would anybody
+ 3.14. <a href="configuration.html#WHYSEEUM">Why would anybody
want to see a checkerboard pattern?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 3.15. <a href="configuration.html#AEN554">I see some images
- being replaced with text instead of the checkerboard image.
- Why and how do I get rid of this?</a>
+ 3.15. <a href="configuration.html#BLOCKEDBYTEXT">I see some
+ images being replaced with text instead of the checkerboard
+ image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
3.16. <a href="configuration.html#SRVANY">Can Privoxy run as
<dd>
<dl>
<dt>
- 4.1. <a href="misc.html#AEN729">How much does Privoxy slow my
- browsing down? This has to add extra time to browsing.</a>
+ 4.1. <a href="misc.html#SLOWSME">How much does Privoxy slow
+ my browsing down? This has to add extra time to browsing.</a>
</dt>
<dt>
4.2. <a href="misc.html#LOADINGTIMES">I notice considerable
4.7. <a href="misc.html#IP">How can I hide my IP address?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.8. <a href="misc.html#AEN794">Can Privoxy guarantee I am
- anonymous?</a>
+ 4.8. <a href="misc.html#ANONFORSURE">Can Privoxy guarantee I
+ am anonymous?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.9. <a href="misc.html#AEN812">A test site says I am not
+ 4.9. <a href="misc.html#PROXYTEST">A test site says I am not
using a Proxy.</a>
</dt>
<dt>
with Tor?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.11. <a href="misc.html#AEN868">Might some things break
+ 4.11. <a href="misc.html#SITEBREAK">Might some things break
because header information or content is being altered?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.12. <a href="misc.html#AEN882">Can Privoxy act as a <span
+ 4.12. <a href="misc.html#CACHING">Can Privoxy act as a <span
class="QUOTE">"caching"</span> proxy to speed up web
browsing?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.13. <a href="misc.html#AEN892">What about as a firewall?
+ 4.13. <a href="misc.html#FIREWALL">What about as a firewall?
Can Privoxy protect me?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.14. <a href="misc.html#AEN897">I have large empty spaces /
+ 4.14. <a href="misc.html#WASTED">I have large empty spaces /
a checkerboard pattern now where ads used to be. Why?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.15. <a href="misc.html#AEN905">How can Privoxy filter
- Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</a>
+ 4.15. <a href="misc.html#SSL">How can Privoxy filter Secure
+ (HTTPS) URLs?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.16. <a href="misc.html#AEN919">Privoxy runs as a <span
+ 4.16. <a href="misc.html#SECURE">Privoxy runs as a <span
class="QUOTE">"server"</span>. How secure is it? Do I need to
take any special precautions?</a>
</dt>
"QUOTE">"crunch"</span>?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 4.21. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS">Can Privoxy effect files
+ 4.21. <a href="misc.html#DOWNLOADS">Can Privoxy affect files
that I download from a webserver? FTP server?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt>
- 5.1. <a href="trouble.html#AEN1091">I cannot connect to any
+ 5.1. <a href="trouble.html#REFUSED">I cannot connect to any
websites. Or, I am getting <span class="QUOTE">"connection
refused"</span> message with every web page. Why?</a>
</dt>
Error (WSAECONNREFUSED) on every page?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 5.3. <a href="trouble.html#AEN1114">I just added a new rule,
+ 5.3. <a href="trouble.html#FLUSHIT">I just added a new rule,
but the steenkin ad is still getting through. How?</a>
</dt>
<dt>
"LITERAL">localhost</tt> as my browser's proxy setting.</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 5.10. <a href="trouble.html#BLANKPAGE">I get a completely
- blank page at one site. <span class="QUOTE">"View
- Source"</span> shows only: <span class=
- "MARKUP"><html><body></body></html></span>.
- Without Privoxy the page loads fine.</a>
+ 5.10. <a href="trouble.html#MACOSXACCOUNTDELETION">I just
+ upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and now <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has stopped working.</a>
</dt>
<dt>
5.11. <a href="trouble.html#NOHOSTNAME">My logs show many
class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with Gentoo's portage and
it appears to be very slow. Why?</a>
</dt>
+ <dt>
+ 5.24. <a href="trouble.html#TAINTED-SOCKETS">What are tainted
+ sockets and how do I prevent them?</a>
+ </dt>
+ <dt>
+ 5.25. <a href="trouble.html#PCRE-STACK-LIMIT">After adding my
+ custom filters, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
+ crashes when visitting certain websites</a>
+ </dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt>
- 6.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT">Get Support</a>
+ 6.1. <a href="contact.html#SUFFICIENT-INFORMATION">Please
+ provide sufficient information</a>
+ </dt>
+ <dt>
+ 6.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT">Get Support</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 6.
2. <a href="contact.html#REPORTING">Reporting Problems</a>
+ 6.
3. <a href="contact.html#REPORTING">Reporting Problems</a>
</dt>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt>
- 6.
2.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS">Reporting Ads
+ 6.
3.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS">Reporting Ads
or Other Configuration Problems</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 6.
2.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS">Reporting
+ 6.
3.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS">Reporting
Bugs</a>
</dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dt>
- 6.3. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE">Request New
- Features</a>
+ 6.4. <a href="contact.html#SECURITY-CONTACT">Reporting
+ security problems</a>
+ </dt>
+ <dt>
+ 6.5. <a href="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS">Mailing Lists</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 6.4. <a href="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS">Mailing Lists</a>
+ 6.6. <a href="contact.html#SF-TRACKERS">SourceForge support
+ trackers</a>
</dt>
</dl>
</dd>
<dd>
<dl>
<dt>
- 7.1. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1464">License</a>
+ 7.1. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1505">License</a>
</dt>
<dt>
- 7.2. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1480">History</a>
+ 7.2. <a href="copyright.html#AEN1514">History</a>
</dt>
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