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+ <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INSTALLATION" id="INSTALLATION">2.
+ Installation</a></h1>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHBROWSERS" id="WHICHBROWSERS">2.1. Which
+ browsers are supported by Privoxy?</a></h3>
+ <p>Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which should be
+ virtually all browsers, including <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Firefox</span>, <span class="APPLICATION">Internet
+ Explorer</span>, <span class="APPLICATION">Opera</span>, and
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Safari</span> among others. Direct browser
+ support is not an absolute requirement since <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> runs as a separate application and talks
+ to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a web
+ server does.</p>
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- <div class="SECT1">
- <h1 class="SECT1">
- <a name="INSTALLATION">2. Installation</a>
- </h1>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2">
- <a name="WHICHBROWSERS">2.1. Which browsers are supported by
- Privoxy?</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which should be
- virtually all browsers, including <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Firefox</span>, <span class="APPLICATION">Internet
- Explorer</span>, <span class="APPLICATION">Opera</span>, and <span
- class="APPLICATION">Safari</span> among others. Direct browser
- support is not an absolute requirement since <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> runs as a separate application and
- talks to the browser in the standardized HTTP protocol, just like a
- web server does.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2">
- <a name="WHICHOS">2.2. Which operating systems are supported?</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- At present, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is known to
- run on Windows 95 and later versions (98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista,
- Windows 7 etc.), GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo,
- Slackware and others), Mac OS X (10.4 and upwards on PPC and Intel
- processors), OS/2, Haiku, DragonFly, ElectroBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
- OpenBSD, Solaris, and various other flavors of Unix.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> used to work on AmigaOS
- and QNX, too, but the code currently isn't maintained and its
- status unknown. It might no longer compile, but getting it working
- again shouldn't be too hard.
- </p>
- <p>
- But any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take
- advantage of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> in a
- networked situation where <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
- would run as a server on a LAN gateway. Then only the <span class=
- "QUOTE">"gateway"</span> needs to be running one of the above
- operating systems.
- </p>
- <p>
- Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating
- systems is always a possibility.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2">
- <a name="EMAIL-CLIENT">2.3. Can I use Privoxy with my email
- client?</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- As long as there is some way to set a HTTP proxy for the client,
- then yes, any application can be used, whether it is strictly
- speaking a <span class="QUOTE">"browser"</span> or not. Though this
- may not be the best approach for dealing with some of the common
- abuses of HTML in email. See <a href=
- "configuration.html#OUTLOOK">How can I configure <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Outlook</span>?</a> below for more on this.
- </p>
- <p>
- Be aware that HTML email presents a number of unique security and
- privacy related issues, that can require advanced skills to
- overcome. The developers recommend using email clients that can be
- configured to convert HTML to plain text for these reasons.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2">
- <a name="FIRSTSTEP">2.4. I just installed Privoxy. Is there
- anything special I have to do now?</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- All browsers should be told to use <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a proxy by specifying the correct
- proxy address and port number in the appropriate configuration area
- for the browser. It's possible to combine <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with a packet filter to intercept HTTP
- requests even if the client isn't explicitly configured to use
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, but where possible,
- configuring the client is recommended. See <a href=
- "../user-manual/startup.html" target="_top">the User Manual for
- more details</a>. You should also flush your browser's memory and
- disk cache to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any
- stored <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
- target="_top">cookies</a>.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2">
- <a name="LOCALHOST">2.5. What is the proxy address of Privoxy?</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- If you set up the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to run
- on the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or
- some networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <tt class=
- "LITERAL">127.0.0.1</tt> (sometimes referred to as <span class=
- "QUOTE">"localhost"</span>, which is the special name used by every
- computer on the Internet to refer to itself) and the port will be
- 8118 (unless you used the <a href=
- "../user-manual/config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS" target=
- "_top">listen-address</a> config option to tell <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to run on a different port).
- </p>
- <p>
- When configuring your browser's proxy settings you typically enter
- the word <span class="QUOTE">"localhost"</span> or the IP address
- <span class="QUOTE">"127.0.0.1"</span> in the boxes next to <span
- class="QUOTE">"HTTP"</span> and <span class="QUOTE">"Secure"</span>
- (HTTPS) and then the number <span class="QUOTE">"8118"</span> for
- <span class="QUOTE">"port"</span>. This tells your browser to send
- all web requests to <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
- instead of directly to the Internet.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can also be used to proxy
- for a Local Area Network. In this case, your would enter either the
- IP address of the LAN host where <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is running, or the equivalent
- hostname, e.g. <tt class="LITERAL">192.168.1.1</tt>. Port
- assignment would be same as above. Note that <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> doesn't listen on any LAN interfaces
- by default.
- </p>
- <p>
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> does not currently handle
- any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, etc.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2">
- <a name="NOTHING">2.6. I just installed Privoxy, and nothing is
- happening. All the ads are there. What's wrong?</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- Did you configure your browser to use <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a proxy? It does not sound like it.
- See above. You might also try flushing the browser's caches to
- force a full re-reading of pages. You can verify that <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is running, and your browser is
- correctly configured by entering the special URL: <a href=
- "http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>. This should take you
- to a page titled <span class="QUOTE">"This is Privoxy.."</span>
- with access to <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span> internal
- configuration. If you see this, then you are good to go. If you
- receive a page saying <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy is not
- running"</span>, then the browser is not set up to use your <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> installation. If you receive
- anything else (probably nothing at all), it could either be that
- the browser is not set up correctly, or that <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is not running at all. Check the <a
- href="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE" target="_top">log
- file</a>. For instructions on starting <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> and browser configuration, see the <a
- href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html" target=
- "_top">chapter on starting <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span></a> in the <a href=
- "https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target="_top">User
- Manual</a>.
- </p>
- </div>
- <div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2">
- <a name="NOTUSED">2.7. I get a <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy is not
- being used"</span> dummy page although Privoxy is running and being
- used.</a>
- </h3>
- <p>
- First, make sure that Privoxy is <span class="emphasis"><i class=
- "EMPHASIS">really</i></span> running and being used by visiting <a
- href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>. You should see
- the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> main page. If not, see
- the <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html"
- target="_top">chapter on starting <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span></a> in the <a href=
- "https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target="_top">User
- Manual</a>.
- </p>
- <p>
- Now if <a href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a> works
- for you, but other parts of <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>'s web interface show the dummy page,
- your browser has cached a redirection it encountered before <span
- class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> was being used. You need to
- clear your browser's cache. Note that shift-reloading the dummy
- page won't help, since that'll only refresh the dummy page, not the
- redirection that lead you there.
- </p>
- <p>
- The procedure for clearing the cache varies from browser to
- browser. For example, <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Mozilla/Netscape</span> users would click <span
- class="GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Cache</span> and then click both <span class=
- "QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Memory Cache</span>"</span>
- and <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Disk
- Cache</span>"</span>. In some <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Firefox</span> versions it's <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Options</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Privacy</span> --> <span class=
- "GUIBUTTON">Cache</span> and then click <span class="QUOTE">"<span
- class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Cache Now</span>"</span>.
- </p>
- </div>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WHICHOS" id="WHICHOS">2.2. Which operating
+ systems are supported?</a></h3>
+ <p>At present, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is known to run
+ on Windows 95 and later versions (98, ME, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7
+ etc.), GNU/Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo, Slackware and
+ others), Mac OS X (10.4 and upwards on PPC and Intel processors), OS/2,
+ Haiku, DragonFly, ElectroBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and
+ various other flavors of Unix.</p>
+ <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> used to work on AmigaOS and
+ QNX, too, but the code currently isn't maintained and its status
+ unknown. It might no longer compile, but getting it working again
+ shouldn't be too hard.</p>
+ <p>But any operating system that runs TCP/IP, can conceivably take
+ advantage of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> in a networked
+ situation where <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> would run as a
+ server on a LAN gateway. Then only the <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"gateway"</span> needs to be running one of the above operating
+ systems.</p>
+ <p>Source code is freely available, so porting to other operating
+ systems is always a possibility.</p>
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+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="EMAIL-CLIENT" id="EMAIL-CLIENT">2.3. Can I
+ use Privoxy with my email client?</a></h3>
+ <p>As long as there is some way to set a HTTP proxy for the client,
+ then yes, any application can be used, whether it is strictly speaking
+ a <span class="QUOTE">"browser"</span> or not. Though this may not be
+ the best approach for dealing with some of the common abuses of HTML in
+ email. See <a href="configuration.html#OUTLOOK">How can I configure
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Outlook</span>?</a> below for more on this.</p>
+ <p>Be aware that HTML email presents a number of unique security and
+ privacy related issues, that can require advanced skills to overcome.
+ The developers recommend using email clients that can be configured to
+ convert HTML to plain text for these reasons.</p>
</div>
- </body>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="FIRSTSTEP" id="FIRSTSTEP">2.4. I just
+ installed Privoxy. Is there anything special I have to do now?</a></h3>
+ <p>All browsers should be told to use <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a proxy by specifying the correct proxy
+ address and port number in the appropriate configuration area for the
+ browser. It's possible to combine <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> with a packet filter to intercept HTTP
+ requests even if the client isn't explicitly configured to use
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, but where possible,
+ configuring the client is recommended. See <a href=
+ "../user-manual/startup.html" target="_top">the User Manual for more
+ details</a>. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache
+ to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any stored <a href=
+ "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
+ "_top">cookies</a>.</p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="LOCALHOST" id="LOCALHOST">2.5. What is the
+ proxy address of Privoxy?</a></h3>
+ <p>If you set up the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to run on
+ the computer you browse from (rather than your ISP's server or some
+ networked computer on a LAN), the proxy will be on <tt class=
+ "LITERAL">127.0.0.1</tt> (sometimes referred to as <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"localhost"</span>, which is the special name used by every
+ computer on the Internet to refer to itself) and the port will be 8118
+ (unless you used the <a href=
+ "../user-manual/config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS" target=
+ "_top">listen-address</a> config option to tell <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to run on a different port).</p>
+ <p>When configuring your browser's proxy settings you typically enter
+ the word <span class="QUOTE">"localhost"</span> or the IP address
+ <span class="QUOTE">"127.0.0.1"</span> in the boxes next to
+ <span class="QUOTE">"HTTP"</span> and <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"Secure"</span> (HTTPS) and then the number <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"8118"</span> for <span class="QUOTE">"port"</span>. This tells
+ your browser to send all web requests to <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> instead of directly to the Internet.</p>
+ <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can also be used to proxy
+ for a Local Area Network. In this case, your would enter either the IP
+ address of the LAN host where <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
+ is running, or the equivalent hostname, e.g. <tt class=
+ "LITERAL">192.168.1.1</tt>. Port assignment would be same as above.
+ Note that <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> doesn't listen on
+ any LAN interfaces by default.</p>
+ <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> does not currently handle
+ any other protocols such as FTP, SMTP, IM, IRC, ICQ, etc.</p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NOTHING" id="NOTHING">2.6. I just installed
+ Privoxy, and nothing is happening. All the ads are there. What's
+ wrong?</a></h3>
+ <p>Did you configure your browser to use <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a proxy? It does not sound like it. See
+ above. You might also try flushing the browser's caches to force a full
+ re-reading of pages. You can verify that <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is running, and your browser is correctly
+ configured by entering the special URL: <a href="http://p.p/" target=
+ "_top">http://p.p/</a>. This should take you to a page titled
+ <span class="QUOTE">"This is Privoxy.."</span> with access to
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy's</span> internal configuration. If
+ you see this, then you are good to go. If you receive a page saying
+ <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy is not running"</span>, then the browser
+ is not set up to use your <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
+ installation. If you receive anything else (probably nothing at all),
+ it could either be that the browser is not set up correctly, or that
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is not running at all. Check
+ the <a href="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE" target="_top">log
+ file</a>. For instructions on starting <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> and browser configuration, see the
+ <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html" target=
+ "_top">chapter on starting <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span></a>
+ in the <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target=
+ "_top">User Manual</a>.</p>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="NOTUSED" id="NOTUSED">2.7. I get a
+ <span class="QUOTE">"Privoxy is not being used"</span> dummy page
+ although Privoxy is running and being used.</a></h3>
+ <p>First, make sure that Privoxy is <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">really</i></span> running and being used by visiting
+ <a href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>. You should see the
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> main page. If not, see the
+ <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html" target=
+ "_top">chapter on starting <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span></a>
+ in the <a href="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target=
+ "_top">User Manual</a>.</p>
+ <p>Now if <a href="http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a> works for
+ you, but other parts of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>'s web
+ interface show the dummy page, your browser has cached a redirection it
+ encountered before <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> was being
+ used. You need to clear your browser's cache. Note that shift-reloading
+ the dummy page won't help, since that'll only refresh the dummy page,
+ not the redirection that lead you there.</p>
+ <p>The procedure for clearing the cache varies from browser to browser.
+ For example, <span class="APPLICATION">Mozilla/Netscape</span> users
+ would click <span class="GUIBUTTON">Edit</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Preferences</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Advanced</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Cache</span>
+ and then click both <span class="QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear
+ Memory Cache</span>"</span> and <span class="QUOTE">"<span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Clear Disk Cache</span>"</span>. In some <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Firefox</span> versions it's <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Tools</span> --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Options</span>
+ --> <span class="GUIBUTTON">Privacy</span> --> <span class=
+ "GUIBUTTON">Cache</span> and then click <span class=
+ "QUOTE">"<span class="GUIBUTTON">Clear Cache Now</span>"</span>.</p>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="NAVFOOTER">
+ <hr align="left" width="100%">
+ <table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border="0"
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