><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN688"
+NAME="AEN712"
></A
>4.1. How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.</H3
>Privoxy</SPAN
>, http://example.com/show-proxy-args and http://i.j.b/,
are no longer supported. If you still use such an old version, you should really consider
- upgrading to 3.0.5.</P
+ upgrading to 3.0.6.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN760"
+NAME="AEN784"
></A
>4.8. Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</H3
><P
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN778"
+NAME="AEN802"
></A
>4.9. A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</H3
><P
>Tor</SPAN
>.</P
><P
-> Afterwards, please take the time to at least skim through the rest
+> Afterward, please take the time to at least skim through the rest
of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Tor's</SPAN
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN835"
+NAME="AEN859"
></A
>4.11. Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?</H3
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN849"
+NAME="AEN873"
></A
>4.12. Can Privoxy act as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN858"
+NAME="AEN882"
></A
>4.13. What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</H3
><P
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN863"
+NAME="AEN887"
></A
>4.14. I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?</H3
><P
-> It would be technically possible eliminate the banners in a way that frees
- their screen estate in many cases, by doing all banner blocking with filters,
- i.e. eliminating the whole image references from the HTML pages instead
- of letting them stay in, and blocking the resulting requests for the
- banners themselves.</P
-><P
-> But this would consume considerable CPU resources, would likely destroy
- the layout of many web pages which rely on the banners consuming a certain
- amount of screen space, and would fail in other cases, where the screen space
- is reserved e.g. by tables anyway. Also, making the banners disappear without
- a visual trace complicates troubleshooting.</P
-><P
-> So we won't support this in the default configuration, but you can of course
- define appropriate filters yourself.</P
+> It is technically possible to eliminate banners and ads in a way that frees
+ their allocated page space. This could easily be done by blocking with
+ <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy's</SPAN
+> filters,
+ and eliminating the <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>entire</I
+></SPAN
+> image references from the
+ HTML page source. </P
+><P
+> But, this would consume considerably more CPU resources (IOW, slow things
+ down), would likely destroy the layout of some web pages which rely on the
+ banners utilizing a certain amount of page space, and might fail in other
+ cases, where the screen space is reserved (e.g. by HTML tables for instance).
+ Also, making ads and banners disappear without any trace complicates
+ troubleshooting, and would sooner or later be problematic.</P
+><P
+> The better alternative is to instead let them stay, and block the resulting
+ requests for the banners themselves as is now the case. This leaves either
+ empty space, or the familiar checkerboard pattern.</P
+><P
+> So the developers won't support this in the default configuration, but you
+ can of course define appropriate filters yourself to achieve this.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN868"
+NAME="AEN895"
></A
>4.15. How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</H3
><P
><H3
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN882"
+NAME="AEN909"
></A
>4.16. Privoxy runs as a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"middle-man"</SPAN
> in
- the interaction between your browser and web sites.</P
+ the interaction between your browser and web sites. See below to bypass
+ the proxy.</P
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><H3
+CLASS="SECT2"
+><A
+NAME="TURNOFF2"
+></A
+>4.19. How can I tell Privoxy to totally ignore certain sites?</H3
+><P
+> Bypassing a proxy, or proxying based on arbitrary criteria, is purely a browser
+ configuration issue, not a <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> issue. Modern browsers typically do have
+ settings for not proxying certain sites. Check your browser's help files.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
NAME="CRUNCH"
></A
->4.19. My logs show Privoxy <SPAN
+>4.20. My logs show Privoxy <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"crunches"</SPAN
>
><A
NAME="DOWNLOADS"
></A
->4.20. Can Privoxy effect files that I download
+>4.21. Can Privoxy effect files that I download
from a webserver? FTP server?</H3
><P
> From the webserver's perspective, there is no difference between
><A
NAME="DOWNLOADS2"
></A
->4.21. I just downloaded a Perl script, and Privoxy
+>4.22. I just downloaded a Perl script, and Privoxy
altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!</H3
><P
> Please read above.</P
><A
NAME="HOSTSFILE"
></A
->4.22. Should I continue to use a <SPAN
+>4.23. Should I continue to use a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"HOSTS"</SPAN
> file for ad-blocking?</H3
><A
NAME="SEEALSO"
></A
->4.23. Where can I find more information about Privoxy
+>4.24. Where can I find more information about Privoxy
and related issues?</H3
><P
> Other references and sites of interest to <SPAN
><A
NAME="MICROSUCK"
></A
->4.24. I've noticed that Privoxy changes <SPAN
+>4.25. I've noticed that Privoxy changes <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Microsoft"</SPAN
> to
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