<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="MISC" id="MISC">4. Miscellaneous</a></h1>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN730" id="AEN730">4.1. How much does
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="SLOWSME" id="SLOWSME">4.1. How much does
Privoxy slow my browsing down? This has to add extra time to
browsing.</a></h3>
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> for the request, hence it could not be
intercepted, and you have accessed the <span class="emphasis"><i class=
"EMPHASIS">real</i></span> web site at config.privoxy.org.</p>
+
+ <p>Note that config.privoxy.org resolves to a public IP address. If you
+ use config.privoxy.org as ping or traceroute target you will reach the
+ system on the Internet (Privoxy can't intercept ICMP requests). If you
+ want to ping the system Privoxy runs on, you should use its IP address
+ or local DNS name (if it has got one).</p>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN795" id="AEN795">4.8. Can Privoxy
- guarantee I am anonymous?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="ANONFORSURE" id="ANONFORSURE">4.8. Can
+ Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</a></h3>
<p>No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are improved, but unless you
<a href="#TOR" target="_top">chain <span class=
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN813" id="AEN813">4.9. A test site says I
- am not using a Proxy.</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="PROXYTEST" id="PROXYTEST">4.9. A test site
+ says I am not using a Proxy.</a></h3>
<p>Good! Actually, they are probably testing for some other kinds of
proxies. Hiding yourself completely would require additional steps.</p>
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</table>
+ <p>Note that if you got Tor through one of the bundles, you may have to
+ change the port from 9050 to 9150 (or even another one). For details,
+ please check the documentation on the <a href="https://torproject.org/"
+ target="_top">Tor website</a>.</p>
+
<p>This is enough to reach the Internet, but additionally you might
want to uncomment the following forward rules, to make sure your local
network is still reachable through Privoxy:</p>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN869" id="AEN869">4.11. Might some things
- break because header information or content is being altered?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="SITEBREAK" id="SITEBREAK">4.11. Might some
+ things break because header information or content is being
+ altered?</a></h3>
<p>Definitely. It is common for sites to use browser type, browser
version, HTTP header content, and various other techniques in order to
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN883" id="AEN883">4.12. Can Privoxy act as
- a <span class="QUOTE">"caching"</span> proxy to speed up web
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="CACHING" id="CACHING">4.12. Can Privoxy act
+ as a <span class="QUOTE">"caching"</span> proxy to speed up web
browsing?</a></h3>
<p>No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN893" id="AEN893">4.13. What about as a
- firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="FIREWALL" id="FIREWALL">4.13. What about as
+ a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</a></h3>
<p>Not in the way you mean, or in the way some firewall vendors claim
they can. <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can help protect
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN898" id="AEN898">4.14. I have large empty
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="WASTED" id="WASTED">4.14. I have large empty
spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where ads used to be. Why?</a></h3>
<p>It is technically possible to eliminate banners and ads in a way
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN906" id="AEN906">4.15. How can Privoxy
- filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</a></h3>
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="SSL" id="SSL">4.15. How can Privoxy filter
+ Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</a></h3>
<p>Since secure HTTP connections are encrypted SSL sessions between
your browser and the secure site, and are meant to be reliably
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="AEN920" id="AEN920">4.16. Privoxy runs as a
+ <h3 class="SECT2"><a name="SECURE" id="SECURE">4.16. Privoxy runs as a
<span class="QUOTE">"server"</span>. How secure is it? Do I need to
take any special precautions?</a></h3>
<div class="SECT2">
<h3 class="SECT2"><a name="DOWNLOADS" id="DOWNLOADS">4.21. Can Privoxy
- effect files that I download from a webserver? FTP server?</a></h3>
+ affect files that I download from a webserver? FTP server?</a></h3>
<p>From the webserver's perspective, there is no difference between
viewing a document (i.e. a page), and downloading a file. The same is
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
- <td><a href="http://www.privoxy.org/" target=
- "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/</a>, the <span class=
+ <td><a href="https://www.privoxy.org/" target=
+ "_top">https://www.privoxy.org/</a>, the <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> Home page.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
- <td><a href="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/" target=
- "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</a>, the <span class=
+ <td><a href="https://www.privoxy.org/faq/" target=
+ "_top">https://www.privoxy.org/faq/</a>, the <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> FAQ.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
- <td><a href="http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/" target=
- "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/</a>, the
+ <td><a href="https://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/" target=
+ "_top">https://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/</a>, the
<span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> developer manual.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
<table border="0">
<tbody>
<tr>
- <td><a href="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/"
+ <td><a href=
+ "http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/polipo/"
target=
- "_top">http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/</a>,
+ "_top">http://www.pps.univ-paris-diderot.fr/~jch/software/polipo/</a>,
<span class="APPLICATION">Polipo</span> is a caching proxy with
advanced features like pipelining, multiplexing and caching of
partial instances. In many setups it can be used as <span class=
Privoxy, or maybe something that is based on the real Privoxy, but has
been modified.</p>
- <p>Lately there have been reports of problems with some kind of Privoxy
- versions that come preinstalled on some Netbooks. Some of the problems
- described are inconsistent with the behaviour of official Privoxy
- versions, which suggests that the preinstalled software may contain
- vendor modifications that we don't know about and thus can't debug.</p>
+ <p>Lately there have been reports of problems with some kind of
+ "parental control" software based on Privoxy that came preinstalled on
+ certain <a href="https://sourceforge.net/p/ijbswa/bugs/813/" target=
+ "_top">ASUS Netbooks</a>. The problems described are inconsistent with
+ the behaviour of official Privoxy versions, which suggests that the
+ preinstalled software may contain vendor modifications that we don't
+ know about and thus can't debug.</p>
<p>Privoxy's <a href="copyright.html">license</a> allows vendor
modifications, but the vendor has to comply with the license, which
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