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<H1>PRIVOXY</H1>
-Section: (1)<BR>Updated: 1
4 August 2008<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
+Section: (1)<BR>Updated: 1
3 November 2010<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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If the <I>configfile</I> is not specified on the command line,
<B>Privoxy</B> will look for a file named
-<I>config</I> in the current directory . If no
+<I>config</I> in the current directory. If no
<I>configfile</I> is found, <B>Privoxy</B> will
fail to start.
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<P>
-Privoxy is a non-caching
-web proxy
-with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy,
-modifying web page data, managing HTTP
-cookies,
-controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
-Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be
-customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
-both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
+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>
-Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).
+Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.
+<P>
+
+Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).
+<P>
+
+Helping hands and donations are welcome:
+<DL COMPACT>
+<DT>•<DD>
+<A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE</A>
+<DT>•<DD>
+<A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</A>
+</DL>
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<H2>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</H2>
filter to build an intercepting proxy
(see <I>config</I>). The default setting is for
localhost, on port 8118 (configurable in the main config file). To set the
-HTTP proxy in Netscape and Mozilla, go through: <B>Edit</B>;
-<B>Preferences</B>; <B>Advanced</B>;
-<B>Proxies</B>; <B>Manual Proxy Configuration</B>;
-<B>View</B>.
-<P>
-
-For Firefox, go through: <B>Tools</B>;
+HTTP proxy in Firefox, go through: <B>Tools</B>;
<B>Options</B>; <B>General</B>;
<B>Connection Settings</B>;
<B>Manual Proxy Configuration</B>.
<B>Privoxy</B> can be configured with the various configuration
files. The default configuration files are: <I>config</I>,
-<I>default.filter</I>, and
+<I>default.filter</I>, <I>default.action</I> and
<I>default.action</I>. <I>user.action</I> should
-be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules of
-<I>default.action</I>, and <I>user.filter</I> for
-locally defined filters. These are well commented. On Unix
-and Unix-like systems, these are located in
+be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules in
+<I>match-all.action</I> and <I>default.action</I>,
+and <I>user.filter</I> for locally defined filters. These are
+well commented. On Unix and Unix-like systems, these are located in
<I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by default.
<P>
explanation of installation, general usage, all configuration options, new
features and notes on upgrading.
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-<H2>SAMPLE CONFIGURATION</H2>
-
-<P>
-
-A brief example of what a simple <I>default.action</I>
-configuration might look like:
-<P>
-<PRE>
- # Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
- {{alias}}
-
- # Useful aliases that combine more than one action
- +crunch-cookies = +crunch-incoming-cookies +crunch-outgoing-cookies
- -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
- +block-as-image = +block +handle-as-image
-
- # Fragile sites should have the minimum changes
- fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \
- -hide-referer -prevent-cookies
-
- ## Turn some actions on ################################
- ## NOTE: Actions are off by default, unless explictily turned on
- ## otherwise with the '+' operator.
-
-{ \
-+deanimate-gifs{last} \
-+filter{refresh-tags} \
-+filter{img-reorder} \
-+filter{banners-by-size} \
-+filter{webbugs} \
-+filter{jumping-windows} \
-+filter{ie-exploits} \
-+hide-forwarded-for-headers \
-+hide-from-header{block} \
-+hide-referrer{conditional-block} \
-+session-cookies-only \
-+set-image-blocker{pattern} \
-}
-/ # '/' Match *all* URL patterns
-
-
- # Block all URLs that match these patterns
- { +block }
- ad.
- ad[sv].
- .*ads.
- banner?.
- /.*count(er)?\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
- .hitbox.com
- media./.*(ads|banner)
-
- # Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
- # We would expect these to be ads.
- { +block-as-image }
- .ad.doubleclick.net
- .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
- ad.*.doubleclick.net
-
- # Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
- # caught by our +block patterns just above.
- { -block }
- adsl.
- adobe.
- advice.
- .*downloads.
- # uploads or downloads
- /.*loads
-</PRE>
-
-<P>
-
-Then for a <I>user.action</I>, we would put local,
-narrowly defined exceptions:
-<P>
-<PRE>
- # Re-define aliases as needed here
- {{alias}}
-
- # Useful aliases
- -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
-
- # Set personal exceptions to the policies in default.action #######
-
- # Sites where we want persistent cookies, so allow *all* cookies
- { -crunch-cookies -session-cookies-only }
- .redhat.com
- .sun.com
- .msdn.microsoft.com
-
- # These sites break easily. Use our "fragile" alias here.
- { fragile }
- .forbes.com
- mybank.example.com
-
- # Replace example.com's style sheet with one of my choosing
- { +redirect{<A HREF="http://localhost/css-replacements/example.com.css}">http://localhost/css-replacements/example.com.css}</A> }
- .example.com/stylesheet.css
-</PRE>
-
-<P>
-
-See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
-<I>User Manual</I>
-for full explanations of the above syntax, and other <B>Privoxy</B>
-configuration options.
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<H2>FILES</H2>
<P>
<I>/usr/sbin/privoxy</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/config</I>
+ <I>/etc/privoxy/match-all.action</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/default.action</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/standard.action</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/user.action</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/default.filter</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/user.filter</I>
Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on platform
and build configuration. Additional documentation should be included in the local
documentation directory.
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+<A NAME="lbAI"> </A>
<H2>SIGNALS</H2>
<P>
other daemons, <B>Privoxy</B> does not need to be made aware of
config file changes by <B>SIGHUP</B> -- it will detect them
automatically.
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+<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
<H2>NOTES</H2>
<P>
Please see the <I>User Manual</I> on how to contact the
developers, for feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
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<H2>SEE ALSO</H2>
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/,</A>
the <B>Privoxy</B> FAQ.
<P>
-<A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/,</A>
+<A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/">http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/,</A>
+the <B>Privoxy</B> developer manual.
+<P>
+<A HREF="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/,</A>
the Project Page for <B>Privoxy</B> on
SourceForge.
<P>
the web-based user interface. <B>Privoxy</B> must be
running for this to work. Shortcut: <A HREF="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</A>
<P>
-<A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118</A>&atid=460288, to submit ``misses'' and other
+<A HREF="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118">https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118</A>&atid=460288, to submit ``misses'' and other
configuration related suggestions to the developers.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html">http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html,</A>
-an explanation how cookies are used to track web users.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html">http://www.junkbusters.com/ijb.html,</A>
-the original Internet Junkbuster.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://privacy.net/">http://privacy.net/,</A> a useful site
-to check what information about you is leaked while you browse the web.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.squid-cache.org/">http://www.squid-cache.org/,</A> a popular
-caching proxy, which is often used together with <B>Privoxy</B>.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/">http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/,</A>
-<B>Polipo</B> is a caching proxy with advanced features
-like pipelining, multiplexing and caching of partial instances. In many setups
-it can be used as <B>Squid</B> replacement.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://tor.eff.org/">http://tor.eff.org/,</A>
-<B>Tor</B> can help anonymize web browsing,
-web publishing, instant messaging, IRC, SSH, and other applications.
-<P>
-<A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/">http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/,</A>
-the <B>Privoxy</B> developer manual.
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<H2>DEVELOPMENT TEAM</H2>
<P>
<PRE>
Fabian Keil, lead developer
David Schmidt, developer
-
+
Hal Burgiss
Mark Miller
Gerry Murphy
Lee Rian
Roland Rosenfeld
- Jörg Strohmayer
</PRE>
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<H2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</H2>
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<H3>COPYRIGHT</H3>
<P>
-Copyright (C) 2001-20
08 by Privoxy Developers <<A HREF="mailto:ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</A>>
+Copyright (C) 2001-20
10 by Privoxy Developers <<A HREF="mailto:ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</A>>
<P>
Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous Coders
and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <I>GNU General Public
License</I>.
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<H3>LICENSE</H3>
<P>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAE">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAF">INSTALLATION AND USAGE</A><DD>
<DT><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">SAMPLE CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">FILES</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">SIGNALS</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAK">NOTES</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAL">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAM">DEVELOPMENT TEAM</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAN">COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAH">FILES</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAI">SIGNALS</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">NOTES</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAK">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAL">DEVELOPMENT TEAM</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAM">COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</A><DD>
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-<DT><A HREF="#lbAO">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
-<DT><A HREF="#lbAP">LICENSE</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAN">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAO">LICENSE</A><DD>
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