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+ <h1 align="center">PRIVOXY</h1><a href="#NAME">NAME</a><br>
+ <a href="#SYNOPSIS">SYNOPSIS</a><br>
+ <a href="#OPTIONS">OPTIONS</a><br>
+ <a href="#DESCRIPTION">DESCRIPTION</a><br>
+ <a href="#INSTALLATION%20AND%20USAGE">INSTALLATION AND USAGE</a><br>
+ <a href="#CONFIGURATION">CONFIGURATION</a><br>
+ <a href="#FILES">FILES</a><br>
+ <a href="#SIGNALS">SIGNALS</a><br>
+ <a href="#NOTES">NOTES</a><br>
+ <a href="#SEE%20ALSO">SEE ALSO</a><br>
+ <a href="#DEVELOPMENT%20TEAM">DEVELOPMENT TEAM</a><br>
+ <a href="#COPYRIGHT%20AND%20LICENSE">COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</a><br>
+ <hr>
+ <a name="NAME"></a>
<h2>NAME</h2>
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+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">privoxy − Privacy Enhancing Proxy</p><a name="SYNOPSIS"></a>
<h2>SYNOPSIS</h2>
- <pre>
- <b>privoxy</b> [<b>--help</b> ] [<b>--version</b> ] [<b>--no-daemon</b> ] [<b>--pidfile</b> <i>pidfile</i> ]
- [<b>--user</b> <i>user[.group]</i> ] [<b>--chroot</b> ] [<b>--pre-chroot-nslookup</b> <i>hostname</i> ]
- [<i>configfile</i> ]
-
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>privoxy</b> [<b>−−chroot</b> ]
+ [<b>−−config-test</b> ] [<b>−−help</b> ] [<b>−−no-daemon</b> ]
+ [<b>−−pidfile</b> <i>pidfile</i> ] [<b>−−pre-chroot-nslookup</b> <i>hostname</i> ]
+ [<b>−−user</b> <i>user[.group]</i> ] [<b>−−version</b> ] [<i>configfile</i> ]</p><a name=
+ "OPTIONS"></a>
<h2>OPTIONS</h2>
- <pre>
- <b>Privoxy</b> may be invoked with the following command line options:
-
- <b>--help</b> Print brief usage info and exit.
-
- <b>--version</b>
- Print version info and exit.
-
- <b>--no-daemon</b>
- Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process
- group leader, don't detach from controlling tty, and do all log-
- ging there.
-
- <b>--pidfile</b> <i>pidfile</i>
- On startup, write the process ID to <i>pidfile</i>. Delete the <i>pidfile</i>
- on exit. Failure to create or delete the <i>pidfile</i> is non-fatal.
- If no <b>--pidfile</b> option is given, no PID file will be used.
-
- <b>--user</b> <i>user[.group]</i>
- After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
- <i>user</i> and the GID of <i>group</i>, or, if the optional <i>group</i> was not
- given, the default group of <i>user</i>. Exit if the privileges are not
- sufficient to do so.
-
- <b>--chroot</b>
- Before changing to the user ID given in the --user option,
- chroot to that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pre-
- tend to the <b>Privoxy</b> process that the directory tree starts
- there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of possi-
- ble vulnerabilities in <b>Privoxy</b> to the files contained in that
- hierarchy.
-
- <b>--pre-chroot-nslookup</b> <i>hostname</i>
- Initialize the resolver library using <i>hostname</i> before
- chroot'ing. On some systems this reduces the number of files
- that must be copied into the chroot tree.
-
- 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>con-</i>
- <i>figfile</i> is found, <b>Privoxy</b> will fail to start.
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Privoxy</b> may be invoked with the following command line options:
+ <b><br>
+ −−chroot</b></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%;">Before changing to the user ID given in the −−user option, chroot to that
+ user’s home directory, i.e. make the kernel pretend to the <b>Privoxy</b> process that the directory tree
+ starts there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of possible vulnerabilities in <b>Privoxy</b> to the
+ files contained in that hierarchy.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−config-test</b></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%;">Exit after loading the configuration files before binding to the listen address. The exit
+ code signals whether or not the configuration files have been successfully loaded.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">If the exit code is 1, at least one of the configuration files is
+ invalid, if it is 0, all the configuration files have been successfully loaded (but may still contain errors that can
+ currently only be detected at run time).</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%; margin-top: 1em">This option doesn’t affect the log setting, combination with
+ "--no-daemon" is recommended if a configured log file shouldn’t be used.</p>
+ <table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+ <tr valign="top" align="left">
+ <td width="11%"></td>
+ <td width="9%">
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top"><b>−−help</b></p>
+ </td>
+ <td width="2%"></td>
+ <td width="49%">
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">Print brief usage info and exit.</p>
+ </td>
+ <td width="29%"></td>
+ </tr>
+ </table>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−no-daemon</b></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%;">Don’t become a daemon, i.e. don’t fork and become process group leader,
+ don’t detach from controlling tty, and do all logging there.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−pidfile</b> <i>pidfile</i></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%;">On startup, write the process ID to <i>pidfile</i>. Delete the <i>pidfile</i> on exit.
+ Failure to create or delete the <i>pidfile</i> is non-fatal. If no <b>−−pidfile</b> option is given, no
+ PID file will be used.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−pre-chroot-nslookup</b> <i>hostname</i></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%;">Initialize the resolver library using <i>hostname</i> before chroot’ing. On some
+ systems this reduces the number of files that must be copied into the chroot tree.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−user</b> <i>user[.group]</i></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%;">After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of <i>user</i> and the GID of
+ <i>group</i>, or, if the optional <i>group</i> was not given, the default group of <i>user</i>. Exit if the
+ privileges are not sufficient to do so.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%;"><b>−−version</b></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:22%;">Print version info and exit.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">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>configfile</i> is found,
+ <b>Privoxy</b> will fail to start.</p><a name="DESCRIPTION"></a>
<h2>DESCRIPTION</h2>
- <pre>
- Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities
- for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, con-
- trolling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk.
- Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to suit
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">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 style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2 or later.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest
+ (SPI).</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Helping hands and donations are welcome:</p>
+ <table width="100%" border="0" rules="none" frame="void" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
+ <tr valign="top" align="left">
+ <td width="11%"></td>
+ <td width="1%">
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">•</p>
+ </td>
+ <td width="2%"></td>
+ <td width="54%">
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">https://www.privoxy.org/participate</p>
+ </td>
+ <td width="32%"></td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr valign="top" align="left">
+ <td width="11%"></td>
+ <td width="1%">
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">•</p>
+ </td>
+ <td width="2%"></td>
+ <td width="54%">
+ <p style="margin-top: 1em" valign="top">https://www.privoxy.org/donate</p>
+ </td>
+ <td width="32%"></td>
+ </tr>
+ </table><a name="INSTALLATION AND USAGE"></a>
<h2>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</h2>
- <pre>
- Browsers can either be individually configured to use <b>Privoxy</b> as a HTTP
- proxy (recommended), or <b>Privoxy</b> can be combined with a packet 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 Firefox, go through: <b>Tools</b>; <b>Options</b>; <b>General</b>;
- <b>Connection</b> <b>Settings</b>; <b>Manual</b> <b>Proxy</b> <b>Configuration</b>.
-
- For Internet Explorer, go through: <b>Tools</b>; <b>Internet</b> <b>Properties</b>; <b>Connec-</b>
- <b>tions</b>; <b>LAN</b> <b>Settings</b>.
-
- The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
- https: URLs will not be proxied. Note: <b>Privoxy</b> can only proxy HTTP and
- HTTPS traffic. Do not try it with FTP or other protocols. HTTPS
- presents some limitations, and not all features will work with HTTPS
- connections.
-
- For other browsers, check the documentation.
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Browsers can either be individually configured to use <b>Privoxy</b> as a
+ HTTP proxy (recommended), or <b>Privoxy</b> can be combined with a packet 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 Firefox, go through: <b>Tools</b>; <b>Options</b>; <b>General</b>; <b>Connection Settings</b>;
+ <b>Manual Proxy Configuration</b>.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">For Internet Explorer, go through: <b>Tools</b>; <b>Internet
+ Properties</b>; <b>Connections</b>; <b>LAN Settings</b>.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
+ https: URLs will not be proxied. Note: <b>Privoxy</b> can only proxy HTTP and HTTPS traffic. Do not try it with FTP
+ or other protocols. HTTPS presents some limitations, and not all features will work with HTTPS connections.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">For other browsers, check the documentation.</p><a name=
+ "CONFIGURATION"></a>
<h2>CONFIGURATION</h2>
- <pre>
- <b>Privoxy</b> can be configured with the various configuration files. The
- default configuration files are: <i>config</i>, <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 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.
-
- <b>Privoxy</b> uses the concept of <b>actions</b> in order to manipulate the data
- stream between the browser and remote sites. There are various actions
- available with specific functions for such things as blocking web
- sites, managing cookies, etc. These actions can be invoked individually
- or combined, and used against individual URLs, or groups of URLs that
- can be defined using wildcards and regular expressions. The result is
- that the user has greatly enhanced control and freedom.
-
- The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your web
- browser at http://config.privoxy.org/ (assuming the configuration
- allows it). <b>Privoxy's</b> configuration parameters can also be viewed at
- the same page. In addition, <b>Privoxy</b> can be toggled on/off. This is an
- internal page, and does not require Internet access.
-
- See the <i>User</i> <i>Manual</i> for a detailed explanation of installation, general
- usage, all configuration options, new features and notes on upgrading.
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Privoxy</b> can be configured with the various configuration files.
+ The default configuration files are: <i>config</i>, <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 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>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Privoxy</b> uses the concept of <b>actions</b> in order to manipulate
+ the data stream between the browser and remote sites. There are various actions available with specific functions for
+ such things as blocking web sites, managing cookies, etc. These actions can be invoked individually or combined, and
+ used against individual URLs, or groups of URLs that can be defined using wildcards and regular expressions. The
+ result is that the user has greatly enhanced control and freedom.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your web
+ browser at http://config.privoxy.org/ (assuming the configuration allows it). <b>Privoxy’s</b> configuration
+ parameters can also be viewed at the same page. In addition, <b>Privoxy</b> can be toggled on/off. This is an
+ internal page, and does not require Internet access.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">See the <i>User Manual</i> for a detailed explanation of installation,
+ general usage, all configuration options, new features and notes on upgrading.</p><a name="FILES"></a>
<h2>FILES</h2>
- <pre>
- <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/user.action</i>
- <i>/etc/privoxy/default.filter</i>
- detect them automatically.
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><i>/usr/sbin/privoxy<br>
+ /etc/privoxy/config<br>
+ /etc/privoxy/match-all.action<br>
+ /etc/privoxy/default.action<br>
+ /etc/privoxy/user.action<br>
+ /etc/privoxy/default.filter<br>
+ /etc/privoxy/user.filter<br>
+ /etc/privoxy/trust<br>
+ /etc/privoxy/templates/*<br>
+ /var/log/privoxy/logfile</i></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">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.</p><a name="SIGNALS"></a>
+ <h2>SIGNALS</h2>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Privoxy</b> terminates on the <b>SIGINT</b> and <b>SIGTERM</b>
+ signals. Log rotation scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a <b>SIGHUP</b> to <b>Privoxy</b>.
+ Note that unlike 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. Signals other than the ones listed above aren’t explicitly handled and
+ result in the default action defined by the operating system.</p><a name="NOTES"></a>
<h2>NOTES</h2>
- <pre>
- This is a UNRELEASED version of <b>Privoxy</b>. Not all features are well
- tested.
-
- Please see the <i>User</i> <i>Manual</i> on how to contact the developers, for fea-
- ture requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Please see the <i>User Manual</i> on how to contact the developers, for
+ feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.</p><a name="SEE ALSO"></a>
<h2>SEE ALSO</h2>
- <pre>
- Other references and sites of interest to <b>Privoxy</b> users:
-
-
- http://www.privoxy.org/, the <b>Privoxy</b> Home page.
-
- http://www.privoxy.org/faq/, the <b>Privoxy</b> FAQ.
-
- http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/, the <b>Privoxy</b> developer manual.
-
- https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/, the Project Page for <b>Privoxy</b>
- on SourceForge.
-
- http://config.privoxy.org/, the web-based user interface. <b>Privoxy</b> must
- be running for this to work. Shortcut: http://p.p/
-
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288, to submit
- ``misses'' and other configuration related suggestions to the develop-
- ers.
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Other references and sites of interest to <b>Privoxy</b> users:</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">https://www.privoxy.org/, the <b>Privoxy</b> Home page.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">https://www.privoxy.org/faq/, the <b>Privoxy</b> FAQ.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">https://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/, the <b>Privoxy</b> developer
+ manual.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/, the Project Page for
+ <b>Privoxy</b> on SourceForge.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">http://config.privoxy.org/, the web-based user interface. <b>Privoxy</b>
+ must be running for this to work. Shortcut: http://p.p/</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">https://sourceforge.net/p/ijbswa/actionsfile-feedback/, to submit
+ ‘‘misses’’ and other configuration related suggestions to the developers.</p><a name=
+ "DEVELOPMENT TEAM"></a>
<h2>DEVELOPMENT TEAM</h2>
- <pre>
- Fabian Keil, lead developer
- David Schmidt, developer
-
- Hal Burgiss
- Lee Rian
- Roland Rosenfeld
-
-
-</pre>
-
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Fabian Keil, lead developer<br>
+ David Schmidt<br>
+ Lee Rian<br>
+ Roland Rosenfeld<br>
+ Ian Silvester</p><a name="COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"></a>
<h2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</h2>
- <pre>
- <b>COPYRIGHT</b>
- Copyright (C) 2001-2011 by Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-develop-
- ers@lists.sourceforge.net>
-
- Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous
- Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <i>GNU</i> <i>General</i> <i>Public</i>
- <i>License</i>.
-
- <b>LICENSE</b>
- <b>Privoxy</b> is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- under the terms of the <i>GNU</i> <i>General</i> <i>Public</i> <i>License</i>, version 2, as pub-
- lished by the Free Software Foundation.
-</pre>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>COPYRIGHT</b><br>
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2020 by Privoxy Developers <privoxy-devel@lists.privoxy.org></p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous Coders
+ and Junkbusters, Inc.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>LICENSE<br>
+ Privoxy</b> is free software; you can redistribute and/or modify its source code under the terms of the <i>GNU
+ General Public License</i> as published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the license, or (at your
+ option) any later version.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em">The same is true for <b>Privoxy</b> binaries unless they are linked with
+ a mbed TLS version that is licensed under the Apache 2.0 license in which case you can redistribute and/or modify the
+ <b>Privoxy</b> binaries under the terms of the <i>GNU General Public License</i> as published by the Free Software
+ Foundation, either version 3 of the license, or (at your option) any later version.</p>
+ <p style="margin-left:11%; margin-top: 1em"><b>Privoxy</b> is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See
+ the <i>license</i> for details.</p>
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