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<H1>PRIVOXY</H1>
-Section: (1)<BR>Updated:
08 April 2002<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
+Section: (1)<BR>Updated:
14 May 2002<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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<A NAME="lbAB"> </A>
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.
<DT><B>--pidfile </B><I>pidfile</I><B></B><DD>
-After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of user
-and the GID of group, or, if the optional group was not given, the
-default group of user. Exit if the privileges are not sufficient to
-do so.
+On startup, write the process ID to <I>pidfile</I>.
+Delete the <I>pidfile</I> on exit.
+Failiure 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.
<DT><B>--user </B><I>user[.group]</I><B></B><DD>
After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
<I>user</I> and the GID of
stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
<P>
-<B>Privoxy</B> is based on the code of the
-<B>Internet Junkbuster</B> (tm).
-<B>Junkbuster</B> was originally written by JunkBusters
-Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL.
-Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project
-to continue development.
-<P>
-
-<B>Privoxy</B> continues the
-<B>Junkbuster</B> tradition, but adds many
-refinements, enhancements and new features.
+<B>Privoxy</B> is based on <B>Internet
+Junkbuster</B> (tm).
<A NAME="lbAF"> </A>
<H2>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</H2>
<B>Privoxy</B> can be configured with the various configuration
files. The default configuration files are: <I>config</I>,
-<I>default.action</I>, and
-<I>default.filter</I>. These are well commented. On Unix and
-Unix-like systems, these are located in <I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by
-default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS, these files are in the same directory
-as the <B>Privoxy</B> executable.
+<I>default.filter</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> These are all well commented. On Unix
+and Unix-like systems, these are located in
+<I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
+these files are in the same directory as the <B>Privoxy</B>
+executable.
<P>
The name and number of configuration files has changed from previous
versions, and is subject to change as development progresses. In fact, the
configuration itself is changed and much more sophisticated. See the
user-manual for a
-brief explanation of all configuration options.
+complete explanation of all configuration options and general usage.
<P>
The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your
-web browser at <A HREF="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config.">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config.</A>
+web browser at <A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/.">http://config.privoxy.org/.</A>
<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.
<P>
-A brief example of what a <I>default.action</I> configuration
-might look like:
+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}}
- # Don't accept cookies
- +no-cookies = +no-cookies-set +no-cookies-read
-
- # Do accept cookies
- -no-cookies = -no-cookies-set -no-cookies-read
+ # Useful aliases
+ +crunch-cookies = +crunch-incoming-cookies +crunch-outgoing-cookies
+ -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
+ +imageblock = +block +handle-as-image
- # Treat these blocked URLs as images.
- +imageblock = +block +image
+ # Fragile sites should have the minimum changes
+ fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \
+ -hide-referer -prevent-cookies -kill-popups
- # Define page filters we want to use.
- myfilters = +filter{html-annoyances} +filter{js-annoyances}\
- +filter{no-popups} +filter{webbugs}
-
- ## Default Policies (actions) ############################
+ ## Turn some actions on ################################
{ \
- -block \
- -downgrade \
- +fast-redirects \
- myfilters \
- +no-compression \
- +hide-forwarded \
- +hide-from{block} \
- +hide-referer{forge} \
- -hide-user-agent \
- -image \
- +image-blocker{blank} \
- +no-cookies-keep \
- -no-cookies-read \
- -no-cookies-set \
- +no-popups \
- -vanilla-wafer \
- -wafer \
+ -add-header \
+ -block \
+ +deanimate-gifs{last} \
+ -downgrade-http-version \
+ -fast-redirects \
+ +filter{html-annoyances} \
+ +filter{js-annoyances} \
+ +filter{content-cookies} \
+ +filter{webbugs} \
+ +filter{banners-by-size} \
+ +hide-forwarded-for-headers \
+ +hide-from-header{block} \
+ +hide-referrer{forge} \
+ -hide-user-agent \
+ -handle-as-image \
+ +set-image-blocker{pattern} \
+ -limit-connect \
+ +prevent-compression \
+ +session-cookies-only \
+ -crunch-cookies \
+ -kill-popups \
}
- /
-
- # Now set exceptions to the above defined policies #######
-
- # Sites where we want persistant cookies
- {-no-cookies -no-cookies-keep}
- .redhat.com
- .sun.com
- .yahoo.com
- .msdn.microsoft.com
-
- # This site requires cookies AND 'fast-redirects' on
- {-no-cookies -no-cookies-keep -fast-redirects}
- .nytimes.com
-
- # Add custom headers, and turn off filtering of page source
- {+add-header{X-Privacy: Yes please} #-add-header{*} \
- +add-header{X-User-Tracking: No thanks!} -filter}
- privacy.net
-
- # Block, and treat these URLs as 'images'.
+ / # '/' Matches *all* URL patterns
+
+ # Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
+ # We would expect these to be ads.
{+imageblock}
- .adforce.imgis.com
- .ad.preferences.com/image.*
- .ads.web.aol.com
- .ad-adex3.flycast.com
.ad.doubleclick.net
- .ln.doubleclick.net
- .ad.de.doubleclick.net
- /.*/count\.cgi\?.*df=
- 194.221.183.22[1-7]
- a196.g.akamai.net/7/196/2670/000[12]/images.gmx.net/i4/images/.*/
+ .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
+ ad.*.doubleclick.net
# Block any URLs that match these patterns
{+block}
- /.*/(.*[-_.])?ads?[0-9]?(/|[-_.].*|\.(gif|jpe?g))
- /.*/(plain|live|rotate)[-_.]?ads?/
- /.*/(sponsor)s?[0-9]?/
- /.*/ad(server|stream|juggler)\.(cgi|pl|dll|exe)
- /.*/adbanners/
- /.*/adv((er)?ts?|ertis(ing|ements?))?/
- /.*/banners?/
- /.*/popupads/
- /.*/advert[0-9]+\.jpg
- /ad_images/
- /.*/ads/
- /images/.*/.*_anim\.gif
- /rotations/
- /.*(ms)?backoff(ice)?.*\.(gif|jpe?g)
- 195.63.104.*/(inbox|log|meld|folderlu|folderru|log(in|out)[lmr]u|)
- .images.nytimes.com
- .images.yahoo.com/adv/
- /.*cnnstore\.gif
+ ad*.
+ .*ads.
+ banner?.
+ /.*count(er)?\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
+ .hitbox.com
+
+ # Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
+ # caught by our +block patterns just above.
+ {-block}
+ adsl.
+ advice.
+ .*downloads.
+</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 persistant cookies, so allow *all* cookies
+ {-crunch-cookies -session-cookies-only}
+ .redhat.com
+ .sun.com
+ .msdn.microsoft.com
+
+ # This site breaks easily.
+ {-block -fast-redirects}
+ .forbes.com
</PRE>
<P>
<I>/usr/sbin/privoxy</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/config</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/default.action</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/advanced.action</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/basic.action</I>
- <I>/etc/privoxy/intermediate.action</I>
+ <I>/etc/privoxy/standard.action</I>
+ <I>/etc/privoxy/user.action</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/default.filter</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/trust</I>
<I>/etc/privoxy/templates/*</I>
Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on platform
and build configuration. More documentation should be included in the local
-documentation directory, though is not complete at this time.
+documentation directory.
<A NAME="lbAJ"> </A>
<H2>SIGNALS</H2>
<A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org">http://config.privoxy.org</A>
may work in some situations where the first does not.
<P>
+<A HREF="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</A> to submit ``misses'' to the developers.
+<P>
<A HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html">http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html</A>
<P>
<A HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/">http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/</A>
<P>
<PRE>
- Stefan Waldherr
- Andreas Oesterhelt
Jon Foster
- Markus Breitenbach
+ Andreas Oesterhelt
+ Stefan Waldherr
Thomas Steudten
- David Schmidt (OS/2, Mac OSX ports)
- Gabriel L. Somlo
+ Rodney Stromlund
+ Rodrigo Barbosa (RPM specfiles)
Hal Burgiss (docs)
+ Alexander Lazic
+ Gábor Lipták
+ Guy
Haroon Rafique
- John Venvertloh
+ David Schmidt (OS/2, Mac OSX ports)
Joerg Strohmayer
- Rodney Stromlund
- Rodrigo Barbosa (RPM specfiles)
Sarantis Paskalis
- Shamim Mohamed
- Gábor Lipták
- Alexander Lazic
</PRE>
<A NAME="lbAN"> </A>
<H2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</H2>
+<A NAME="lbAO"> </A>
+<H3>COPYRIGHT</H3>
+
+<P>
+
+Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <<A HREF="mailto:developers@privoxy.org">developers@privoxy.org</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>.
+<A NAME="lbAP"> </A>
+<H3>LICENSE</H3>
+
<P>
<B>Privoxy</B> is free software; you can
-redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
-License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
-License, or (at your option) any later version.
+redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
+<I>GNU General Public
+License</I>, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
<P>
This program 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 GNU General Public License for
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+<I>GNU General Public License</I> for
more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
<P>
-You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
-along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
-59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
+You should have received a copy of the <I>GNU General Public License</I>
+along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
+Boston, MA 02111-1307
+USA
<P>
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<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>
+<DL>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAO">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
+<DT><A HREF="#lbAP">LICENSE</A><DD>
+</DL>
</DL>
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