<p>If the address for the hostname isn't already known on the system (for example because it's in
/etc/hostname), this may result in DNS traffic.</p>
<p>If the specified address isn't available on the system, or if the hostname can't be resolved,
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will fail to start.</p>
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will fail to start. On GNU/Linux, and other platforms that can
+ listen on not yet assigned IP addresses, Privoxy will start and will listen on the specified address
+ whenever the IP address is assigned to the system</p>
<p>IPv6 addresses containing colons have to be quoted by brackets. They can only be used if <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has been compiled with IPv6 support. If you aren't sure if your version
supports it, have a look at <tt class="LITERAL">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</tt>.</p>
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<td>
- <pre class="SCREEN">
- forward-socks4a / socks-gw.example.com:1080 www-cache.isp.example.net:8080
+ <pre class=
+ "SCREEN"> forward-socks4a / socks-gw.example.com:1080 www-cache.isp.example.net:8080
forward .example.com .</pre>
</td>
</tr>
<pre class="SCREEN"> # Define a couple of tags, the described effect requires action sections
# that are enabled based on CLIENT-TAG patterns.
client-specific-tag circumvent-blocks Overrule blocks but do not affect other actions
- disable-content-filters Disable content-filters but do not affect other actions</pre>
+ client-specific-tag disable-content-filters Disable content-filters but do not affect other actions</pre>
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</tr>
</table>
</div>
</div>
<div class="SECT2">
- <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="WINDOWS-GUI" id="WINDOWS-GUI">7.7. Windows GUI Options</a></h2>
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="TLS" id="TLS">7.7. TLS/SSL</a></h2>
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h4 class="SECT3"><a name="CA-DIRECTORY" id="CA-DIRECTORY">7.7.1. ca-directory</a></h4>
+ <div class="VARIABLELIST">
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Specifies:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Directory with the CA key, the CA certificate and the trusted CAs file.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Type of value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Text</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Default value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">Empty string</i></span></p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Effect if unset:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Default value is used.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Notes:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>This directive specifies the directory where the CA key, the CA certificate and the trusted CAs file
+ are located.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Examples:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>ca-directory /usr/local/etc/privoxy/CA</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h4 class="SECT3"><a name="CA-CERT-FILE" id="CA-CERT-FILE">7.7.2. ca-cert-file</a></h4>
+ <div class="VARIABLELIST">
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Specifies:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>The CA certificate file in ".crt" format.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Type of value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Text</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Default value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">cacert.crt</i></span></p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Effect if unset:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Default value is used.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Notes:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>This directive specifies the name of the CA certificate file in ".crt" format.</p>
+ <p>It can be generated with: openssl req -new -x509 -extensions v3_ca -keyout cakey.pem -out cacert.crt
+ -days 3650</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Examples:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>ca-cert-file root.crt</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h4 class="SECT3"><a name="CA-KEY-FILE" id="CA-KEY-FILE">7.7.3. ca-key-file</a></h4>
+ <div class="VARIABLELIST">
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Specifies:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>The CA key file in ".pem" format.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Type of value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Text</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Default value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">cacert.pem</i></span></p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Effect if unset:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Default value is used.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Notes:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>This directive specifies the name of the CA key file in ".pem" format. See the <a href="#CA-CERT-FILE"
+ target="_top">ca-cert-file</a> for a command to generate it.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Examples:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>ca-key-file cakey.pem</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h4 class="SECT3"><a name="CA-PASSWORD" id="CA-PASSWORD">7.7.4. ca-password</a></h4>
+ <div class="VARIABLELIST">
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Specifies:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>The password for the CA keyfile.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Type of value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Text</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Default value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">Empty string</i></span></p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Effect if unset:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Default value is used.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Notes:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>This directive specifies the password for the CA keyfile that is used when Privoxy generates
+ certificates for intercepted requests.</p>
+ <p>Note that the password is shown on the CGI page so don't reuse an important one.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Examples:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>ca-password blafasel</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h4 class="SECT3"><a name="CERTIFICATE-DIRECTORY" id="CERTIFICATE-DIRECTORY">7.7.5.
+ certificate-directory</a></h4>
+ <div class="VARIABLELIST">
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Specifies:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Directory to safe generated keys and certificates.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Type of value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Text</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Default value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">./certs</i></span></p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Effect if unset:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Default value is used.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Notes:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>This directive specifies the directory where generated TLS/SSL keys and certificates are saved.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Examples:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>certificate-directory /usr/local/var/privoxy/certs</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT3">
+ <h4 class="SECT3"><a name="TRUSTED-CAS-FILE" id="TRUSTED-CAS-FILE">7.7.6. trusted-cas-file</a></h4>
+ <div class="VARIABLELIST">
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Specifies:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>The trusted CAs file in ".pem" format.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Type of value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>File name relative to ca-directory</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Default value:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">trustedCAs.pem</i></span></p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Effect if unset:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>Default value is used.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Notes:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>This directive specifies the trusted CAs file that is used when validating certificates for
+ intercepted TLS/SSL request.</p>
+ <p>An example file can be downloaded from <a href="https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem" target=
+ "_top">https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem</a>.</p>
+ </dd>
+ <dt>Examples:</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <p>trusted-cas-file trusted_cas_file.pem</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ </div>
+ <div class="SECT2">
+ <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="WINDOWS-GUI" id="WINDOWS-GUI">7.8. Windows GUI Options</a></h2>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> has a number of options specific to the Windows GUI
interface:</p><a name="ACTIVITY-ANIMATION" id="ACTIVITY-ANIMATION"></a>
<p>If <span class="QUOTE">"activity-animation"</span> is set to 1, the <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>
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