<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="STARTUP" id="STARTUP">5. Starting Privoxy</a></h1>
<p>Before launching <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> for the first time, you will want to configure your
browser(s) to use <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> as a HTTP and HTTPS (SSL) <a href=
- "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" target="_top">proxy</a>. The default is 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for
+ "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server" target="_top">proxy</a>. The default is 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for
the proxy address, and port 8118 (earlier versions used port 8000). This is the one configuration step <span class=
"emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">that must be done</i></span>!</p>
<p>Please note that <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> can only proxy HTTP and HTTPS traffic. It will not
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<p>After doing this, flush your browser's disk and memory caches to force a re-reading of all pages and to get rid
- of any ads that may be cached. Remove any <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
+ of any ads that may be cached. Remove any <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
"_top">cookies</a>, if you want <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to manage that. You are now ready to start
enjoying the benefits of using <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>!</p>
<p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> itself is typically started by specifying the main configuration file