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<a href="http://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 EMPHASIS c2">that must be
- done</span>!</p>
+ 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 work with FTP or other
protocols.</p>
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- <a name="AEN916" id="AEN916"></a>
+ <a name="AEN899" id="AEN899"></a>
- <p class="c3">Figure 2. Proxy Configuration Showing Mozilla/Netscape
- HTTP and HTTPS (SSL) Settings</p>
+ <p><b>Figure 2. Proxy Configuration Showing Mozilla/Netscape HTTP and
+ HTTPS (SSL) Settings</b></p>
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<p><img src="proxy_setup.jpg"></p>
if you want HTTPS proxy support too (sometimes labeled <span class=
"QUOTE">"Secure"</span>). Make sure any checkboxes like <span class=
"QUOTE">"Use the same proxy server for all protocols"</span> is
- <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">UNCHECKED</span>. You want only HTTP
- and HTTPS (SSL)!</p>
+ <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">UNCHECKED</i></span>. You want
+ only HTTP and HTTPS (SSL)!</p>
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- <a name="AEN961" id="AEN961"></a>
+ <a name="AEN944" id="AEN944"></a>
- <p class="c3">Figure 3. Proxy Configuration Showing Internet Explorer
- HTTP and HTTPS (Secure) Settings</p>
+ <p><b>Figure 3. Proxy Configuration Showing Internet Explorer HTTP and
+ HTTPS (Secure) Settings</b></p>
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<p><img src="proxy2.jpg"></p>
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> upon boot. It will use the file <tt class=
"FILENAME">/etc/privoxy/config</tt> as its main configuration file.</p>
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file <tt class="FILENAME">/etc/privoxy/config</tt> as its main
configuration file.</p>
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<p>Example Unix startup command:</p>
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<p>A script is again used. It will use the file <tt class=
"FILENAME">/etc/privoxy/config</tt> as its main configuration file.</p>
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automatically started at boot time by default. You can change this with
the <tt class="LITERAL">rc-update</tt> command.</p>
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<li>
- <p><span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">--version</span></p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">--version</i></span></p>
<p>Print version info and exit. Unix only.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p><span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">--help</span></p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--help</i></span></p>
<p>Print short usage info and exit. Unix only.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p><span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">--no-daemon</span></p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">--no-daemon</i></span></p>
<p>Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
leader, and don't detach from controlling tty. Unix only.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p><span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">--pidfile FILE</span></p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--pidfile
+ FILE</i></span></p>
<p>On startup, write the process ID to <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">FILE</span>. Delete the <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">FILE</span> on exit. Failure to create or
- delete the <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">FILE</span> is
- non-fatal. If no <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">FILE</span>
- option is given, no PID file will be used. Unix only.</p>
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span>. Delete the
+ <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span> on exit.
+ Failure to create or delete the <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span> is non-fatal. If no <span class=
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">FILE</i></span> option is given, no
+ PID file will be used. Unix only.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p><span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">--user
- USER[.GROUP]</span></p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--user
+ USER[.GROUP]</i></span></p>
<p>After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
- <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">USER</span>, and if included the
- GID of GROUP. Exit if the privileges are not sufficient to do so.
- Unix only.</p>
+ <span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">USER</i></span>, and if
+ included the GID of GROUP. Exit if the privileges are not
+ sufficient to do so. Unix only.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p><span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">--chroot</span></p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">--chroot</i></span></p>
<p>Before changing to the user ID given in the <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">--user</span> option, chroot to that user's
- home directory, i.e. make the kernel pretend to the <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> process that the directory tree starts
- there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of possible
- vulnerabilities in <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to the
- files contained in that hierarchy. Unix only.</p>
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--user</i></span> option, chroot to
+ that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pretend to the
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> process that the directory
+ tree starts there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact
+ of possible vulnerabilities in <span class=
+ "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to the files contained in that
+ hierarchy. Unix only.</p>
</li>
<li>
- <p><span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">--pre-chroot-nslookup
- hostname</span></p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">--pre-chroot-nslookup
+ hostname</i></span></p>
<p>Specifies a hostname to look up before doing a chroot. On some
systems, initializing the resolver library involves reading config
</li>
<li>
- <p><span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">configfile</span></p>
+ <p><span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">configfile</i></span></p>
- <p>If no <span class="emphasis EMPHASIS c2">configfile</span> is
- included on the command line, <span class=
- "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will look for a file named
+ <p>If no <span class="emphasis"><i class=
+ "EMPHASIS">configfile</i></span> is included on the command line,
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> will look for a file named
<span class="QUOTE">"config"</span> in the current directory
(except on Win32 where it will look for <span class=
"QUOTE">"config.txt"</span> instead). Specify full path to avoid
<p>On <span class="APPLICATION">MS Windows</span> only there are two
additional command-line options to allow <span class=
"APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> to install and run as a <span class=
- "emphasis EMPHASIS c2">service</span>. See the <a href=
+ "emphasis"><i class="EMPHASIS">service</i></span>. See the <a href=
"installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Window Installation
section</a> for details.</p>
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