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->3. What's New in this Release</H1
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-> There are many improvements and new features since <SPAN
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->Privoxy 3.0.6</SPAN
->, the last stable release:</P
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-> <P
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->    Header filtering can be done with dedicated header filters now. As a result
-    the actions <SPAN
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->"filter-client-headers"</SPAN
-> and <SPAN
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->"filter-server-headers"</SPAN
->
-    that were introduced with <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy 3.0.5</SPAN
-> to apply
-    the content filters to the headers as, well have been removed again.
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-><P
-> A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier 
- versions of <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->:</P
-><P
-> <P
-></P
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-><P
->  
-    Some installers may remove earlier versions completely, including 
-    configuration files. Save any important configuration files!
-  </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
->  
-   On the other hand, other installers may not overwrite any existing configuration 
-   files, thinking you will want to do that. You may want to manually check 
-   your saved files against the newer versions to see if the improvements have
-   merit, or whether there are new options that you may want to consider.
-   There are a number of new features, but most won't be available unless 
-   these features are incorporated into your configuration somehow.
-  </P
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-><A
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-></TT
->
-     which has changed syntax, and will require adjustments to local configs, 
-     such as <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->user.action</TT
->. You must reference the new 
-     syntax: 
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->  
-   What constitutes a <SPAN
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-> configuration has changed, 
-   and you may want to review which actions are <SPAN
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->"on"</SPAN
-> by 
-   default. This is primarily a matter of emphasis, but some features 
-   you may have been used to, may now be <SPAN
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->"off"</SPAN
-> by default.
-   There are also a number of new actions and filters you may want to
-   consider, most of which are not fully incorporated into the default
-   settings as yet (see above).
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-><LI
-><P
->    The default actions setting is now <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->Cautious</TT
->. Previous
-    releases had a default setting of <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->Medium</TT
->. Experienced
-    users may want to adjust this, as it is fairly conservative by <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->
-    standards and past practices. See <A
-HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default"
-TARGET="_top"
->    http://config.privoxy.org/edit-actions-list?f=default</A
->. New users
-    should try the default settings for a while before turning up the volume.
-   </P
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->. Remember
-    that filtering does not work on compressed pages, so if you use, or want to
-    use, filtering, you will need to force compression off. Example:
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-    to turn off compression for all sites in
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-   off by default now. If you've liked this feature in the past, you may want 
-   to turn it back on in <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->user.action</TT
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->   
-   Some installers may not automatically start
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+    <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="WHATSNEW" id="WHATSNEW">3. What's New in this
+    Release</a></h1>
+
+    <p><span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy 3.0.23</span> stable is a bug-fix
+    release, some of the fixed bugs are security issues (CVE requests
+    pending):</p>
+
+    <ul>
+      <li>
+        <p>Bug fixes:</p>
+
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            <p>Fixed a DoS issue in case of client requests with incorrect
+            chunk-encoded body. When compiled with assertions enabled (the
+            default) they could previously cause Privoxy to abort(). Reported
+            by Matthew Daley.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>Fixed multiple segmentation faults and memory leaks in the
+            pcrs code. This fix also increases the chances that an invalid
+            pcrs command is rejected as such. Previously some invalid
+            commands would be loaded without error. Note that Privoxy's pcrs
+            sources (action and filter files) are considered trustworthy
+            input and should not be writable by untrusted third-parties.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>Fixed an 'invalid read' bug which could at least theoretically
+            cause Privoxy to crash. So far, no crashes have been
+            observed.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>Compiles with --disable-force again. Reported by Kay
+            Raven.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>Client requests with body that can't be delivered no longer
+            cause pipelined requests behind them to be rejected as invalid.
+            Reported by Basil Hussain.</p>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+
+      <li>
+        <p>General improvements:</p>
+
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            <p>If a pcrs command is rejected as invalid, Privoxy now logs the
+            cause of the problem as text. Previously the pcrs error code was
+            logged.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>The tests are less likely to cause false positives.</p>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+
+      <li>
+        <p>Action file improvements:</p>
+
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            <p>'.sify.com/' is no longer blocked. Apparently it is not
+            actually a pure tracking site (anymore?). Reported by Andrew on
+            ijbswa-users@.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>Unblock banners on .amnesty.de/ which aren't ads.</p>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+
+      <li>
+        <p>Documentation improvements:</p>
+
+        <ul>
+          <li>
+            <p>The 'Would you like to donate?' section now also contains a
+            "Paypal" address.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>The list of supported operating systems has been updated.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>The existence of the SF support and feature trackers has been
+            deemphasized because they have been broken for months. Most of
+            the time the mailing lists still work.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>The claim that default.action updates are sometimes released
+            on their own has been removed. It hasn't happened in years.</p>
+          </li>
+
+          <li>
+            <p>Explicitly mention that Tor's port may deviate from the
+            default when using a bundle. Requested by Andrew on
+            ijbswa-users@.</p>
+          </li>
+        </ul>
+      </li>
+    </ul>
+
+    <div class="SECT2">
+      <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="UPGRADERSNOTE" id="UPGRADERSNOTE">3.1. Note
+      to Upgraders</a></h2>
+
+      <p>A quick list of things to be aware of before upgrading from earlier
+      versions of <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>:</p>
+
+      <ul>
+        <li>
+          <p>The recommended way to upgrade <span class=
+          "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is to backup your old configuration
+          files, install the new ones, verify that <span class=
+          "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> is working correctly and finally merge
+          back your changes using <span class="APPLICATION">diff</span> and
+          maybe <span class="APPLICATION">patch</span>.</p>
+
+          <p>There are a number of new features in each <span class=
+          "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> release and most of them have to be
+          explicitly enabled in the configuration files. Old configuration
+          files obviously don't do that and due to syntax changes using old
+          configuration files with a new <span class=
+          "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> isn't always possible anyway.</p>
+        </li>
+
+        <li>
+          <p>Note that some installers remove earlier versions completely,
+          including configuration files, therefore you should really save any
+          important configuration files!</p>
+        </li>
+
+        <li>
+          <p>On the other hand, other installers don't overwrite existing
+          configuration files, thinking you will want to do that
+          yourself.</p>
+        </li>
+
+        <li>
+          <p>In the default configuration only fatal errors are logged now.
+          You can change that in the <a href="config.html#DEBUG">debug
+          section</a> of the configuration file. You may also want to enable
+          more verbose logging until you verified that the new <span class=
+          "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> version is working as expected.</p>
+        </li>
+
+        <li>
+          <p>Three other config file settings are now off by default:
+          <a href="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE">enable-remote-toggle</a>,
+          <a href=
+          "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE">enable-remote-http-toggle</a>,
+          and <a href=
+          "config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</a>. If you
+          use or want these, you will need to explicitly enable them, and be
+          aware of the security issues involved.</p>
+        </li>
+      </ul>
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