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>3. What's New in this Release</H1
><P
-> There are many improvements and new features in <SPAN
+> There are many improvements and new features since <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> 3.0.4
- :</P
+>Privoxy 3.0.6</SPAN
+>, the last stable release:</P
><P
> <P
></P
><UL
><LI
><P
-> Mulitiple <A
-HREF="filter-file.html"
->filter files</A
-> can now be specifed in <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->config</TT
->. This allows for
- locally defined filters that can be maintained separately from the filters as
- supplied by the developers.
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
->
- There are a number of new <A
-HREF="actions-file.html"
->actions</A
->:
- </P
-><P
-> <P
-></P
-><UL
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
->content-type-overwrite</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
->crunch-client-header</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
->crunch-if-none-match</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
->crunch-server-header</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-CLIENT-HEADERS"
->filter-client-headers</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-SERVER-HEADERS"
->filter-server-headers</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
->force-text-mode</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
->handle-as-empty-document</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
->hide-accept-language</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
->hide-content-disposition</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
->hide-if-modified-since</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#INSPECT-JPEGS"
->inspect-jpegs</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
->overwrite-last-modified</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
->redirect</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#TREAT-FORBIDDEN-CONNECTS-LIKE-BLOCKS"
->treat-forbidden-connects-like-blocks</A
-></TT
->
- </P
-></LI
-></UL
->
- </P
-><P
-> In addition, <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
->fast-redirects</A
-></TT
->
- has been significantly improved with enhanced syntax.
- </P
-><P
-> And <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
-><A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
->hide-referrer</A
-></TT
+> Header filtering can be done with dedicated header filters now. As a result
+ the actions <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"filter-client-headers"</SPAN
+> and <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"filter-server-headers"</SPAN
>
- has a new option, <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->conditional block</TT
->.
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> <SPAN
+ that were introduced with <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
->MS-Windows</SPAN
-> versions can now be installed and
- started as a <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->service</I
-></SPAN
->.
- </P
-></LI
-><LI
-><P
-> In addition, there are various bug fixes and significant enhancements, including
- error pages are no longer cached, better DNS error handling, and various logging
- improvements.
+>Privoxy 3.0.5</SPAN
+> to apply
+ the content filters to the headers as, well have been removed again.
</P
></LI
></UL
></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
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
> See the full documentation on
<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>fast-redirects</A
></TT
>
- which has changed syntax, and may require adjustments to local configs.
+ 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:
</P
+><P
+> <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="SCREEN"
+> { +fast-redirects{check-decoded-url} }
+ .example.com
+ mybank.com
+ .google.</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+></P
></LI
><LI
><P
> The <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>jarfile</TT
->, cookie logger, is off by default now.
+>,
+ <A
+HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
+TARGET="_top"
+>cookie</A
+> logger, is off by default now.
</P
></LI
><LI
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"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).
+ </P
+></LI
+><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
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> The default setting has filtering turned <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>off</I
+></SPAN
+>, which
+ subsequently means that compression is <SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>on</I
+></SPAN
+>. 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:
+ </P
+><P
+> <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="SCREEN"
+> { +<A
+HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
+>filter</A
+>{google} +<A
+HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
+>prevent-compression</A
+> }
+ .google.</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+>
+ </P
+><P
+> Or if you use a number of filters, or filter many sites, you may just want
+ to turn off compression for all sites in
+ <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>default.action</TT
+> (or
+ <TT
+CLASS="FILENAME"
+>user.action</TT
+>).
+ </P
+></LI
+><LI
+><P
+> Also, <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
+>session-cookies-only</A
+> is
+ 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
+> now.
</P
></LI
><LI
WIDTH="33%"
ALIGN="right"
VALIGN="top"
->Quickstart to Using <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-></TD
+>Quickstart to Using Privoxy</TD
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