.SH DESCRIPTION
-\fBPrivoxy\fP
-is an instrumentable HTTP proxy that filters the
-\s-2HTTP\s0
-data stream between
-web servers and browsers.
-\fBPrivoxy\fP can be used to protect privacy, manage cookies, filter web
-page content, manage access restrictions, and to discard such annoying Internet
-junk as ads, banners, and pop-ups. Or whatever other annoyances strike your
-fancy.
+\fBPrivoxy\fP is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
+protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing cookies,
+controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
+obnoxious Internet junk. \fBPrivoxy\fP has a very flexible configuration and
+can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. \fBPrivoxy\fP has
+application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
.PP
-\fBPrivoxy\fP is derived from \fBInternet Junkbuster (tm)\fP by
-Junkbusters Corporation, which is no longer being developed. Many
-new features and enhancements have been added.
+\fBPrivoxy\fP is based on code of the \fBInternet Junkbuster (tm)\fP.
+\fBJunkbuster\fP was originally written by JunkBusters Corporation, and was
+released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL. Stefan Waldherr made
+many improvements, and started the SourceForge project to continue
+development.
.SH INSTALLATION AND USE
Browsers must be individually configured to use
-\fBPrivoxy\fP as a HTTP proxy.
+\fBPrivoxy\fP as a \s-2HTTP\s0 proxy.
The default setting is for localhost,
on port 8118 (configurable in the main config file).
To set the
.SH NOTES
This is a \fBBETA\fP version of \fBPrivoxy\fP. Not all features are
-complete or well tested.
+well tested.
.PP
Please see the user-maual on how to contact the developers for
feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
.SH SEE ALSO
.br
-http://www.privoxy.org/config
-.br
http://www.privoxy.org/
.br
-http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa
+http://config.privoxy.org/
+.br
+http://www.privoxy.org/faq/
+.br
+http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/
+.br
+http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/
+.br
+http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa (Privoxy Project Page)
.br
http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/\" waldherr.org#
.br
.br
http://www.squid-cache.org/
.br
-http://linuxalpha.ch/packages/
+http://linuxalpha.ch/steudten/software/
.SH DEVELOPMENT TEAM
.br
Hal Burgiss
.br
Rodrigo Barbosa
+.br
+ Gábor Lipták
.SH COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
\"Orginally written by, and copyrighted by, the Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters