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@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ me?</title>
   strengths is that it is highly configurable giving you the ability to
   completely personalize your installation. Being familiar with, or at least
   having an interest in learning about <ulink
-  url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http">HTTP</ulink> and other networking
-  protocols, <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Html">HTML</ulink>, and
-  <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expressions"><quote>Regular
+  url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http">HTTP</ulink> and other networking
+  protocols, <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Html">HTML</ulink>, and
+  <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_expressions"><quote>Regular
   Expressions</quote></ulink>
   will be a big plus and will help you get the most out of &my-app;.
   A new installation just includes a very basic configuration. The user
@@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ me?</title>
  </para>
  <para>
   Much of <application>Privoxy's</application> configuration can be done
-  with a <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser">Web browser</ulink>.
+  with a <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser">Web browser</ulink>.
   But there are areas where configuration is done using a
-  <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editors">text editor</ulink>
+  <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_editors">text editor</ulink>
   to edit configuration files. Also note that the web-based action editor
   doesn't use authentication and should only be enabled in environments
   where all clients with access to &my-app; listening port can be trusted.
@@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ me?</title>
 <sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxymoron"><title>What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does
 Privoxy work? </title>
  <para>
-  A <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">web proxy</ulink>
+  A <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">web proxy</ulink>
   is a service, based on a software such as &my-app;, that clients
   (i.e. browsers) can use instead of connecting to web servers directly.
   The clients then ask the proxy to request objects (web pages, images, movies etc)
   on their behalf and to forward the data to the clients.
   It is a <quote>go-between</quote>. For details, see
-  <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">Wikipedia's proxy definition</ulink>.
+  <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">Wikipedia's proxy definition</ulink>.
  </para>
  <para>
   There are many reasons to use web proxies, such as security (firewalling),
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ from the old Junkbuster?</title>
  <application>Junkbuster</application> left off.
  <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
  still manages <ulink
- url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>, and still
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>, and still
  helps protect your privacy. But, most of these features have been enhanced,
  and many new ones have been added, all in the same vein.
  </para>
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ special I have to do now?</title>
  <ulink url="../user-manual/startup.html">the User Manual for more
  details</ulink>. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk
  cache to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any stored
- <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>.
 </para>
 
 </sect2>
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ Privoxy is running and being used.</title>
  for single URLs, whole web sites, groups or parts thereof etc. Actions can also be
  grouped together and then applied to requests matching one or more patterns.
  There are many possible actions that might apply to any given site. As an example,
- if you are blocking <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>
+ if you are blocking <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>
  as one of your default actions, but need to accept cookies from a given site,
  you would need to define an exception for this site in one of your actions
  files, preferably in <filename>user.action</filename>.
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ the differences?</title>
  <para>
   The default configuration shouldn't impact the usability of any of these services.
   It may, however, make all <ulink
- url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>
   temporary, so that your browser will forget your
   login credentials in between browser sessions. If you would like not to have to log
   in manually each time you access those websites, simply turn off all cookie handling
@@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ the differences?</title>
 .login.yahoo.com</screen>
  <para>
   These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with
-  <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink> and
+  <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink> and
   thus <quote>fragile</quote>. So if <emphasis>still</emphasis> a problem,
   we have an <ulink
   url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#ALIASES">alias</ulink> just for such
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</title>
  The whole idea of Privoxy is to modify client requests
  and server responses in all sorts of ways and therefore
  it's not a transparent proxy as described in
- <ulink url="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616">RFC 2616</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2616">RFC 2616</ulink>.
 </para>
 <para>
  However, some people say <quote>transparent proxy</quote> when they
@@ -1298,13 +1298,13 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</title>
 <title>I sometimes notice cookies sneaking through. How?</title>
 <para>
  <ulink
- url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">Cookies</ulink> can be
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">Cookies</ulink> can be
  set in several ways. The classic method is via the
  <literal>Set-Cookie</literal> HTTP header. This is straightforward, and an
  easy one to manipulate, such as the &my-app; concept of
  <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY">session-cookies-only</ulink>.
  There is also the possibility of using
-  <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink> to
+  <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink> to
  set cookies (&my-app; calls these <literal>content-cookies</literal>). This
  is trickier because the syntax can vary widely, and thus requires a certain
  amount of guesswork. It is not realistic to catch all of these short of
@@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</title>
 <para>
  No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of
  <ulink
- url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>. Cookies are just a
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>. Cookies are just a
  method that browsers can use to store data between pages, or between browser
  sessions. Sometimes there is a good reason for this, and the user's life is a
  bit easier as a result. But there is a long history of some websites taking
@@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?</title>
 </para>
 <para>
   See the
-   <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">Wikipedia cookie
+   <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">Wikipedia cookie
   definition</ulink> for more.
 </para>
 </sect2>
@@ -1915,7 +1915,7 @@ speed up web browsing?</title>
 <para>
  No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
  <ulink url="http://www.squid-cache.org/">Squid</ulink> or
- <ulink url="http://www.pps.jussieu.fr/~jch/software/polipo/">Polipo</ulink> for this.
+ <ulink url="https://www.irif.fr/~jch//software/polipo/">Polipo</ulink> for this.
  And, yes, before you ask, <application>Privoxy</application> can co-exist
  with other kinds of proxies like <application>Squid</application>.
  See the <ulink url="../user-manual/config.html#FORWARDING">forwarding
@@ -2746,7 +2746,7 @@ Why?</title>
 </title>
 <para>
  <application>Privoxy</application> is attempting to disable malicious
-  <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink>
+  <ulink url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Javascript">Javascript</ulink>
   in this case, with the <literal>unsolicited-popups</literal>
  filter. <application>Privoxy</application> cannot tell very well
  <quote>good</quote> code snippets from <quote>bad</quote> code snippets.
@@ -2879,6 +2879,11 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives? </title>
  section, and add <quote>127.0.0.1:0</quote> in the <quote>No Proxy for:</quote>
  field.
 </para>
+<para>
+ You can also prevent the problem by enabling
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#HTTPS-INSPECTION">https-inspection</ulink>
+ in which case Privoxy's error messages are delivered encrypted.
+</para>
 </sect2>
 
 
@@ -2981,7 +2986,7 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives? </title>
  To prevent the crashes you can rewrite your filter to use less resources,
  increase the relevant memory limit or recompile pcre to use less stack space.
  For details please see the
- <ulink url="http://pcre.org/original/doc/html/pcrestack.html">pcrestack man page</ulink>
+ <ulink url="https://pcre.org/original/doc/html/pcrestack.html">pcrestack man page</ulink>
  and the documentation of your operating system.
 </para>
 </sect2>