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@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
Purpose : FAQ
- Copyright (C) 2001-2018 Privoxy Developers https://www.privoxy.org/
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2020 Privoxy Developers https://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
Based partially on the Internet Junkbuster FAQ originally written by and
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@
- Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2018 by
+ Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2020 by
Privoxy Developers
@@ -115,10 +115,6 @@ Hal.
Privoxy.
It is not a substitute for the
Privoxy User Manual.
-
@@ -406,7 +402,7 @@ Privoxy. Why should I use Privoxy at all?
warranty? Registration?
Privoxy is free software and licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
+ url="https://www.gnu.org/licenses/old-licenses/gpl-2.0.html">GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2.
It is free to use, copy, modify or distribute as you wish under the terms of this
license. Please see the Copyright section for more
information on the license and copyright. Or the LICENSE file
@@ -512,31 +508,6 @@ warranty? Registration?
SPI's general donation page.
-
- You can also donate to Privoxy using a bank account or a "Paypal" address:
-
-
- Name on account: Zwiebelfreunde e.V.
- IBAN: DE95430609671126825604
- BIC: GENODEM1GLS
- Bank: GLS Bank
-
-
- "Paypal" address: privoxy@zwiebelfreunde.de
-
-
- Donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. are tax-deductible in Germany
- and other countries that recognize German charitable clubs. Feel free to
- use the Subject field to provide a name to be credited and a list of TODO
- list items you are interested in the most. For example: Max Mustermann: #16, #1, #14.
-
-
-
- Note that donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently can't be checked
- automatically so you may not get credited right away. The credits currently
- reflect donations received before 2016-01-14.
-
-
If you have any questions regarding donations please mail to either the
public user mailing list or, if it's a private matter, to
@@ -551,10 +522,10 @@ warranty? Registration?
- Gold (10000 EUR/year)
+ Gold (12000 USD/year)
- Logo shown at the bottom of the
+ Logo or text link shown at the bottom of the
Privoxy homepage.
Logo, link and self description on the
sponsor page.
@@ -562,10 +533,10 @@ warranty? Registration?
- Silver (1000 EUR/year)
+ Silver (1200 USD/year)
- Logo shown randomly at the bottom of the
+ Logo or text link shown at the bottom of the
Privoxy homepage.
Logo, link and self description on the
sponsor page.
@@ -573,7 +544,7 @@ warranty? Registration?
- Bronze (500 EUR/year)
+ Bronze (600 USD/year)
Logo and link on the sponsor page.
@@ -586,13 +557,18 @@ warranty? Registration?
our server, no requests are made to the sponsor website unless
the links are being used.
+
+ Link targets are without path (https://www.example.org/
+ not https://www.example.org/seo/keyword/spam/).
+
The details may change over time but changes will only affect new sponsors
(or existing sponsors that explicitly agreed to the changes).
If you want to become a sponsor, please contact
- Fabian Keil.
+ Fabian Keil
+ and include the link target in the mail.
New sponsors are only accepted if no developer objects.
@@ -859,7 +835,7 @@ way to do this?
-
+There are several different <quote>actions</quote> files. What are
the differences?
@@ -872,10 +848,9 @@ the differences?
Where can I get updated Actions Files?
Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of
- default.action will be
- made available from time to time on the files section of
- our project page.
+ default.action are available from
+ git.
@@ -1206,18 +1181,12 @@ instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?
Can Privoxy run as a service
on Win2K/NT/XP?
-Windows service
- functionality. See
+ Yes. Full Windows service
+ functionality was introduced in Privoxy 3.0.5.
+ See
the User Manual for details on how to install and configure
Privoxy as a service.
-
- Earlier ]]>3.x versions could run as a system service using srvany.exe.
- See the discussion at https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118,
- for details, and a sample configuration.
-
@@ -1321,7 +1290,8 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
For a good discussion of some of the issues involved (including privacy and
security issues), see
- https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118.
+ https://sourceforge.net/p/ijbswa/support-requests/107/.
@@ -1341,7 +1311,8 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
amount of guesswork. It is not realistic to catch all of these short of
disabling Javascript, which would break many sites. And lastly, if the
cookies are embedded in a HTTPS/SSL secure session via Javascript, they are beyond
- Privoxy's reach.
+ Privoxy's reach unless you enable
+ https-inspection.
All in all, &my-app; can help manage cookies in general, can help minimize
@@ -1996,9 +1967,17 @@ ads used to be. Why?
How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?
- Since secure HTTP connections are encrypted SSL sessions between your browser
- and the secure site, and are meant to be reliably secure,
- there is little that Privoxy can do but hand the raw
+ If you enable
+ https-inspection
+ Privoxy will impersonate the destination
+ server and can thus filter encrypted requests and responses as well.
+
+
+ Without
+ https-inspection
+ secure HTTP connections are encrypted SSL sessions between your
+ browser and the secure site, and there is little
+ that Privoxy can do but hand the raw
gibberish data though from one end to the other unprocessed.
@@ -2034,8 +2013,9 @@ ads used to be. Why?
for HTTPS.
- Adding HTTP/2 support is on the TODO list but currently
- nobody is known to work on it.
+ Adding HTTP/2 support is on the
+ TODO
+ list but currently nobody is known to work on it.
@@ -2713,7 +2693,7 @@ Why?
Upgrading Privoxy, or going to the most recent
default.action file available from SourceForge
+ url="https://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blob_plain;f=default.action.master;hb=HEAD">git
might be worth a try, too.
@@ -2999,7 +2979,7 @@ browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?
this is not considered a Privoxy bug.
- To prevent the crashes you can rewrite your filter to use less ressources,
+ 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
pcrestack man page
@@ -3072,7 +3052,7 @@ C:\Privoxy>
- License
+ License
&license;
@@ -3080,7 +3060,7 @@ C:\Privoxy>
- History
+ History
&history;