X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Ffaq.sgml;h=14a4d6ea8b5437e1e7678d5b3fa4f55a92df68b2;hp=453dbd993c766914ce702684c1f094cdf200c211;hb=483a344a22e5d64ebf8523fd51a566f205cf21f0;hpb=96bf13e8606919027cc3dc3597627396b9e55a0a diff --git a/doc/source/faq.sgml b/doc/source/faq.sgml index 453dbd99..14a4d6ea 100644 --- a/doc/source/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml @@ -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. - @@ -551,7 +547,7 @@ warranty? Registration? - Gold (10000 EUR/year) + Gold (12000 USD/year) Logo shown at the bottom of the @@ -562,7 +558,7 @@ warranty? Registration? - Silver (1000 EUR/year) + Silver (1200 USD/year) Logo shown randomly at the bottom of the @@ -573,7 +569,7 @@ warranty? Registration? - Bronze (500 EUR/year) + Bronze (600 USD/year) Logo and link on the sponsor page. @@ -1341,7 +1337,8 @@ 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 +1993,17 @@ 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 +2039,9 @@ 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. @@ -2999,7 +3005,7 @@ 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