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This file belongs into
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- $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.95 2013/11/06 16:28:58 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.124 2016/05/22 12:42:29 fabiankeil Exp $
- Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
+ Copyright (C) 2001-2014 Privoxy Developers https://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
Based partially on the Internet Junkbuster FAQ originally written by and
@@ -73,12 +73,12 @@
- Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2011 by
- Privoxy Developers
+ Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2014 by
+ Privoxy Developers
-$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.95 2013/11/06 16:28:58 fabiankeil Exp $
+$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.124 2016/05/22 12:42:29 fabiankeil Exp $
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-
@@ -236,8 +233,8 @@ Privoxy work?
-
-Why Privoxy? Why change the name from
+
+Why Privoxy? Why change the name from
Junkbuster at all?
Though outdated, Junkbusters Corporation continued to offer their original
@@ -289,8 +286,7 @@ from the old Junkbuster?
-How does Privoxy know what is
-an ad, and what is not?
+How does Privoxy know what is an ad, and what is not?Privoxy's approach to blocking ads is twofold:
@@ -318,8 +314,8 @@ an ad, and what is not?
-
-Can Privoxy make mistakes?
+
+Can Privoxy make mistakes?
This does not sound very scientific.
Actually, it's a black art ;-) And yes, it is always possible to have a broad
@@ -338,8 +334,8 @@ This does not sound very scientific.
-
-Will I have to configure Privoxy
+
+Will I have to configure Privoxy
before I can use it?
That depends on your expectations.
@@ -394,7 +390,7 @@ Privoxy. Why should I use Privoxy at all?
and Privoxy's privacy enhancing features
at the same time. While your browser probably lacks some features
&my-app; offers, it should also be able to do some things more
- reliable, for example restricting and suppressing JavaScript.
+ reliably, for example restricting and suppressing JavaScript.
@@ -463,9 +459,9 @@ warranty? Registration?
-I would like to help you, what can I do?
+I would like to help you, what can I do?
-Would you like to participate?
+Would you like to participate?
Well, we always need help. There is something for
everybody who wants to help us. We welcome new developers, packagers,
@@ -479,8 +475,8 @@ warranty? Registration?
So first thing, subscribe to the Privoxy Users
- or the Privoxy
+ url="https://lists.privoxy.org/mailman/listinfo/privoxy-users">Privoxy Users
+ or the Privoxy
Developers mailing list, join the discussion, help out other users, provide general
feedback or report problems you noticed.
@@ -503,63 +499,53 @@ warranty? Registration?
Would you like to donate?
- Privoxy is developed by unpaid volunteers
- and thus our current running costs are pretty low. Nevertheless, we
- have plans that will cost money in the future. They include,
- but aren't limited to spending money on:
-
+ Donations are welcome. Our
+ TODO list
+ is rather long and being able to pay one (or more) developers to work on Privoxy
+ would make a huge difference, even if it was only for a couple of weeks. Donations may
+ also be used for Privoxy-related travel expenses (for example to attend conferences),
+ for hardware used for Privoxy development and for hosting expenses etc.
-
-
-
- Hardware to help make sure Privoxy
- keeps running on platforms the developers currently can't test
- on and can be ported to others.
-
-
-
-
- Technical books to educate our developers about said platforms
- or to improve their knowledge in general.
-
-
-
-
- More reliable hosting,
-
-
-
+ Privoxy is an associated
+ project of Software
+ in the Public Interest (SPI), which allows us to receive
+ tax-deductible donations in the United States. If you want to donate through
+ SPI, please use SPI's donation page
+ to see what the options are.
- We would like to get this money through donations made by our users.
+ 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
+
- Privoxy has therefore become an associated
- project of Software
- in the Public Interest (SPI), which allows us to receive donations.
- In the United States they are tax-deductible, in a few other western countries
- they might be tax-deductible in the future.
+ 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.
- If you read this section before you may notice that paying for the
- project domain privoxy.org is no longer on the list. It has been
- transferred to SPI is sponsored by Mythic Beasts Ltd.
+ 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 enjoy our software and feel like helping out with a donation,
- please have a look at
- SPI's donation page
- to see what the options are. If you have any questions regarding donations
- please mail to either the public user mailing list or, if it's a private
- matter, to Fabian Keil
- (Privoxy's SPI liason) directly.
-
+ If you have any questions regarding donations please mail to either the
+ public user mailing list or, if it's a private matter, to
+ Fabian Keil (Privoxy's SPI liaison)
+ directly.
@@ -712,9 +698,9 @@ All the ads are there. What's wrong?
Privoxy is not running at all. Check the log file. For instructions
on starting Privoxy and browser configuration,
- see the chapter
+ see the chapter
on starting Privoxy in the
- User Manual.
+ User Manual.
@@ -727,9 +713,9 @@ Privoxy is running and being used.
First, make sure that Privoxy is really running and
being used by visiting http://p.p/. You
should see the Privoxy main page. If not, see
- the chapter
+ the chapter
on starting Privoxy in the
- User Manual.
+ User Manual.
@@ -762,8 +748,8 @@ Privoxy is running and being used.
Configuration
-
-What exactly is an actions file?
+
+What exactly is an actions file?
&my-app; utilizes the concept of
@@ -807,8 +793,8 @@ some of these actions.
-
-How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
+
+How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
way to do this?
@@ -841,15 +827,15 @@ the differences?
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.
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">files section of
+ our project page.
If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release updates of
Privoxy or the actions file, subscribe
- to our announce mailing list, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
+ url="https://lists.privoxy.org/mailman/listinfo/privoxy-announce">subscribe
+ to our announce mailing list, privoxy-announce@lists.privoxy.org.
@@ -993,8 +979,8 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?
-
-What is the default.filter file? What is a filter?
+
+What is the default.filter file? What is a filter?
The default.filter
file is where filters as supplied by the developers are defined.
@@ -1047,7 +1033,7 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?
If you intend to develop your own filters, you might want to have a look at
Privoxy-Filter-Test.
+ url="https://www.fabiankeil.de/sourcecode/pft/">Privoxy-Filter-Test.
@@ -1112,8 +1098,8 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?
-
-Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.
+
+Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.
The replacement for blocked images can be controlled with the set-image-blocker
@@ -1135,8 +1121,8 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?
-
-Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?
+
+Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?
Remember that telling which image is an ad and which
isn't, is an educated guess. While we hope that the standard configuration
@@ -1150,8 +1136,8 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues?
-
-I see some images being replaced with text
+
+I see some images being replaced with text
instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?
This happens when the banners are not embedded in the HTML code of the
@@ -1190,7 +1176,7 @@ on Win2K/NT/XP?
Earlier ]]>3.x versions could run as a system service using srvany.exe.
See the discussion at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118,
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118">https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118,
for details, and a sample configuration.
@@ -1296,7 +1282,7 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
For a good discussion of some of the issues involved (including privacy and
security issues), see
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118.
+ https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118.
@@ -1540,8 +1526,8 @@ the BLOCKED page?
Miscellaneous
-
-How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
+
+How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.
How much of an impact depends on many things, including the CPU of the host
@@ -1631,6 +1617,13 @@ delays in page requests. What's wrong?
hence it could not be intercepted, and you have accessed the real
web site at config.privoxy.org.
+
+ Note that config.privoxy.org resolves to a public IP address.
+ If you use config.privoxy.org as ping or traceroute target you will
+ reach the system on the Internet (Privoxy can't intercept ICMP requests).
+ If you want to ping the system Privoxy runs on,
+ you should use its IP address or local DNS name (if it has got one).
+
@@ -1714,8 +1707,8 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
-
-Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?
+
+Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?
No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are improved, but unless you
chain Privoxy with Tor
@@ -1758,8 +1751,8 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
-
-A test site says I am not using a Proxy.
+
+A test site says I am not using a Proxy.
Good! Actually, they are probably testing for some other kinds of proxies.
Hiding yourself completely would require additional steps.
@@ -1803,7 +1796,7 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
- Since Privoxy 3.0.5, its
+ Privoxy'smain configuration file
is already prepared for Tor, if you are using a
default Tor configuration and run it on the same
@@ -1813,9 +1806,16 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
-# forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
+# forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
+
+ Note that if you got Tor through one of the bundles, you may
+ have to change the port from 9050 to 9150 (or even another one).
+ For details, please check the documentation on the
+ Tor website.
+
+
This is enough to reach the Internet, but additionally you might want to
uncomment the following forward rules, to make sure your local network is still
@@ -1864,8 +1864,8 @@ us help you. Your efforts are not wasted, and we do appreciate them.
-
-Might some things break because header information or
+
+Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?
@@ -1914,8 +1914,8 @@ content is being altered?
-
-Can Privoxy act as a caching proxy to
+
+Can Privoxy act as a caching proxy to
speed up web browsing?
No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
@@ -1929,8 +1929,8 @@ speed up web browsing?
-
-What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?
+
+What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?
Not in the way you mean, or in the way some firewall vendors claim they can.
Privoxy can help protect your privacy, but can't
@@ -1939,8 +1939,8 @@ speed up web browsing?
-
-I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
+
+I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?
It is technically possible to eliminate banners and ads in a way that frees
@@ -1968,8 +1968,8 @@ ads used to be. Why?
-
-How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?
+
+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,
@@ -2000,8 +2000,8 @@ ads used to be. Why?
-
-Privoxy runs as a server. How
+
+Privoxy runs as a server. How
secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?
On Unix-like systems, Privoxy can run as a non-privileged
@@ -2089,7 +2089,7 @@ ads, but also its own internal CGI pages. What is a crunch?
-Can Privoxy effect files that I download
+Can Privoxy affect files that I download
from a webserver? FTP server?
From the webserver's perspective, there is no difference between
@@ -2242,11 +2242,11 @@ and related issues?
Lately there have been reports of problems with some kind of
- Privoxy versions that come preinstalled on some Netbooks.
- Some of the problems described are inconsistent with the behaviour
- of official Privoxy versions, which suggests that the preinstalled
- software may contain vendor modifications that we don't know about
- and thus can't debug.
+ "parental control" software based on Privoxy that came preinstalled on
+ certain ASUS Netbooks.
+ The problems described are inconsistent with the behaviour of official
+ Privoxy versions, which suggests that the preinstalled software may
+ contain vendor modifications that we don't know about and thus can't debug.
Privoxy's license allows vendor
@@ -2273,8 +2273,8 @@ and related issues?Troubleshooting
-
-I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting
+
+I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting
connection refused message with every web page. Why?
There are several possibilities:
@@ -2315,8 +2315,8 @@ and related issues?
-
-I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
+
+I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?
If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will probably be
@@ -2398,8 +2398,8 @@ Request: 66.70.21.80/scripts/click.php?hid=a71b9f6504b0c5681fa5&si=Ua
-
-One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy.
+
+One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy.
What can I do?
@@ -2469,7 +2469,7 @@ What can I do?
every time I start IE. What gives?
- This is a quirk that effects the installation of
+ This is a quirk that affects the installation of
Privoxy, in conjunction with Internet Explorer and
Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The symptoms may
appear to be corrupted or invalid DUN settings, or passwords.
@@ -2604,10 +2604,10 @@ every time I start IE. What gives?
The upgrade process to Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) from an earlier version of OS
X deletes all user accounts that are either not part of OS X itself or are
- not interactive user accounts (ones you log in with). Since,for the sake of
+ not interactive user accounts (ones you log in with). Since, for the sake of
security, &my-app; runs as a non-privileged user that is created by its
- installer (_privoxy), it can no longer start up once that account gets deleted
- . The solution is to perform a complete uninstall using the supplied
+ installer (_privoxy), it can no longer start up once that account gets deleted.
+ The solution is to perform a complete uninstall using the supplied
uninstall.command script (either back up your
configuration files or select to not have the uninstaller remove them when it
prompts you) and then reinstall &my-app; using the installer package and merge
@@ -2615,37 +2615,6 @@ every time I start IE. What gives?
-
-
-
-I get a completely blank page at one site. View Source
- shows only: