X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Ffaq.sgml;h=a11bf151d4883a4a35df40a8c2bef8eb94fc7ca3;hp=bb5b5cf938a69f290bf4dcb71956727a4e6dfd45;hb=6a20d658eced1f944d1a004276504bc53e05aa4e;hpb=1ebaf56647ca9a7fdcc9c55a78cb740f31a6cd1d diff --git a/doc/source/faq.sgml b/doc/source/faq.sgml index bb5b5cf9..a11bf151 100644 --- a/doc/source/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ - - - + + + @@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ This file belongs into ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/ - $Id: faq.sgml,v 1.61 2002/05/25 12:37:25 hal9 Exp $ + $Id: faq.sgml,v 1.63 2002/06/05 00:31:55 hal9 Exp $ Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Privoxy Developers See LICENSE. @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ -$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.61 2002/05/25 12:37:25 hal9 Exp $ +$Id: faq.sgml,v 1.63 2002/06/05 00:31:55 hal9 Exp $ @@ -122,7 +122,8 @@ Hal. You can find the latest version of the document at http://www.privoxy.org/faq/. - Please see the Contact section if you want to contact the developers. + Please see the Contact section if you want to + contact the developers. @@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ All the ads are there. What's wrong? the browser's caches to force a full re-reading of pages. You can verify that Privoxy is running, and your browser is correctly configured by entering the special URL: - http://config.privoxy.org/. + http://config.privoxy.org/. This should take you to a page titled This is Privoxy.. with access to Privoxy's internal configuration. If you see this, then you are good to go. If you receive a page saying @@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ the differences? What's the difference between the -<quote>Cautious</quote>, <quote>Medium</quote> and <quote>Advenced</quote> defaults? +Cautious, Medium and Advanced defaults? Configuring Privoxy is not entirely trivial. To help you get started, we provide you with three different default action packages in @@ -761,20 +762,24 @@ with a browser? Does that not raise security issues? The default.filter file is where filters are defined, which can be used to modify or - remove, web page content on the fly. This applies to anything + remove, web page content on the fly. Filters apply to anything in the page source, including HTML tags, and JavaScript. Regular expressions are used to accomplish this. There are a number of pre-defined filters to deal with common annoyances. The filters are only defined here, to invoke them, you need to use the - filter action. + filter + action in one of the actions files. Filtering is automatically + disabled for inappropriate MIME types. If you are familiar with regular expressions, and HTML, you can look at the provided default.filter with a text editor and define your own filters. This is potentially a very powerful feature, but - requires some expertise. + requires some expertise in both regular expressions and HTML/HTTP. + Presently, there is no GUI editor option for this part of the configuration, but you can disable/enable the various pre-defined filters of the included @@ -1066,6 +1071,9 @@ delays in page requests compared to the old Junkbuster. What's wrong? content, giving the user a feeling of "it works". This effect is especially noticeable on slow dialup connections. + + Filtering is automatically disabled for inappropriate MIME types. + @@ -1358,15 +1366,32 @@ secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions? + How can I temporarily disable <application>Privoxy</application>? The easiest way is to access Privoxy with your browser by using the remote toggle URL: http://config.privoxy.org/toggle. + See the Bookmarklets section + of the User Manual for an easy way to access this + feature. + + + + +When <quote>disabled</quote> is <application>Privoxy</application> totally +out of the picture? + + No, this just means all filtering and actions are disabled. + Privoxy is still acting as a proxy, but just not + doing any of the things that Privoxy would + normally be expected to do. It is still a middle-man in + the interaction between your browser and web sites. + Where can I find more information about <application>Privoxy</application> and related issues? @@ -1483,6 +1508,57 @@ What can I do? + + + +After installing <application>Privoxy</application>, I have to log in +every time I start IE. What gives? + + + This is a quirk that effects 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. + + + + When setting up an NT based Windows system with + Privoxy you may find that things do not seem to be + doing what you expect. When you set your system up you will probably have set + up Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) with Dial up Networking (DUN) when + logged in with administrator privileges. You will probably have made this DUN + connection available to other accounts that you may have set-up on your + system. E.g. Mum or Dad sets up the system and makes accounts suitably + configured for the kids. + + + + When setting up Privoxy in this environment you + will have to alter the proxy set-up of Internet Explorer (IE) for the + specific DUN connection on which you wish to use + Privoxy. When you do this the ICS DUN set-up + becomes user specific. In this instance you will see no difference if you + change the DUN connection under the account used to set-up the connection. + However when you do this from another user you will notice that the DUN + connection changes to make available to "Me only". You will also find that + you have to store the password under each different user! + + + + The reason for this is that each user's set-up for IE is user specific. Each + set-up DUN connection and each LAN connection in IE store the settings for + each user individually. As such this enforces individual configurations + rather than common ones. Hence the first time you use a DUN connection after + re-booting your system it may not perform as you expect, and prompt you for + the password. Just set and save the password again and all should be OK. + + + +[Thanks to Ray Griffith for this submission.] + + + +