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@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ me?
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 HTTP and other networking
- protocols, HTML, and
- Regular
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http">HTTP
and other networking
+ protocols, HTML, and
+ Regular
Expressions
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?
Much of Privoxy's configuration can be done
- with a Web browser.
+ with a Web browser.
But there are areas where configuration is done using a
- text editor
+ text editor
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?
What is a proxy
? How does
Privoxy work?
- A web proxy
+ A web proxy
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 go-between
. For details, see
- Wikipedia's proxy definition.
+ Wikipedia's proxy definition.
There are many reasons to use web proxies, such as security (firewalling),
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ from the old Junkbuster?
Junkbuster left off.
Privoxy still blocks ads and banners,
still manages cookies, and still
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies, 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.
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ special I have to do now?
the User Manual for more
details. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk
cache to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any stored
- cookies.
+ cookies.
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ Privoxy is running and being used.
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 cookies
+ if you are blocking cookies
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 user.action.
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ the differences?
The default configuration shouldn't impact the usability of any of these services.
It may, however, make all cookies
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies
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?
.login.yahoo.com
These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with
- Javascript and
+ Javascript and
thus fragile
. So if still a problem,
we have an alias just for such
@@ -1298,13 +1298,13 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration?
I sometimes notice cookies sneaking through. How?
Cookies can be
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">Cookies can be
set in several ways. The classic method is via the
Set-Cookie HTTP header. This is straightforward, and an
easy one to manipulate, such as the &my-app; concept of
session-cookies-only.
There is also the possibility of using
- Javascript to
+ Javascript to
set cookies (&my-app; calls these content-cookies). 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?
No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of
cookies. Cookies are just a
+ url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies. 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?
See the
- Wikipedia cookie
+ Wikipedia cookie
definition for more.
@@ -2746,7 +2746,7 @@ Why?
Privoxy is attempting to disable malicious
- Javascript
+ Javascript
in this case, with the unsolicited-popups
filter. Privoxy cannot tell very well
good
code snippets from bad
code snippets.