X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fsource%2Fuser-manual.sgml;h=4c4fee6fe23328a4af859a3d9dfb9f4915af1030;hp=5b04a6389761eb18c3f72de99646319da8cd514c;hb=ad7341b39090e80e202b8a8fd0774d69c6f97b79;hpb=3ea70a193e1a90bd38cf01b4203e278e9743028a diff --git a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml index 5b04a638..4c4fee6f 100644 --- a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml +++ b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml @@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ - - + + - - + + @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ This file belongs into ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/ - $Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.109 2009/07/18 16:24:39 fabiankeil Exp $ + $Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.122 2010/02/19 15:22:47 fabiankeil Exp $ - Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ + Copyright (C) 2001-2010 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/ See LICENSE. ======================================================================== @@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ - Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2009 by + Copyright &my-copy; 2001-2010 by Privoxy Developers -$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.109 2009/07/18 16:24:39 fabiankeil Exp $ +$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.122 2010/02/19 15:22:47 fabiankeil Exp $ @@ -437,9 +437,152 @@ How to install the binary packages depends on your operating system: What's New in this Release - Privoxy 3.0.14 Beta is a bugfix-release - for the previous beta which introduced IPv6 support, improved keep-alive - support and a bunch of minor improvements. The changes since 3.0.12: + Privoxy 3.0.16 is a stable release. + The changes since 3.0.15 beta are: + + + + + + + Added the config file option handle-as-empty-doc-returns-ok to + work around Firefox bug #492459, which causes Firefox to hang + if JavaScripts are blocked in certain situations. The option is + enabled in the default config file. + + + + + Added the config file option default-server-timeout to control the + assumed default server timeout. Since Privoxy no longer returns + an error message for connection resets on reused client connections, + assuming larger server timeout values appears to actually work + pretty well as long as connections aren't shared. + + + + + Added optional support for FreeBSD's accf_http(9). Use the + configure option --enable-accept-filter to enable it. + + + + + Added fancier Privoxy icons for win32. Contributed by Jeff H. + + + + + In daemon mode, fd 0, 1 and 2 are bound to /dev/null. + + + + + Resolve localhost using whatever address family the operating + system feels like. Previous betas would try to use IPv4 as this + is what most users expect, but this didn't work reliably on + GNU/Linux systems. + + + + + In the action lists on CGI pages, actions and their parameters are + no longer separated with a space. The action file parser doesn't + actually allow this and will throw an invalid syntax error if actions + and parameters in the action files are separated. Not adding the + spaces means copy and pasting CGI output into the action files works. + + + + + The default keep-alive timeout has been reduced to 5 seconds to work + around hangs in clients that treat the proxy like any other host and + stop allowing any new connections if the "maximum number of + connections per host" is reached. + + + + + Several webbug URLs that look like they are leading to images are now + blocked as image instead of empty documents. Doing the latter causes + WebKit-based clients to show a "missing image" icon which may mess up + the layout. + + + + + The no-such-domain template is used for DNS resolution + problems with FEATURE_IPV6_SUPPORT enabled. Previously the + connect-failed template was used. Reported by 'zebul666'. + + + + + Accepts quoted expiration dates even though RFC 2109 10.1.2 + doesn't seem to allow them. Reported anonymously. + + + + + Don't try to forget connections if connection sharing is disabled. + This wasn't a real problem but caused an unnecessary log message. + + + + + The still undocumented --enable-extended-host-patterns configure + option has a better description. + + + + + Fixed an error message that would claim a write to the server + failed when actually writing to the client failed. + + + + + Log the crunch reason before trying to write to the client. + The log is easier to read that way. + + + + + Several log messages about client connections also mention + the socket number. + + + + + handle-as-empty-document no longer depends on the image blocking + code being enabled. + + + + + Privoxy-Log-Parser is roughly 40% faster in highlighting mode. + + + + + uagen, a Firefox User-Agent generator for Privoxy and Mozilla + browsers has been imported and is available in the tarball's + tools directory. + + + + + The scripts in the tools directory treat unknown parameters + as fatal errors. + + + + + + + If you missed the previous three beta versions, you may also be + interested in the additional changes since 3.0.12, the + last stable release: @@ -452,9 +595,7 @@ How to install the binary packages depends on your operating system: - Added client-side keep-alive support. This should also allow - NTLM authentication through Privoxy, but this hasn't been - confirmed yet. + Added client-side keep-alive support. @@ -608,11 +749,123 @@ How to install the binary packages depends on your operating system: - A TODO list has been added to the source tarballs to give potential + A TODO list has been added to the source tarball to give potential volunteers a better idea of what the current goals are. Donations are still welcome too: http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE + + + In case of missing server data, no error message is send to the + client if the request arrived on a reused connection. The client + is then supposed to silently retry the request without bothering + the user. This should significantly reduce the frequency of the + "No server or forwarder data received" error message many users + reported. + + + + + More reliable detection of prematurely closed client sockets + with keep-alive enabled. + + + + + FEATURE_CONNECTION_KEEP_ALIVE is decoupled from + FEATURE_CONNECTION_SHARING and now available on + all platforms. + + + + + Improved handling of POST requests on reused connections. + Should fix problems with stalled connections after submitting + form data with some browser configurations. + + + + + Fixed various latency calculation issues. + + + + + Allows the client to pass NTLM authentication requests to a + forwarding proxy. This was already assumed and hinted to work + in 3.0.13 beta but actually didn't. Now it's confirmed to work + with IE, Firefox and Chrome. + Thanks to Francois Botha and Wan-Teh Chang + + + + + Fixed a calculation problem if receiving the server headers + takes more than two reads, that could cause Privoxy to terminate + the connection prematurely. Reported by Oliver. + + + + + Compiles again on platforms such as OpenBSD and systems + using earlier glibc version that don't support AI_ADDRCONFIG. + Anonymously submitted in #2872591. + + + + + A bunch of MS VC project files and Suse and Redhat RPM spec + files have been removed as they were no longer maintained for + quite some time. + + + + + Overly long action lines are properly rejected with a proper + error message. Previously they would be either rejected as + invalid or cause a core dump through abort(). + + + + + Already timed-out connections are no longer temporarily remembered. + They weren't reused anyway, but wasted a socket slot. + + + + + len refers to the number of bytes actually read which might + differ from the ones received. Adjust log messages accordingly. + + + + + The optional JavaScript on the CGI page uses encodeURIComponent() + instead of escape() which doesn't encode all characters that matter. + Anonymously reported in #2832722. + + + + + Fix gcc45 warnings in decompress_iob(). + + + + + Various log message improvements. + + + + + Privoxy-Regression-Test supports redirect tests. + + + + + Privoxy-Log-Parser can gather some connection statistics. + + + @@ -2790,6 +3043,9 @@ for details. HTTP headers are, you definitely don't need to worry about this one. + + Headers added by this action are not modified by other actions. + @@ -8568,6 +8824,45 @@ In file: user.action [ View ] [ Edit ]