Please have a look at the the actions chapter in the User Manual for a detailed explanation.
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.
+Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of default.action are + available from git.
If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release updates of Privoxy or the actions file, subscribe to our announce mailing
@@ -104,35 +104,35 @@
The default configuration shouldn't impact the usability of any of these services. It may, however, make all
- cookies temporary, so that your browser
+ 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 for them in the user.action file. An example for yahoo might look like: These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with Javascript and thus "fragile". So if still a problem, we have an alias just for such sticky situations: Yes. Version 3.0.5 introduces full Windows service functionality. See
- the User
- Manual for details on how to install and configure Privoxy as a
- service. Earlier 3.x versions could run as a system service using srvany.exe. See the discussion
- at https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118,
- for details, and a sample configuration. Yes. Full Windows service functionality was introduced in Privoxy 3.0.5. See the User Manual for details on how to install and configure Privoxy as a service. The whole idea of Privoxy is to modify client requests and server responses in all sorts of ways and therefore
- it's not a transparent proxy as described in RFC
+ it's not a transparent proxy as described in RFC
2616. However, some people say "transparent proxy" when they mean "intercepting proxy". If you are one of them, please read the Privoxy to ever be able to distinguish between them (nor could any other proxy type
application for that matter). For a good discussion of some of the issues involved (including privacy and security issues), see https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118. Cookies can be set in several ways.
+ 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 Privoxy concept of session-cookies-only. There is also the
- possibility of using Javascript to set
+ possibility of using Javascript to set
cookies (Privoxy 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 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. All in all, Privoxy can help manage cookies in general, can help minimize the
loss of privacy posed by cookies, but can't realistically stop all cookies. No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of 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 advantage of this layer of trust, and using the data they glean
from you and your browsing habits for their own purposes, and maybe to your potential detriment. Such sites are
using you and storing their data on your system. That is why the privacy conscious watch from whom those cookies
come, and why they really need to be there. See the Wikipedia cookie definition
+ See the Wikipedia cookie definition
for more.3.8. How can I make my Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail account work?
-
-
# Allow all cookies for Yahoo login:
-#
-{ - # Allow all cookies for Yahoo login:
+ #
+ { -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies -session-cookies-only }
-.login.yahoo.com
+ .login.yahoo.com
@@ -287,14 +287,10 @@
-
# Gmail is a _fragile_ site:
-#
-{ fragile }
- # Gmail is ...
- mail.google.com
+ # Gmail is a _fragile_ site:
+ #
+ { fragile }
+ # Gmail is ...
+ mail.google.com
3.16. Can Privoxy run as a service on Win2K/NT/XP?
- 3.17. How can I make Privoxy work with other
@@ -315,7 +311,7 @@
3.19. Can Privoxy run as a "transparent" proxy?
3.23. I sometimes notice cookies sneaking through.
How?
- 3.24. Are all cookies bad? Why?
-
@@ -424,16 +421,16 @@
{ -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies -session-cookies-only -filter{content-cookies} }
+ "SCREEN"> { -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies -session-cookies-only -filter{content-cookies} }
.example.com
- ############################################################
- # Blacklist
- ############################################################
- { +block }
- / # Block *all* URLs
+ ############################################################
+ # Blacklist
+ ############################################################
+ { +block }
+ / # Block *all* URLs
- ############################################################
- # Whitelist
- ############################################################
- { -block }
+ ############################################################
+ # Whitelist
+ ############################################################
+ { -block }
kids.example.com
toys.example.com
games.example.com
@@ -466,9 +463,9 @@
@@ -476,13 +473,13 @@
-
# Unblock everybody, everywhere
- { -block }
- / # UN-Block *all* URLs
+ # Unblock everybody, everywhere
+ { -block }
+ / # UN-Block *all* URLs
@@ -513,7 +510,7 @@
-
# Unblock everybody, everywhere, and turn off appropriate filtering, etc
- { -block \
- -filter{banners-by-size} \
- -filter{banners-by-link} \
- allow-popups \
- }
- / # UN-Block *all* URLs and allow ads
+ # Unblock everybody, everywhere, and turn off appropriate filtering, etc
+ { -block \
+ -filter{banners-by-size} \
+ -filter{banners-by-link} \
+ allow-popups \
+ }
+ / # UN-Block *all* URLs and allow ads
-
./configure --disable-toggle --disable-editor --disable-force
+ ./configure --disable-toggle --disable-editor --disable-force