Three actions files - are being included by the developers, to be used for - different purposes: These are - default.action, the "main" actions file - which is actively maintained by the Privoxy - developers and typically sets the default policies, user.action, - where users are encouraged to make their private customizations. - Please see Please have a look at the the actions chapterUser Manual
for a more - detailed explanation.Earlier versions included three different versions of the - default.action file. The new scheme allows for - greater flexibility of local configuration, and for browser based - selection of pre-defined "aggressiveness" levels.
for a detailed explanation.Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of +> 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. @@ -309,11 +278,11 @@ TARGET="_top" CLASS="APPLICATION" >Privoxy or the actions file, subscribe to our announce mailing list, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net. +>, privoxy-announce@lists.privoxy.org.
Privoxy is currently mainly written by and for people who are already + familiar with the underlying concepts like regular expressions, HTTP and HTML, + or are willing to become familiar with them to be able to get the most + out of a powerful and flexible tool such as Privoxy. +
While everybody is expected to be able to get a Privoxy default installation + up and running, fine-tuning requires a certain amount of background + information and Privoxy's documentation mainly concentrates on the + Privoxy-specific parts while only providing references to the rest. +
If you or anyone you know has the skills, time and energy to + reduce the barrier of entry, please get involved.
These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with +> These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with Javascript and +> and thus "fragile"still a problem, +> a problem, we have an just for such sticky situations:
Be sure to flush your browser's caches whenever making these kinds of
changes, just to make sure the changes Make sure the domain, host and path are appropriate as well. Your browser can
- tell you where you are specifically and you should use that information for
- your configuration settings. Note that above it is not referenced as
+ tell you where you are specifically and you should use that information for
+ your configuration settings. Note that above it is not referenced as
gmail.comUser
Manual for a list of actions, and how the default
+> for a list of actions, and how the default
profiles are set.
"problem"
Privoxy for multiple untrusted users (e.g. in a LAN) or aren't entirely in control of your own browser, you will probably want - to make sure that the the web-based editor and remote toggle features are + to make sure that the web-based editor and remote toggle features are "off"
Filters should @@ -712,28 +682,28 @@ CLASS="LITERAL" is a completely different action, and is more typically used to block ads and unwanted sites.
If you are familiar with regular expressions, and HTML, you can look at +> 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 in both regular expressions and HTML/HTTP. - You should - place any modifications to the default filters, or any new ones you create + requires some expertise in both regular expressions and HTML/HTTP. + You should + place any modifications to the default filters, or any new ones you create in a separate file, such as user.filter, so they won't - be overwritten during upgrades. - The ability to define multiple filter files +>, so they won't + be overwritten during upgrades. + The ability to define multiple filter files in config is a new feature as of v. 3.0.5.
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 +> 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 default.filter
If you intend to develop your own filters, you might want to have a look at Privoxy-Filter-Test.
3.12. How can I set up Privoxy to act as a proxy for my +>3.12. How can I set up Privoxy to act as a proxy for my LAN?By default, Privoxy only responds to requests +> only responds to requests from 127.0.0.1Privoxy on port 8118, this line should look like:
Save the file, and restart Privoxy. Configure +>. Configure all browsers on the network then to use this address and port number.
Alternately, you can have Privoxy listen on +> listen on all available interfaces:
And then use Privoxy's +> permit-access - feature to limit connections. A firewall in this situation is recommended +> + feature to limit connections. A firewall in this situation is recommended as well.
The above steps should be the same for any TCP network, regardless of @@ -870,7 +836,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2" >
to "blank". This can be done by editing the +>. This can be done by editing the user.action
"see"
The substitute page adapts to the available space and shows itself as a miniature two-liner if loaded into small frames, or full-blown with a @@ -999,7 +965,7 @@ CLASS="SECT2" CLASS="SECT2" >3.16. Can Privoxy run as a service +>3.16. Can Privoxy run as a service on Win2K/NT/XP?
User Manual for details on how to install and configure +> for details on how to install and configure Privoxysrvany.exe. See the discussion at http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118, for details, and a sample configuration.
3.17. How can I make Privoxy work with other -proxies like Squid or Tor?3.17. How can I make Privoxy work with other proxies?This can be done and is often useful to combine the benefits of Privoxy with those of a another proxy. +> with those of a another proxy, + for example to cache content. See the User Manual which - describes how to do this, and the How do I use Privoxy together with - Tor section below.
How do I use Privoxy together with Tor.No, its more complicated than that. This only works with special kinds +> No, its more complicated than that. This only works with special kinds of proxies known as "intercepting" proxies (see below).
proxies + (see below).As the Outlook Express (see above), OE uses +> (see above), OE uses IE anyway, and there is no way for Privoxy to ever +> 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 +> 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=11118https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118.
No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of +> No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of to be there.
See the +> See the 3.25. How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?
There are several actions that relate to cookies. The default behavior is to +> There are several actions that relate to cookies. The default behavior is to allow only "session cookies", which means the cookies only last - for the current browser session. This eliminates most kinds of abuse related + for the current browser session. This eliminates most kinds of abuse related to cookies. But there may be cases where you want cookies to last.
To disable all cookie actions, so that cookies are allowed unrestricted, both in and out, for example.com:
This allows access to only those three sites by first blocking all URLs, and +> This allows access to only those three sites by first blocking all URLs, and then subsequently allowing three specific exceptions.
Another approach is Privoxy's +> trustfile concept, which incorporates the notion of +> concept, which incorporates the notion of "trusted referrers" Ad blocking is achieved through a complex application of various Privoxy +> actions. These - actions are deployed against simple images, banners, flash animations, +>. These + actions are deployed against simple images, banners, flash animations, text pages, JavaScript, pop-ups and pop-unders, etc., so its not as simple as just turning one or two actions off. The various actions that make up Privoxy is interested in this - particular feature. + particular feature.
If you want to do without this, there are several approaches you can take: @@ -1547,10 +1514,9 @@ CLASS="EMPHASIS" following very simple rule in your user.action: +>:
- Or even a more comprehensive reversing of various ad related actions:
This last 3.29. How can I have custom template pages, like the +>3.29. How can I have custom template pages, like the templdir option.
option.
This will create an executable with hard-coded security features so that