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Written by and Copyright (C) 2001 the SourceForge
PRIVOXY team. http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net
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<title>Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</title>
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<authorgroup>
<author>
</para>
<para>
The new <application>Privoxy</application> started with the same
- code base, but has changed significantly at this point.
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> code base, but has changed
+ significantly at this point.
</para>
</sect3>
<application>Privoxy</application> is for <quote>Privacy Enhancing Proxy</quote>.
There are possible legal complications from the continued use of the
<application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a trademark of
- <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com">The Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
- There are no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the project
- itself though.
+ <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
+ (There are no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> project itself though, and they
+ in fact still share our ideals and goals.)
</para>
<para>
The developers also believed that there so many changes from the original
code, that it was time to make a clean break from the past and make
- a name in their own right.
+ a name in their own right, especially now with the pending release of
+ version 3.0.
+
</para>
</sect3>
<sect2 id="installation"><title>Installation</title>
-<sect3 id="newinstall"><title>Can I install the new
- <application>Privoxy</application> over the old one?</title>
+<sect3 id="whichbrowsers">
+<title>Which browsers are supported by <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+<para>
+ Any browser that can be configured to use a <quote>proxy</quote>, which
+ is probably almost all browsers. Direct browser support is not necessary
+ since <application>Privoxy</application> runs as a separate application and
+ just exchanges standard HTML data with your browser.
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3 id="whichos">
+<title>Which operating systems are supported?</title>
+<para>
+ Right now Win32, Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, Linux, and many
+ flavors of Unix.
+</para>
+
+<para>
+ Source code is available, so porting to other operating systems,
+ is always a possibility.
+
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
+<sect3 id="newinstall"><title>Can I install
+ <application>Privoxy</application> over <application>Junkbuster</application>?</title>
<para>
- We recommend you uninstall
the old <application>Junkbuster</application>
+ We recommend you uninstall <application>Junkbuster</application>
first to minimize conflicts and confusion. You may want to
save your old configuration files for future reference. The configuration
is substantially changed.
some of these <quote>actions</quote>.</title>
<para>
These are all explained in the
- <ulink url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink>.
Please refer to that.
</para>
</sect3>
<para>
Please see the
<ulink
- url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink> for a
+ url="../user-manual/configuration.html#ACTIONSFILE">user-manual</ulink> for a
detailed explanation of these and other configuration files, and their
various options and syntax.
</para>
<title id="filterfile">What is a <quote>default.filter</quote>?</title>
<para>
The <quote>default.filter</quote> file is used to <quote>filter</quote> any
- page content. By <quote>filtering</quote> we mean it can modify, remove,
+ web page content. By <quote>filtering</quote> we mean it can modify, remove,
or change <emphasis>anything</emphasis> on the page, including HTML tags, and
- JavaScript. Regular expressions are used to accomplish this. This is
- potentially a very powerful feature, but requires some expertise.
+ JavaScript. Regular expressions are used to accomplish this, and operate
+ on a line by line basis. This is potentially a very powerful feature, but
+ requires some expertise.
</para>
<para>
<para>
Presently, there is no GUI editor option for this part of the configuration,
but you can disable/enable various sections of the included default
- file with the Actions List Editor from your browser.
+ file with the <quote>Actions List Editor</quote> from your browser.
</para>
</sect3>
This is a configuration option for images that
<application>Privoxy</application> is stopping. You have the choice <!-- of
the --> <!-- <application>Privoxy</application> logo, --> a checkerboard
- pattern (this scales better), a transparent 1x1 GIF image, or a custom URL or
- your choice.
+ pattern, a transparent 1x1 GIF image (aka <quote>blank</quote>), or a custom
+ URL or your choice.
</para>
<para>
<sect3>
-<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see the checkerboard?</title>
+<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</title>
<para>
This can be helpful for troubleshooting problems. It might also be good
for anyone new to <application>Privoxy</application> so that they can
to be a warning so that you know something has been blocked and an easy way
for you to see why. These are handled differently than what has been defined
as <quote>images</quote> (e.g. ad banners). If you want them to be treated
- as if they were images, so that they can be invisible, then move the
+ as if they were images, so that they can be made invisible, then move the
offending URL from the <quote>+block</quote> section to the
<quote>+imageblock</quote> section of your actions file. Alternately, you
could modify the <quote><filename>block</filename></quote> HTML template that
</sect3>
+<sect3 id="otherproxy">
+<title>How can I make <application>Privoxy</application> work with other
+proxies like <application>Squid</application>?</title>
+<para>
+ This can be done. See the <ulink
+ url="../user-manual/configuration.html#FORWARDING">user manual</ulink>,
+ which describes how to do this.
+
+</para>
+
+</sect3>
+
</sect2>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
-<sect2 id="misc"><title>Misc</title>
+<sect2 id="misc"><title>Miscellaneous</title>
<sect3>
<title id="slowsme">How much does <application>Privoxy</application> slow my browsing down? This
<emphasis>blank</emphasis>, or a URL of your choosing.
</para>
<para>
-Given the above problem, we have decided to remove the logo option entirely.
+Given the above problem, we have decided to remove the logo option entirely
+[as of v2.9.13].
</para>
</sect3>
</sect3>
+<sect3 id="turnoff">
+<title>How can I temporarily disable <application>Privoxy</application>?</title>
+<para>
+ The easiest way is to access <application>Privoxy</application> with your
+ browser by using the special URL: <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>
+ and select "Toggle Privoxy on or off" from that page.
+
+</para>
+</sect3>
+
</sect2>
that looks like it is disabling the feature that is causing the
problem. Re-try the page. There might be some trial and error involved. This
is discussed in a little more detail in the <ulink
- url="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual
+ url="../user-manual/appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">user-manual
appendix</ulink>.
</para>
</para>
</sect1>
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+
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+<!--
+
+This is referenced in the doc header already. HB 03/25/02
+
<sect1 id="contact"><title>Contact the developers</title>
<para>Please see the user manual for information on how to contact the developers.
</para>
</sect1>
-
+-->
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="copyright"><title>Copyright and History</title>
<para>Please see the user manual for information on Copyright and History.
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