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<B>Privoxy</B> can be configured with the various configuration
files. The default configuration files are: <I>config</I>,
-<I>default.action</I>, and
-<I>default.filter</I>. These are well commented. On Unix and
-Unix-like systems, these are located in <I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by
-default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS, these files are in the same directory
-as the <B>Privoxy</B> executable.
+<I>default.filter</I>, and
+<I>default.action</I>. <I>user.action</I> should
+be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules of
+<I>default.action</I> These are all well commented. On Unix
+and Unix-like systems, these are located in
+<I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
+these files are in the same directory as the <B>Privoxy</B>
+executable.
<P>
The name and number of configuration files has changed from previous
<P>
-A brief example of what a <I>default.action</I> configuration
-might look like:
+A brief example of what a simple <I>default.action</I>
+configuration might look like:
<P>
<PRE>
-
# Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
{{alias}}
fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \
-hide-referer -prevent-cookies -kill-popups
- # Shops should be allowed to set persistent cookies
- shop = -filter -prevent-cookies -prevent-keeping-cookies
-
- # Your favourite blend of filters:
- #
- myfilters = +filter{html-annoyances} +filter{js-annoyances} \
- +filter{popups} +filter{webbugs} +filter{banners-by-size}
-
- ## Default Policies (actions) ############################
+ ## Turn some actions on ################################
{ \
-add-header \
-block \
+filter{html-annoyances} \
+filter{js-annoyances} \
+filter{content-cookies} \
- -filter{popups} \
+filter{webbugs} \
- +filter{refresh-tags} \
- -filter{fun} \
- +filter{nimda} \
+filter{banners-by-size} \
- -filter{shockwave-flash} \
- -filter{crude-prental} \
+hide-forwarded-for-headers \
+hide-from-header{block} \
+hide-referrer{forge} \
+prevent-reading-cookies \
+prevent-setting-cookies \
-kill-popups \
- -send-vanilla-wafer \
- -send-wafer \
}
- /
- # Now set exceptions to the above defined policies #######
-
- # Sites where we want persistant cookies
- {-prevent-reading-cookies -prevent-setting-cookies}
- .redhat.com
- .sun.com
- .yahoo.com
- .msdn.microsoft.com
-
- # This site requires cookies AND 'fast-redirects' on
- {-prevent-reading-cookies -prevent-setting-cookies -fast-redirects}
- .nytimes.com
-
- # Add custom headers, and turn off filtering of page source
- {+add-header{X-Privacy: Yes please} #-add-header{*} \
- +add-header{X-User-Tracking: No thanks!} -filter}
- privacy.net
-
- # Block, and treat these URLs as 'images'.
+ / # Match all URLs
+
+ # Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
{+imageblock}
- ar.atwola.com
- .ad.doubleclick.net
- .a.yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
- .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
- bs*.gsanet.com
- bs*.einets.com
- .qkimg.net
- ad.*.doubleclick.net
+ .ad.doubleclick.net
+ .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
+ ad.*.doubleclick.net
# Block any URLs that match these patterns
{+block}
- ad*.
- .*ads.
- banner?.
- count*.
- /(?:.*/)?(ads(erver?|tream)?|.*?ads|adv(ert(s|enties|is(ing|e?ments)?)?)?|(ad)?[-_]?banner(s|ads?|farm)?)/
- /.*count(er)?\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
- /(?:.*/)?(publicite|werbung|rekla(ma|me|am)|annonse|maino(kset|nta|s)?)/
- .hitbox.com
+ ad*.
+ .*ads.
+ banner?.
+ /.*count(er)?\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
+ /(?:.*/)?(publicite|werbung|rekla(ma|me|am)|maino(kset|nta|s)?)/
+ .hitbox.com
# Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
- # caught by +block.
+ # caught by +block above.
{-block}
- include.ebay.com
- adsl.
- advice.
- .edu
- .ac.uk
- .uni-*.de
- .*downloads.
+ adsl.
+ advice.
+ .*downloads.
+</PRE>
+
+<P>
+
+Then for a <I>user.action</I>, we would put local,
+narrowly defined exceptions:
+<P>
+<PRE>
+ # Set personal exceptions to the policies in default.action #######
+
+ # Sites where we want persistant cookies
+ {-prevent-reading-cookies -prevent-setting-cookies -session-cookies-only}
+ .redhat.com
+ .sun.com
+ .msdn.microsoft.com
+
+ {-block -fast-redirects}
+ .forbes.com
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.\" Please send any bug reports, improvements, comments, patches,
.\" etc. to Steve Cheng <steve@ggi-project.org>.
-.TH "PRIVOXY" "1" "24 April 2002" "Privoxy 2.9.14 beta" ""
+.TH "PRIVOXY" "1" "25 April 2002" "Privoxy 2.9.14 beta" ""
.SH NAME
privoxy \- Privacy Enhancing Proxy
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBPrivoxy\fR can be configured with the various configuration
files. The default configuration files are: \fIconfig\fR,
-\fIdefault.action\fR, and
-\fIdefault.filter\fR. These are well commented. On Unix and
-Unix-like systems, these are located in \fI/etc/privoxy/\fR by
-default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS, these files are in the same directory
-as the \fBPrivoxy\fR executable.
+\fIdefault.filter\fR, and
+\fIdefault.action\fR. \fIuser.action\fR should
+be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules of
+\fIdefault.action\fR These are all well commented. On Unix
+and Unix-like systems, these are located in
+\fI/etc/privoxy/\fR by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
+these files are in the same directory as the \fBPrivoxy\fR
+executable.
.PP
The name and number of configuration files has changed from previous
versions, and is subject to change as development progresses. In fact, the
This is an internal page.
.SH "SAMPLE CONFIGURATION"
.PP
-A brief example of what a \fIdefault.action\fR configuration
-might look like:
+A brief example of what a simple \fIdefault.action\fR
+configuration might look like:
.nf
-
# Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
{{alias}}
fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \\
-hide-referer -prevent-cookies -kill-popups
- # Shops should be allowed to set persistent cookies
- shop = -filter -prevent-cookies -prevent-keeping-cookies
-
- # Your favourite blend of filters:
- #
- myfilters = +filter{html-annoyances} +filter{js-annoyances} \\
- +filter{popups} +filter{webbugs} +filter{banners-by-size}
-
- ## Default Policies (actions) ############################
+ ## Turn some actions on ################################
{ \\
-add-header \\
-block \\
+filter{html-annoyances} \\
+filter{js-annoyances} \\
+filter{content-cookies} \\
- -filter{popups} \\
+filter{webbugs} \\
- +filter{refresh-tags} \\
- -filter{fun} \\
- +filter{nimda} \\
+filter{banners-by-size} \\
- -filter{shockwave-flash} \\
- -filter{crude-prental} \\
+hide-forwarded-for-headers \\
+hide-from-header{block} \\
+hide-referrer{forge} \\
+prevent-reading-cookies \\
+prevent-setting-cookies \\
-kill-popups \\
- -send-vanilla-wafer \\
- -send-wafer \\
}
- /
- # Now set exceptions to the above defined policies #######
-
- # Sites where we want persistant cookies
- {-prevent-reading-cookies -prevent-setting-cookies}
- .redhat.com
- .sun.com
- .yahoo.com
- .msdn.microsoft.com
-
- # This site requires cookies AND 'fast-redirects' on
- {-prevent-reading-cookies -prevent-setting-cookies -fast-redirects}
- .nytimes.com
-
- # Add custom headers, and turn off filtering of page source
- {+add-header{X-Privacy: Yes please} #-add-header{*} \\
- +add-header{X-User-Tracking: No thanks!} -filter}
- privacy.net
-
- # Block, and treat these URLs as 'images'.
+ / # Match all URLs
+
+ # Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
{+imageblock}
- ar.atwola.com
- .ad.doubleclick.net
- .a.yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
- .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
- bs*.gsanet.com
- bs*.einets.com
- .qkimg.net
- ad.*.doubleclick.net
+ .ad.doubleclick.net
+ .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
+ ad.*.doubleclick.net
# Block any URLs that match these patterns
{+block}
- ad*.
- .*ads.
- banner?.
- count*.
- /(?:.*/)?(ads(erver?|tream)?|.*?ads|adv(ert(s|enties|is(ing|e?ments)?)?)?|(ad)?[-_]?banner(s|ads?|farm)?)/
- /.*count(er)?\\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
- /(?:.*/)?(publicite|werbung|rekla(ma|me|am)|annonse|maino(kset|nta|s)?)/
- .hitbox.com
+ ad*.
+ .*ads.
+ banner?.
+ /.*count(er)?\\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
+ /(?:.*/)?(publicite|werbung|rekla(ma|me|am)|maino(kset|nta|s)?)/
+ .hitbox.com
# Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
- # caught by +block.
+ # caught by +block above.
{-block}
- include.ebay.com
- adsl.
- advice.
- .edu
- .ac.uk
- .uni-*.de
- .*downloads.
+ adsl.
+ advice.
+ .*downloads.
+.fi
+.PP
+Then for a \fIuser.action\fR, we would put local,
+narrowly defined exceptions:
+
+.nf
+ # Set personal exceptions to the policies in default.action #######
+
+ # Sites where we want persistant cookies
+ {-prevent-reading-cookies -prevent-setting-cookies -session-cookies-only}
+ .redhat.com
+ .sun.com
+ .msdn.microsoft.com
+
+ {-block -fast-redirects}
+ .forbes.com
.fi
.PP
See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
projects / privoxy.git / commitdiff