From: hal9 Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2002 00:12:17 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Additional notes on Privoxy patterns, and filtering vs SSL. X-Git-Tag: v_3_1_archive_branchpoint~115 X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=6f8018b445fa18049212b038418193de29c4f32a Additional notes on Privoxy patterns, and filtering vs SSL. --- diff --git a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml index 3ba2f006..e214f8d5 100644 --- a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml +++ b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ This file belongs into ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/ - $Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.123.2.18 2002/08/22 23:47:58 hal9 Exp $ + $Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.2 2002/09/05 05:45:30 hal9 Exp $ Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 Privoxy Developers See LICENSE. @@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ -$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.123.2.18 2002/08/22 23:47:58 hal9 Exp $ +$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.2 2002/09/05 05:45:30 hal9 Exp $ Patterns + + As mentioned, Privoxy uses patterns + to determine what actions might apply to which sites and pages your browser + attempts to access. These patterns use wild card type + pattern matching to achieve a high degree of + flexibility. This allows one expression to be expanded and potentially match + against many similar patterns. + + - Generally, a pattern has the form <domain>/<path>, - where both the <domain> and <path> - are optional. (This is why the pattern / matches all URLs). + Generally, a Privoxy pattern has the form + <domain>/<path>, where both the + <domain> and <path> are + optional. (This is why the special / pattern matches all + URLs). Note that the protocol portion of the URL pattern (e.g. + http://) should not be included in + the pattern. This is assumed already! @@ -1666,7 +1679,7 @@ must find a better place for this paragraph matches any domain that ENDS in - .example.com + .example.com (e.g. www.example.com) @@ -2116,7 +2129,8 @@ must find a better place for this paragraph It makes no sense at all to use this action in conjunction with the session-cookies-only action, - since it would prevent the session cookies from being set. + since it would prevent the session cookies from being set. See also + filter-content-cookies. @@ -2482,8 +2496,12 @@ problem-host.example.com buffer-limit option in the main config file. The default is 4096 KB (4 Megs). Once this limit is exceeded, the buffered - data, and all pending data, is passed through unfiltered. Inappropriate - MIME types are not filtered. + data, and all pending data, is passed through unfiltered. + + + Inappropriate MIME types, such as zipped files, are not filtered at all. + Encrypted SSL data (from HTTPS servers) cannot be filtered either since + this would violate the integrity of the secure transaction. At this time, Privoxy cannot (yet!) uncompress compressed @@ -5653,6 +5671,10 @@ In file: user.action [ View ] [ Edit ]