From: Fabian Keil Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2020 21:37:58 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Upgrade a couple of Wikipedia links to https:// X-Git-Tag: v_3_0_30~271^2~37 X-Git-Url: http://www.privoxy.org/gitweb/?p=privoxy.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=d32e97dce787ca5afc7791215e78a01e0db76f0b Upgrade a couple of Wikipedia links to https:// --- diff --git a/doc/source/faq.sgml b/doc/source/faq.sgml index 09215edb..c3f4d857 100644 --- a/doc/source/faq.sgml +++ b/doc/source/faq.sgml @@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ me? strengths is that it is highly configurable giving you the ability to completely personalize your installation. Being familiar with, or at least having an interest in learning about HTTP and other networking - protocols, HTML, and - Regular + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Http">HTTP and other networking + protocols, HTML, and + Regular Expressions will be a big plus and will help you get the most out of &my-app;. A new installation just includes a very basic configuration. The user @@ -168,9 +168,9 @@ me? Much of Privoxy's configuration can be done - with a Web browser. + with a Web browser. But there are areas where configuration is done using a - text editor + text editor to edit configuration files. Also note that the web-based action editor doesn't use authentication and should only be enabled in environments where all clients with access to &my-app; listening port can be trusted. @@ -180,13 +180,13 @@ me? What is a <quote>proxy</quote>? How does Privoxy work? - A web proxy + A web proxy is a service, based on a software such as &my-app;, that clients (i.e. browsers) can use instead of connecting to web servers directly. The clients then ask the proxy to request objects (web pages, images, movies etc) on their behalf and to forward the data to the clients. It is a go-between. For details, see - Wikipedia's proxy definition. + Wikipedia's proxy definition. There are many reasons to use web proxies, such as security (firewalling), @@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ from the old Junkbuster? Junkbuster left off. Privoxy still blocks ads and banners, still manages cookies, and still + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies, and still helps protect your privacy. But, most of these features have been enhanced, and many new ones have been added, all in the same vein. @@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ special I have to do now? the User Manual for more details. You should also flush your browser's memory and disk cache to get rid of any cached junk items, and remove any stored - cookies. + cookies. @@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ Privoxy is running and being used. for single URLs, whole web sites, groups or parts thereof etc. Actions can also be grouped together and then applied to requests matching one or more patterns. There are many possible actions that might apply to any given site. As an example, - if you are blocking cookies + if you are blocking cookies as one of your default actions, but need to accept cookies from a given site, you would need to define an exception for this site in one of your actions files, preferably in user.action. @@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ the differences? The default configuration shouldn't impact the usability of any of these services. It may, however, make all cookies + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">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 @@ -911,7 +911,7 @@ the differences? .login.yahoo.com These kinds of sites are often quite complex and heavy with - Javascript and + Javascript and thus fragile. So if still a problem, we have an alias just for such @@ -1298,13 +1298,13 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration? I sometimes notice cookies sneaking through. How? Cookies can be + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">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 &my-app; concept of session-cookies-only. There is also the possibility of using - Javascript to + Javascript to set cookies (&my-app; 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 @@ -1325,7 +1325,7 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration? No, in fact there are many beneficial uses of cookies. Cookies are just a + url="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">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 @@ -1337,7 +1337,7 @@ and thus avoid individual browser configuration? See the - Wikipedia cookie + Wikipedia cookie definition for more. @@ -2746,7 +2746,7 @@ Why? Privoxy is attempting to disable malicious - Javascript + Javascript in this case, with the unsolicited-popups filter. Privoxy cannot tell very well good code snippets from bad code snippets. diff --git a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml index 5435bafa..d1b597ff 100644 --- a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml +++ b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml @@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ Hal. In addition to the core features of ad blocking and - cookie management, + cookie management, Privoxy provides many supplemental features, that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom: @@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ MAKENSIS = ./nsis/makensis.exe Set your browser to use Privoxy as HTTP and - HTTPS (SSL) proxy + HTTPS (SSL) proxy by setting the proxy configuration for address of 127.0.0.1 and port 8118. DO NOT activate proxying for FTP or @@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ MAKENSIS = ./nsis/makensis.exe Flush your browser's disk and memory caches, to remove any cached ad images. If using Privoxy to manage - cookies, + cookies, you should remove any currently stored cookies too. @@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ MAKENSIS = ./nsis/makensis.exe Before launching Privoxy for the first time, you will want to configure your browser(s) to use Privoxy as a HTTP and HTTPS (SSL) - proxy. The default is + proxy. The default is 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for the proxy address, and port 8118 (earlier versions used port 8000). This is the one configuration step that must be done ! @@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ MAKENSIS = ./nsis/makensis.exe After doing this, flush your browser's disk and memory caches to force a re-reading of all pages and to get rid of any ads that may be cached. Remove - any cookies, + any cookies, if you want Privoxy to manage that. You are now ready to start enjoying the benefits of using Privoxy! @@ -2045,7 +2045,7 @@ for details. The pattern matching syntax is different for the host and path parts of the URL. The host part uses a simple globbing type matching technique, while the path part uses more flexible - Regular + Regular Expressions (POSIX 1003.2). @@ -2207,7 +2207,7 @@ for details. themselves. These work similarly to shell globbing type wild-cards: * represents zero or more arbitrary characters (this is equivalent to the - Regular + Regular Expression based syntax of .*), ? represents any single character (this is equivalent to the regular expression syntax of a simple .), and you can define @@ -2275,7 +2275,7 @@ for details. Privoxy uses modern POSIX 1003.2 - Regular + Regular Expressions for matching the path portion (after the slash), and is thus more flexible. @@ -4054,9 +4054,9 @@ problem-host.example.com Rolling your own filters requires a knowledge of - Regular + Regular Expressions and - HTML. + HTML. This is very powerful feature, and potentially very intrusive. Filters should be used with caution, and where an equivalent action is not available. @@ -5104,7 +5104,7 @@ new action More information on known user-agent strings can be found at http://www.user-agents.org/ and - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent. + http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_agent. @@ -6960,7 +6960,7 @@ stupid-server.example.com/ If you are new to - Regular + Regular Expressions, you might want to take a look at the Appendix on regular expressions, and see the Perl