1 Announcing Privoxy v.3.0.19 stable
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4 This is a beta release that introduces some new features and fixes a number of bugs, some of which are reasonably significant.
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9 *** Version 3.0.20 Beta ***
11 *** Version 3.0.19 Stable ***
14 - Prevent a segmentation fault when de-chunking buffered content.
15 It could be triggered by malicious web servers if Privoxy was
16 configured to filter the content and running on a platform
17 where SIZE_T_MAX isn't larger than UINT_MAX, which probably
18 includes most 32-bit systems. On those platforms, all Privoxy
19 versions before 3.0.19 appear to be affected.
20 To be on the safe side, this bug should be presumed to allow
21 code execution as proving that it doesn't seems unrealistic.
22 - Do not expect a response from the SOCKS4/4A server until it
23 got something to respond to. This regression was introduced
24 in 3.0.18 and prevented the SOCKS4/4A negotiation from working.
25 Reported by qqqqqw in #3459781.
27 - General improvements:
28 - Fix an off-by-one in an error message about connect failures.
29 - Use a GNUMakefile variable for the webserver root directory and
30 update the path. Sourceforge changed it which broke various
32 - Update the CODE_STATUS description.
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38 Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
39 enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling
40 access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a
41 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
42 tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
45 Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.
47 Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).
49 Helping hands and donations are welcome:
51 * http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE
53 * http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE
55 At present, Privoxy is known to run on Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000,
56 XP, Vista), GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and
57 others), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and
58 various other flavors of Unix.
60 In addition to the core features of ad blocking and cookie management,
61 Privoxy provides many supplemental features, that give the end-user
62 more control, more privacy and more freedom:
65 * Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be kept
66 alive independently from the client. Currently not available on all
69 * Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too,
70 and the configure script detects it.
72 * Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client
75 * Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to
76 configure browsers individually.
78 * Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and
81 * Can be chained with other proxies.
83 * Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at
84 http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based
85 tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
87 * Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size,
88 invisible <quote>web-bugs</quote> and HTML annoyances, etc.)
90 * Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and user
91 settings to reside in separate files, so that installing updated actions
92 files won't overwrite individual user settings.
94 * Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration
95 files, and a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax.
99 * Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
101 * User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g.
104 * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
106 * Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location basis.
110 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118
113 http://www.privoxy.org/
116 - Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>