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34 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INTRODUCTION" id="INTRODUCTION">1.
36 <p>This documentation is included with the current stable version of
37 <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, 3.0.26.</p>
39 <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="FEATURES" id="FEATURES">1.1.
41 <p>In addition to the core features of ad blocking and <a href=
42 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target="_top">cookie</a>
43 management, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> provides many
44 supplemental features, that give the end-user more control, more
45 privacy and more freedom:</p>
48 <p>Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be
49 kept alive independently from the client.</p>
52 <p>Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and
53 the configure script detects it.</p>
56 <p>Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on
57 client and server headers.</p>
60 <p>Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need
61 to configure browsers individually.</p>
64 <p>Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server
65 and client headers.</p>
68 <p>Can be chained with other proxies.</p>
71 <p>Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at
72 <a href="http://config.privoxy.org/" target=
73 "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/</a> (shortcut: <a href=
74 "http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>). Browser-based tracing
75 of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.</p>
78 <p>Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on
79 size, invisible <span class="QUOTE">"web-bugs"</span> and HTML
83 <p>Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
84 user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing
85 updated actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.</p>
88 <p>Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
89 configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible
90 configuration syntax.</p>
93 <p>GIF de-animation.</p>
96 <p>Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script
100 <p>User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages
101 (e.g. "blocked" page).</p>
104 <p>Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.</p>
107 <p>Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location
111 <p>Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs
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