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<para>
This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
- <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="https://www.privoxy.org/">Privoxy</ulink>.
It is not a substitute for the
<ulink url="../user-manual/index.html"><citetitle>Privoxy User Manual</citetitle></ulink>.
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the state at the release of version &p-version;.
You can find the latest version of the document at <ulink
- url="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/</ulink>.
+ url="https://www.privoxy.org/faq/">https://www.privoxy.org/faq/</ulink>.
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</abstract>
</artheader>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="whyprivoxy">Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why change the name from
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whyprivoxy">
+<title>Why <quote>Privoxy</quote>? Why change the name from
Junkbuster at all?</title>
<para>
- Though outdated, <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com/">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>
- continues to offer their original version of the <application>Internet
- Junkbuster</application>, so publishing our
- <application> Junkbuster</application>-derived software under the same name
- led to confusion.
+ Though outdated, Junkbusters Corporation continued to offer their original
+ version of the <application>Internet Junkbuster</application> for a while,
+ so publishing our <application> Junkbuster</application>-derived software
+ under the same name would have led to confusion.
</para>
<para>
- There are also potential legal complications from our use of the
- <application>Junkbuster</application> name, which is a registered trademark of
- <ulink url="http://junkbusters.com/">Junkbusters Corporation</ulink>.
- There are, however, no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the
- <application>Privoxy</application> project itself, and they, in fact, still
- share our ideals and goals.
+ There were also potential legal reasons not to use the
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> name, as it was (and maybe still is)
+ a registered trademark of Junkbusters Corporation.
+ There were, however, no objections from Junkbusters Corporation to the
+ <application>Privoxy</application> project itself, and they, in fact,
+ shared our ideals and goals.
</para>
<para>
- The developers also believed that there are so many improvements over the original
- code, that it was time to make a clean break from the past and make
- a name in their own right.
+ The Privoxy developers also believed that there were so many improvements
+ over the original code, that it was time to make a clean break from the past
+ and make a name in their own right.
</para>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> is the
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> picks up where
<application>Junkbuster</application> left off.
- The new <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
+ <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
still manages <ulink
url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>, and still
helps protect your privacy. But, most of these features have been enhanced,
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whatsanad">
-<title id="knows">How does Privoxy know what is
-an ad, and what is not?</title>
+<title>How does Privoxy know what is an ad, and what is not?</title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application>'s approach to blocking ads is twofold:
</para>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="mistakes">Can Privoxy make mistakes?
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="mistakes">
+<title>Can Privoxy make mistakes?
This does not sound very scientific.</title>
<para>
Actually, it's a black art ;-) And yes, it is always possible to have a broad
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="configornot">Will I have to configure Privoxy
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="configornot">
+<title>Will I have to configure Privoxy
before I can use it?</title>
<para>
That depends on your expectations.
and <application>Privoxy's</application> privacy enhancing features
at the same time. While your browser probably lacks some features
&my-app; offers, it should also be able to do some things more
- reliable, for example restricting and suppressing JavaScript.
+ reliably, for example restricting and suppressing JavaScript.
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="help-the-developers"><title id="jointeam">I would like to help you, what can I do?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="help-the-developers"><title>I would like to help you, what can I do?</title>
-<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="participate"><title id="jointeam-work">Would you like to participate?</title>
+<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="participate"><title>Would you like to participate?</title>
<para>
Well, we <emphasis>always</emphasis> need help. There is something for
everybody who wants to help us. We welcome new developers, packagers,
</para>
<para>
So first thing, subscribe to the <ulink
- url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-users">Privoxy Users</ulink>
- or the <ulink url="https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-developers">Privoxy
+ url="https://lists.privoxy.org/mailman/listinfo/privoxy-users">Privoxy Users</ulink>
+ or the <ulink url="https://lists.privoxy.org/mailman/listinfo/privoxy-devel">Privoxy
Developers</ulink> mailing list, join the discussion, help out other users, provide general
feedback or report problems you noticed.
</para>
<para>
If you intend to help out with the trackers, you also might want to <ulink
- url="https://sourceforge.net/account/register.php">get an account on SourceForge.net</ulink>
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/user/registration">get an account on SourceForge.net</ulink>
so we don't confuse you with the other name-less users.
</para>
<para>
<sect3 renderas="sect4" id="donate"><title>Would you like to donate?</title>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is developed by unpaid volunteers
- and thus our current running costs are pretty low. Nevertheless, we
- have plans that will cost money in the future. They include,
- but aren't limited to spending money on:
-
+ Donations are welcome. Our
+ <ulink url="http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/TODO?view=markup">TODO list</ulink>
+ is rather long and being able to pay one (or more) developers to work on Privoxy
+ would make a huge difference, even if it was only for a couple of weeks. Donations may
+ also be used for Privoxy-related travel expenses (for example to attend conferences),
+ for hardware used for Privoxy development and for hosting expenses etc.
</para>
<para>
-<itemizedlist>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Hardware to help make sure <application>Privoxy</application>
- keeps running on platforms the developers currently can't test
- on and can be ported to others.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- Technical books to educate our developers about said platforms
- or to improve their knowledge in general.
- </para>
- </listitem>
- <listitem>
- <para>
- More reliable hosting,
- </para>
- </listitem>
-</itemizedlist>
+ <application>Privoxy</application> is an associated
+ project of <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/">Software
+ in the Public Interest (SPI)</ulink>, which allows us to receive
+ tax-deductible donations in the United States. If you want to donate through
+ SPI, please use <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/donations">SPI's donation page</ulink>
+ to see what the options are.
</para>
<para>
- We would like to get this money through donations made by our users.
+ You can also donate to Privoxy using a bank account or a "Paypal" address:
</para>
-
+<literallayout>
+ Name on account: <ulink url="https://www.zwiebelfreunde.de/">Zwiebelfreunde e.V.</ulink>
+ IBAN: DE95430609671126825604
+ BIC: GENODEM1GLS
+ Bank: GLS Bank
+</literallayout>
+<literallayout>
+ "Paypal" address: privoxy@zwiebelfreunde.de
+</literallayout>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> has therefore become an associated
- project of <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/about-spi/about-spi">Software
- in the Public Interest (SPI)</ulink>, which allows us to receive donations.
- In the United States they are tax-deductible, in a few other western countries
- they might be tax-deductible in the future.
+ Donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. are tax-deductible in Germany
+ and other countries that recognize German charitable clubs. Feel free to
+ use the Subject field to provide a name to be credited and a list of TODO
+ list items you are interested in the most. For example: Max Mustermann: #16, #1, #14.
</para>
<para>
- If you read this section before you may notice that paying for the
- project domain privoxy.org is no longer on the list. It has been
- transferred to SPI is sponsored by Mythic Beasts Ltd.
+ Note that donations made through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently can't be checked
+ automatically so you may not get credited right away. The credits currently
+ reflect donations received before 2016-01-14.
</para>
<para>
- If you enjoy our software and feel like helping out with a donation,
- please have a look at
- <ulink url="http://www.spi-inc.org/donations">SPI's donation page</ulink>
- to see what the options are. If you have any questions regarding donations
- please mail to either the public user mailing list or, if it's a private
- matter, to <ulink url="mailto:fk@fabiankeil.de">Fabian Keil</ulink>
- (Privoxy's SPI liason) directly.
-</para>
+ If you have any questions regarding donations please mail to either the
+ public user mailing list or, if it's a private matter, to
+ <ulink url="mailto:fk@fabiankeil.de">Fabian Keil</ulink> (Privoxy's SPI liaison)
+ directly.
</sect3>
</sect2>
<application>Privoxy</application> is not running at all. Check the <ulink
url="../user-manual/config.html#LOGFILE">log file</ulink>. For instructions
on starting <application>Privoxy</application> and browser configuration,
- see the <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html">chapter
+ see the <ulink url="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html">chapter
on starting <application>Privoxy</application></ulink> in the
- <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/">User Manual</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/">User Manual</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
First, make sure that Privoxy is <emphasis>really</emphasis> running and
being used by visiting <ulink url="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</ulink>. You
should see the <application>Privoxy</application> main page. If not, see
- the <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html">chapter
+ the <ulink url="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/startup.html">chapter
on starting <application>Privoxy</application></ulink> in the
- <ulink url="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/">User Manual</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="https://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/">User Manual</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect1 id="configuration"><title>Configuration</title>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="actionsfile">What exactly is an <quote>actions</quote> file?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="actionsfile">
+<title>What exactly is an <quote>actions</quote> file?</title>
<para>
&my-app; utilizes the concept of <quote>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="actconfig">How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="actconfig">
+<title>How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
way to do this?</title>
<para>
Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of
<filename>default.action</filename> will be
made available from time to time on the <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">files section</ulink> of
- our <ulink url="http://sf.net/projects/ijbswa/">project page</ulink>.
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">files section</ulink> of
+ our <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">project page</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
If you wish to receive an email notification whenever we release updates of
<application>Privoxy</application> or the actions file, <ulink
- url="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce/">subscribe
- to our announce mailing list</ulink>, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
+ url="https://lists.privoxy.org/mailman/listinfo/privoxy-announce">subscribe
+ to our announce mailing list</ulink>, privoxy-announce@lists.privoxy.org.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="difficult">
<title>Why is the configuration so complicated?</title>
<para>
- <quote>Complicated</quote> is in the eye of the beholder. Those that are
- familiar with some of the underlying concepts, such as regular expression
- syntax, take to it like a fish takes to water. Also, software that tries
- hard to be <quote>user friendly</quote>, often lacks sophistication and
- flexibility. There is always that trade-off there between power vs.
- easy-of-use. Furthermore, anyone is welcome to contribute ideas and
- implementations to enhance &my-app;.
+ <quote>Complicated</quote> is in the eye of the beholder.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ Privoxy is currently mainly written by and for people who are already
+ familiar with the underlying concepts like regular expressions, HTTP and HTML,
+ or are willing to become familiar with them to be able to get the most
+ out of a powerful and flexible tool such as Privoxy.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ While everybody is expected to be able to get a Privoxy default installation
+ up and running, fine-tuning requires a certain amount of background
+ information and Privoxy's documentation mainly concentrates on the
+ Privoxy-specific parts while only providing references to the rest.
+ </para>
+ <para>
+ If you or anyone you know has the skills, time and energy to
+ reduce the barrier of entry, please <link linkend="participate">get involved</link>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="filterfile">What is the <filename>default.filter</filename> file? What is a <quote>filter</quote>?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="filterfile">
+<title>What is the <filename>default.filter</filename> file? What is a <quote>filter</quote>?</title>
<para>
The <ulink url="../user-manual/filter-file.html"><filename>default.filter</filename></ulink>
file is where <emphasis>filters</emphasis> as supplied by the developers are defined.
<para>
If you intend to develop your own filters, you might want to have a look at
<ulink
- url="http://www.fabiankeil.de/sourcecode/pft/">Privoxy-Filter-Test</ulink>.
+ url="https://www.fabiankeil.de/sourcecode/pft/">Privoxy-Filter-Test</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="noseeum">Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="noseeum">
+<title>Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</title>
<para>
The replacement for blocked images can be controlled with the <ulink
url="../user-manual/actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"><literal>set-image-blocker</literal>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="whyseeum">Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="whyseeum">
+<title>Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</title>
<para>
Remember that <link linkend="whatsanad">telling which image is an ad and which
isn't</link>, is an educated guess. While we hope that the standard configuration
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="blockedbytext">I see some images being replaced with text
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blockedbytext">
+<title>I see some images being replaced with text
instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</title>
<para>
This happens when the banners are not embedded in the HTML code of the
<para>
Earlier ]]>3.x versions could run as a system service using <command>srvany.exe</command>.
See the discussion at <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118</ulink>,
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118">https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=361118&aid=485617&group_id=11118</ulink>,
for details, and a sample configuration.
</para>
</sect2>
<para>
For a good discussion of some of the issues involved (including privacy and
security issues), see
- <ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118">http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118</ulink>.
+ <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118">https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=211118&aid=629518&group_id=11118</ulink>.
</para>
</sect2>
<sect1 id="misc"><title>Miscellaneous</title>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="slowsme">How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="slowsme">
+<title>How much does Privoxy slow my browsing down? This
has to add extra time to browsing.</title>
<para>
How much of an impact depends on many things, including the CPU of the host
hence it could not be intercepted, and you have accessed the <emphasis>real</emphasis>
web site at config.privoxy.org.
</para>
+<para>
+ Note that config.privoxy.org resolves to a public IP address.
+ If you use config.privoxy.org as ping or traceroute target you will
+ reach the system on the Internet (Privoxy can't intercept ICMP requests).
+ If you want to ping the system Privoxy runs on,
+ you should use its IP address or local DNS name (if it has got one).
+</para>
</sect2>
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="anonforsure">Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="anonforsure">
+<title>Can Privoxy guarantee I am anonymous?</title>
<para>
No. Your chances of remaining anonymous are improved, but unless you
<ulink url="#TOR">chain <application>Privoxy</application> with <application>Tor</application></ulink>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="proxytest">A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="proxytest">
+<title>A test site says I am not using a Proxy.</title>
<para>
Good! Actually, they are probably testing for some other kinds of proxies.
Hiding yourself completely would require additional steps.
messages.
</para>
-<![%p-newstuff;[
<para>
- Since <application>Privoxy</application> 3.0.5, its
+ <application>Privoxy's</application>
<ulink url="../user-manual/config.html">main configuration file</ulink>
is already prepared for <application>Tor</application>, if you are using a
default <application>Tor</application> configuration and run it on the same
</para>
<para>
<screen>
-# forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
+# forward-socks5t / 127.0.0.1:9050 .
</screen>
</para>
+<para>
+ Note that if you got Tor through one of the bundles, you may
+ have to change the port from 9050 to 9150 (or even another one).
+ For details, please check the documentation on the
+ <ulink url="https://torproject.org/">Tor website</ulink>.
+</para>
+
<para>
This is enough to reach the Internet, but additionally you might want to
uncomment the following forward rules, to make sure your local network is still
</para>
<para>
Save the modified configuration file and open
- <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status/</ulink>
+ <ulink url="http://config.privoxy.org/show-status">http://config.privoxy.org/show-status</ulink>
in your browser, confirm that <application>Privoxy</application> has reloaded its configuration
and that there are no other forward lines, unless you know that you need them. If everything looks good,
refer to
what <application>Tor</application> does, why it is no replacement for
application level security, and why you probably don't want to
use it for unencrypted logins.
-</para> ]]>
+</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="sitebreak">Might some things break because header information or
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="sitebreak">
+<title>Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?</title>
<para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="caching">Can Privoxy act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy to
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="caching">
+<title>Can Privoxy act as a <quote>caching</quote> proxy to
speed up web browsing?</title>
<para>
No, it does not have this ability at all. You want something like
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="firewall">What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="firewall">
+<title>What about as a firewall? Can Privoxy protect me?</title>
<para>
Not in the way you mean, or in the way some firewall vendors claim they can.
<application>Privoxy</application> can help protect your privacy, but can't
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="wasted">I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="wasted">
+<title>I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?</title>
<para>
It is technically possible to eliminate banners and ads in a way that frees
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="ssl">How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</title>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="ssl">
+<title>How can Privoxy filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</title>
<para>
Since secure HTTP connections are encrypted SSL sessions between your browser
and the secure site, and are meant to be reliably <emphasis>secure</emphasis>,
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="secure">Privoxy runs as a <quote>server</quote>. How
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="secure">
+<title>Privoxy runs as a <quote>server</quote>. How
secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</title>
<para>
On Unix-like systems, <application>Privoxy</application> can run as a non-privileged
</sect2>
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="downloads">
-<title>Can Privoxy effect files that I download
+<title>Can Privoxy affect files that I download
from a webserver? FTP server?</title>
<para>
From the webserver's perspective, there is no difference between
</para>
<para>
Lately there have been reports of problems with some kind of
- Privoxy versions that come preinstalled on some Netbooks.
- Some of the problems described are inconsistent with the behaviour
- of official Privoxy versions, which suggests that the preinstalled
- software may contain vendor modifications that we don't know about
- and thus can't debug.
+ "parental control" software based on Privoxy that came preinstalled on
+ certain <ulink url="https://sourceforge.net/p/ijbswa/bugs/813/">ASUS Netbooks</ulink>.
+ The problems described are inconsistent with the behaviour of official
+ Privoxy versions, which suggests that the preinstalled software may
+ contain vendor modifications that we don't know about and thus can't debug.
</para>
<para>
Privoxy's <link linkend="copyright">license</link> allows vendor
<sect1 id="trouble">
<title>Troubleshooting</title>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="refused">I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="refused">
+<title>I cannot connect to any websites. Or, I am getting
<quote>connection refused</quote> message with every web page. Why?</title>
<para>
There are several possibilities:
</para>
</sect2>
-<sect2 renderas="sect3">
-<title id="flushit">I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="flushit">
+<title>I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</title>
<para>
If the ad had been displayed before you added its URL, it will probably be
</sect2>
-<sect2 id="badsite" renderas="sect3">
-<title >One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy.
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="badsite">
+<title>One of my favorite sites does not work with Privoxy.
What can I do?</title>
<para>
every time I start IE. What gives?</title>
<para>
- This is a quirk that effects the installation of
+ This is a quirk that affects the installation of
<application>Privoxy</application>, in conjunction with Internet Explorer and
Internet Connection Sharing on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The symptoms may
appear to be corrupted or invalid DUN settings, or passwords.
</para>
</sect2>
-
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="macosximages">
<title>In Mac OS X Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
</para>
</sect2>
+<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="macosxaccountdeletion">
+<title>I just upgraded to Mac OS X 10.9 (Mavericks) and now &my-app; has stopped
+ working.</title>
+ <para>
+ The upgrade process to Mac OS X Mavericks (10.9) from an earlier version of OS
+ X deletes all user accounts that are either not part of OS X itself or are
+ not interactive user accounts (ones you log in with). Since, for the sake of
+ security, &my-app; runs as a non-privileged user that is created by its
+ installer (_privoxy), it can no longer start up once that account gets deleted.
+ The solution is to perform a complete uninstall using the supplied
+ <application>uninstall.command</application> script (either back up your
+ configuration files or select to not have the uninstaller remove them when it
+ prompts you) and then reinstall &my-app; using the installer package and merge
+ in your configuration.
+ </para>
+</sect2>
+
<!-- ~~~~~ New section ~~~~~ -->
<!-- XXX: Is this still relevant now that we have gzip support? -->
<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="blankpage">
Pages with UTF-8 fonts are garbled.
</title>
<para>
- This is caused by the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter. You should either
- upgrade <application>Privoxy</application>, or at least upgrade to the most
- recent <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>.
- Or you can simply disable the demoronizer filter.
+ This may be the result of an overly aggressive filter. The filters that
+ are enabled in the default configuration aren't expected to cause problems
+ like this. If you enabled the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter, please
+ try temporarily disabling it.
+</para>
+<para>
+ If that doesn't help, temporarily disable all filters to see if another
+ filter could be the culprit. If the problem disappears, enable the filters
+ one by one, until the problem reappears and the offending filter is found.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Once the problem-causing filter is known, it can be fixed or disabled.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Upgrading <application>Privoxy</application>, or going to the most recent
+ <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
+ url="https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>
+ might be worth a try, too.
</para>
</sect2>
is used?
</title>
<para>
- This may also be caused by the <quote>demoronizer</quote> filter,
- in conjunction with a web server that is misreporting the content type. Binary
- files are exempted from <application>Privoxy's</application> filtering
- (unless the web server by mistake says the file is something else). Either
- upgrade <application>Privoxy</application>, or go to the most recent
- <filename>default.action</filename> file available from <ulink
- url="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118">SourceForge</ulink>.
+ This may also be caused by an (<link linkend="DEMORONIZER">overly aggressive
+ filter</link> in conjunction with a web server that is misreporting the content
+ type. By default binary files are exempted from
+ <application>Privoxy's</application> filtering
+ (unless the web server by mistake says the file is something else).
</para>
</sect2>
</para>
</sect2>
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="tainted-sockets">
+<title>What are tainted sockets and how do I prevent them?</title>
+<para>
+ &my-app; marks sockets as tainted when it can't use them to
+ serve additional requests.
+ This does not necessarily mean that something went wrong and
+ information about tainted sockets is only logged if connection
+ debugging is enabled (debug 2).
+</para>
+<para>
+ For example server sockets that were used for CONNECT requests
+ (which are used to tunnel https:// requests) are considered tainted
+ once the client closed its connection to &my-app;.
+ Technically &my-app; could keep the connection to the server open,
+ but the server would not accept requests that do not belong to the
+ previous TLS/SSL session (and the client may even have terminated
+ the session).
+</para>
+<para>
+ Server sockets are also marked tainted when a client requests a
+ resource, but closes the connection before &my-app; has completely
+ received (and forwarded) the resource to the client.
+ In this case the server would (probably) accept additional requests,
+ but &my-app; could not get the response without completely reading
+ the leftovers from the previous response.
+</para>
+<para>
+ These are just two examples, there are currently a bit more than
+ 25 scenarios in which a socket is considered tainted.
+</para>
+<para>
+ While sockets can also be marked tainted as a result of a technical
+ problem that may be worth fixing, the problem will be explicitly
+ logged as error.
+</para>
+</sect2>
+
+<sect2 renderas="sect3" id="pcre-stack-limit">
+<title>After adding my custom filters, &my-app; crashes when visitting certain websites</title>
+<para>
+ This can happen if your custom filters require more memory than &my-app;
+ is allowed to use.
+ Usually the problem is that the operating system enforces a stack size limit
+ that isn't sufficient.
+</para>
+<para>
+ Unless the problem occurs with the filters available in the default configuration,
+ this is not considered a Privoxy bug.
+</para>
+<para>
+ To prevent the crashes you can rewrite your filter to use less ressources,
+ increase the relevant memory limit or recompile pcre to use less stack space.
+ For details please see the
+ <ulink url="http://pcre.org/original/doc/html/pcrestack.html">pcrestack man page</ulink>
+ and the documentation of your operating system.
+</para>
</sect1>
</sect1>
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-<!-- hhmts end -->
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-Revision 2.83 2011/11/13 16:53:24 fabiankeil
-Rephrase the donations section some more
-
-Mention that the domain is now sponsored by Mythic Beasts Ltd
-and make it clear that asking questions about donations is
-possible, too.
-
-Revision 2.82 2011/11/13 16:50:34 fabiankeil
-Note that donations for Privoxy are currently only tax-deductible in the US
-
-As it turns out tax-deductible donations in a few other western
-countries are theoretically possible through partner organizations
-but aren't available out of the box.
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-Ditch trailing whitespace
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-Bump some more documentation copyright ranges.
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-Update the entities.
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-This commit is chronological out of order.
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-Revision 2.78 2011/04/19 13:14:10 fabiankeil
-Fix spelling errors in the documentation. Found with codespell.
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-Revision 2.77 2011/03/03 14:22:12 fabiankeil
-Remove duplicated 'the'
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-Revision 2.76 2010/11/22 10:35:02 fabiankeil
-Mention socks5 in another part of the Tor section.
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-Revision 2.75 2010/11/13 10:08:00 fabiankeil
-Fix a link to the 'intercepting' entry and add another one
-
-Revision 2.74 2010/11/13 10:07:46 fabiankeil
-Remove the product names in the 'otherproxy' entry's title.
-
-I'm tired of getting the 'otherproxy' entry as first hit
-when searching the index for the Tor FAQ.
-
-Revision 2.73 2010/11/06 12:55:48 fabiankeil
-Set p-version to 3.0.17
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-Revision 2.72 2010/02/27 12:13:17 fabiankeil
-Fix spelling.
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-Revision 2.71 2010/02/27 12:12:13 fabiankeil
-Consistently recommending socks5 in the Tor entry and mention its advantage compared to socks4a.
-Reported by David in #2960129.
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-Revision 2.70 2010/02/20 18:08:31 ler762
-fix typo
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-Revision 2.69 2010/02/13 17:38:27 fabiankeil
-Update entities for 3.0.16 stable.
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-Revision 2.68 2010/01/30 19:51:28 fabiankeil
-New FAQ entry: How did you manage to get Privoxy on my computer without my consent?
-
-Also bump copyright.
-
-Revision 2.67 2009/11/15 14:24:12 fabiankeil
-Prepare to generate docs for 3.0.16 UNRELEASED.
-
-Revision 2.66 2009/10/10 05:48:55 fabiankeil
-Prepare for 3.0.15 beta.
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-Revision 2.65 2009/07/18 16:24:39 fabiankeil
-Bump entities for 3.0.14 beta.
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-Revision 2.64 2009/07/18 12:18:52 fabiankeil
-Don't describe the action files in the FAQ when we can simply link to the description in the User Manual.
-
-Revision 2.63 2009/06/15 15:08:03 fabiankeil
-Patch #2806626 from Frédéric Crozat to fix a closing tag.
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-Revision 2.62 2009/06/12 14:30:58 fabiankeil
-Update entities for 3.0.13 beta.
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-Revision 2.61 2009/06/12 11:52:33 fabiankeil
-Mention the TODO list in the participate entry.
-
-Revision 2.60 2009/04/07 12:25:05 fabiankeil
-In the "I would like to help ..." entry:
-- Change the ids to more general ones as helping out doesn't require
- joining the team (and joining the team requires significantly helping
- out first, anyway).
-- Add links to the subscription pages for the main mailing lists.
-
-Revision 2.59 2009/03/28 15:33:41 fabiankeil
-Recommend the use of forward-socks5 when forwarding to Tor.
-The error messages are more detailed than with forward-socks4a.
-
-Revision 2.58 2009/03/21 12:27:44 fabiankeil
-Turn the donation entry title into a question,
-also rephrase the content a bit.
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-First draft of a "Donating" entry. To be polished tomorrow.
-
-Revision 2.56 2009/02/19 17:05:05 fabiankeil
-Explain slowness when build with Gentoo's portage.
-
-Revision 2.55 2009/02/19 02:20:21 hal9
-Make some links in seealso conditional. Man page is now privoxy only links.
-
-Revision 2.54 2009/02/15 20:47:12 hal9
-Fix small typo.
-
-Revision 2.53 2009/02/15 20:46:13 hal9
-Update Outlook HTML rendering engine comments re: Office 2007.
-
-Revision 2.52 2009/02/14 10:27:52 fabiankeil
-Finish last paragraph in the selinux entry which
-I unintentionally committed with the last commit.
-
-Revision 2.51 2009/02/12 16:08:26 fabiankeil
-Declare the code stable.
-
-Revision 2.50 2009/02/11 18:13:36 fabiankeil
-State the obvious.
-
-Revision 2.49 2009/02/10 16:30:20 fabiankeil
-Add a workaround for "unauthenticated content" warnings on HTTPS sites.
-
-Revision 2.48 2009/01/13 16:50:35 fabiankeil
-The standard.action file is gone.
-
-Revision 2.47 2008/11/24 18:29:39 fabiankeil
-Two changes suggested by Roger Dingledine:
-- Use https://www.torproject.org/ in section 4.7, too.
-- Replace the Tor wiki URL in section 4.10 with one
- with a more useful anchor name.
-
-Revision 2.46 2008/08/30 15:37:35 fabiankeil
-Update entities.
-
-Revision 2.45 2008/08/16 08:51:28 fabiankeil
-Update version-related entities.
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-Revision 2.44 2008/06/19 01:41:36 hal9
-Add short note about zlib being enabled in 3.0.9
-
-Revision 2.43 2008/06/14 13:21:25 fabiankeil
-Prepare for the upcoming 3.0.9 beta release.
-
-Revision 2.42 2008/06/07 13:11:15 fabiankeil
-- Note that the "100% cpu problem" is worth
- reporting if it happens with a recent release.
-- Mention the hostname option as a workaround for
- the "can't get my own hostname" issue.
-- The profile formerly known as "Adventuresome"
- is called "Advanced" now.
-- Some white-space fixes.
-
-Revision 2.41 2008/06/06 15:32:09 fabiankeil
-- Minor rewordings.
-- Don't claim that all the old Junkbuster features remain.
- Some of them have been removed or replaced with better ones.
-
-Revision 2.40 2008/02/22 05:54:27 markm68k
-updates for mac os x
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-Revision 2.39 2008/02/03 21:37:41 hal9
-Apply patch from Mark: s/OSX/OS X/
-
-Revision 2.38 2008/01/19 17:52:39 hal9
-Re-commit to fix various minor issues for new release.
-
-Revision 2.37 2008/01/19 15:03:05 hal9
-Doc sources tagged for 3.0.8 release.
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-Revision 2.36 2008/01/17 01:49:51 hal9
-Change copyright notice for docs s/2007/2008/. All these will be rebuilt soon
-enough.
-
-Revision 2.35 2007/11/19 17:57:59 fabiankeil
-A bunch of rewordings, minor updates and fixes.
-
-Revision 2.34 2007/11/19 02:38:11 hal9
-Minor revisions and rebuild
-
-Revision 2.33 2007/11/15 03:30:20 hal9
-Results of spell check.
-
-Revision 2.32 2007/11/13 03:03:42 hal9
-Various changes to reflect new features and revised configuration for the
-upcoming release.
-
-Revision 2.31 2007/11/05 02:34:53 hal9
-Various changes in preparation for the upcoming release. Much yet to be done.
-
-Revision 2.30 2007/11/04 15:16:40 hal9
-Fix one silly typo.
-
-Revision 2.29 2007/11/04 15:12:47 hal9
-Various minor adjustments.
-
-Revision 2.28 2007/10/27 15:14:16 fabiankeil
-Change Tor links to use the new domain torproject.org.
-
-Revision 2.27 2007/10/22 19:47:05 fabiankeil
-- Bump version and copyright.
-- Adjust Tor section to make it clear that forward exceptions
- aren't required and may not even be desired.
-- A bunch of other minor rewordings.
-- Fix markup problems Roland noticed (hopefully without adding new ones).
-
-Revision 2.26 2007/08/05 15:37:55 fabiankeil
-- Don't claim that thousands of people read our code.
-- Specify the GPL version and link to GPLv2 instead of v3.
-- Note that configuration syntax may change between releases.
-- Mention zlib support.
-- Answer the "transparent proxy" question properly.
-- Add "intercepting proxy" entry.
-- Mention Polipo.
-- Rephrase some other sentences for various reasons.
-
-Revision 2.25 2007/07/18 11:00:34 hal9
-Add misc note about valid mark-up in Privoxy.
-
-Revision 2.24 2006/11/14 01:57:46 hal9
-Dump all docs prior to 3.0.6 release. Various minor changes to faq and user
-manual.
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-Revision 2.23 2006/10/21 22:19:52 hal9
-Two new FAQs, a rewrite or two, and some touch ups.
-
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-Three new FAQ's re: templates and blocking, and various minor touch-ups/improvements.
-
-Revision 2.21 2006/10/03 14:40:51 fabiankeil
-Added links from the Tor faq to the
-configuration chapter in the User Manual.
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-Revision 2.20 2006/09/26 10:12:37 fabiankeil
-Spelling fix.
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-Revision 2.19 2006/09/22 10:54:32 hal9
-Change references to 3.0.4 to 3.0.5 and minor adjustments.
-
-Revision 2.18 2006/09/22 01:27:55 hal9
-Final commit of probably various minor changes here and there. Unless
-something changes this should be ready for pending release.
-
-Revision 2.17 2006/09/17 14:56:32 hal9
-This includes yet several more new FAQs, some improved wording, enhanced
-mark-up, various hyper links to wikipedia to explain key terminology to the
-uninitiated, etc. This is ready for release IMO pending final tagging of cvs
-and Privoxy version stamping.
-
-Revision 2.16 2006/09/10 15:30:46 hal9
-Spell check.
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-Revision 2.15 2006/09/08 23:05:07 hal9
-Fix broken links. Add faq on hosts files. Move most of new windows service
-feature to user manual and reference in faq. Various other small changes.
-
-Revision 2.14 2006/09/05 13:25:12 david__schmidt
-Add Windows service invocation stuff (duplicated) in FAQ and in user manual under Windows startup. One probably ought to reference the other.
-
-Revision 2.13 2006/09/04 19:20:33 fabiankeil
-Adjusted anonymity related sections to match reality.
-Added a section about using Privoxy with Tor.
-
-Revision 2.12 2006/09/03 14:15:30 hal9
-Various updates, including 7 or 8 new FAQs, and updates/changes to various
-other ones to better reflect improvements, additions and changes for the
-upcoming release. This is close to final form for 3.0.4 IMHO.
-
-Revision 2.11 2006/07/18 14:48:50 david__schmidt
-Reorganizing the repository: swapping out what was HEAD (the old 3.1 branch)
-with what was really the latest development (the v_3_0_branch branch)
-
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-Fixed allow-all-cookies alias name; closes SR #929746
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-Revision 1.61.2.40 2004/01/30 17:00:33 oes
-Added Mac OS X Panther problem
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-Revision 1.61.2.39 2004/01/29 22:53:08 hal9
-Minor changes for exempting docs of text/plain. Change copyright date.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.38 2003/12/10 03:39:45 hal9
-Added FAQs for: demoronizer, related problems and why its included. Also,
-port 8118 already in use questions, and PrivoxyWindowOpen() questions. All in
-troubleshooting section.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.37 2003/10/17 11:01:50 oes
-Added Q&A for "not being used" page problem
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-Revision 1.61.2.36 2003/06/26 23:49:20 hal9
-More on the filter/source code problem.
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-Revision 1.61.2.35 2003/06/26 13:38:08 hal9
-Add FAQ on whether configuring Privoxy is necessary or not.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.34 2003/06/26 03:00:03 hal9
-Sorry, found another copyright date.
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-Revision 1.61.2.33 2003/06/26 02:57:05 hal9
-Fix typo (finally!) and very minor modifications.
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-Fix copyright, and a few nits.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.30 2003/06/25 01:13:52 hal9
-Add:
-
- - FAQ on "Unable to get my own hostname"
- - Another one on filtering effects on text files.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.29 2003/06/15 21:32:58 hal9
-Add to the 4.17 (filtering effects on downloaded files).
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-s/Advanced|Radical/Adventuresome/g to avoid complaints re fun filter
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-Revision 1.61.2.27 2002/12/01 06:31:58 hal9
-Add faq on win32 error 503 due to ZoneAlarm.
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-Revision 1.61.2.26 2002/11/17 06:41:06 hal9
-Move default profiles table from FAQ to U-M, and other minor related changes.
-Add faq on cookies.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.25 2002/10/29 03:21:50 hal9
-Add 3 Q/A's relating to HTML in email. Other minor touchups.
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-Revision 1.61.2.24 2002/10/15 12:50:22 oes
-s/Advanced/Radical/ (stupid me)
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-Added Microsuck faq; more detail for PHP problem
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-Revision 1.61.2.22 2002/10/12 01:13:13 hal9
-Updates for demoronizer, more commentary on Radical profile, and update on
-the srvany.exe/icon fix.
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-Revision 1.61.2.21 2002/10/10 04:09:35 hal9
-s/Advanced/Radical/ and added very brief note.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.20 2002/09/26 01:22:45 hal9
-Small additions for LAN setup, content-cookies/SSL, and FTP non-support.
-
-Revision 1.61.2.19 2002/08/25 23:31:56 hal9
-Fix one grammatical error. Add brief FAQ relating to tranparent proxies (ie
-port 80 setting). Add FAQ on effects of Privoxy on downloaded files
-(especially filtering).
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-Revision 1.61.2.18 2002/08/14 16:39:37 hal9
-Fix wrong tag on FAQ addition.
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-Revision 1.61.2.17 2002/08/14 00:01:18 hal9
-Add a crunch FAQ.
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-Revision 1.61.2.16 2002/08/13 00:10:38 hal9
-Add faq to troubleshooting re: blank page syndrome, ie {-prevent-compression}.
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-Revision 1.61.2.15 2002/08/10 11:34:22 oes
-Add disclaimer about probably being out-of-date
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-Revision 1.61.2.14 2002/08/07 02:53:43 hal9
-Fix some minor markup errors, and move one Mac OS X Q/A to troubleshooting section.
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-Added missing close tag
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-Revision 1.61.2.12 2002/08/06 11:43:46 david__schmidt
-Updated Mac OS X uninstall FAQ... we have an uninstall script now.
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-Revision 1.61.2.11 2002/08/06 08:54:03 oes
-Style police: Fixed formatting details
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-Revision 1.61.2.10 2002/08/02 14:00:25 david__schmidt
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-Added warning about sudo rm -r for Mac OS X deinstallation; moved this item to install section
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-Revision 1.61.2.8 2002/08/02 02:01:42 david__schmidt
-Add FAQ item for MSIE on Mac OS X HTTP proxy confusion
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-Added FAQ item for Mac OS X uninstall woes
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-Revision 1.61.2.6 2002/07/30 20:04:56 hal9
-Fix typo: 'schould'.
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-- Updated to reflect changes in standard.action
-- Added info on where to get updated actions files
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-Revision 1.61.2.4 2002/07/25 21:42:29 hal9
-Add brief notes on not proxying non-HTTP protocols.
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-Clarifications on filtering and MIME. Hardcode 'latest release' in index.html.
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-Fix typo in URL http:/config.privoxy.org
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-Revision 1.61.2.1 2002/06/05 23:10:43 hal9
-Add new FAQ re: DUN/IE. Change release date from May to June :)
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-Revision 1.61 2002/05/25 12:37:25 hal9
-Various minor changes and edits.
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-Proofread & added more links into u-m
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-Revision 1.59 2002/05/15 04:03:30 hal9
-Fix ulink -> link markup.
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-Revision 1.58 2002/05/10 01:48:20 hal9
-This is mostly proposed copyright/licensing additions and changes. Docs
-are still GPL, but licensing and copyright are more visible. Also, copyright
-changed in doc header comments (eliminate references to JB except FAQ).
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-Revision 1.57 2002/05/05 20:26:02 hal9
-Sorting out license vs copyright in these docs.
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-Revision 1.56 2002/05/04 08:44:44 swa
-bumped version
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-Revision 1.55 2002/05/04 00:41:56 hal9
--Remove TOC/first page kludge in favor of proper handling via dsl file.
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-Revision 1.53 2002/05/03 01:34:52 hal9
-Fix section numbering for new sections (due to TOC kludge).
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-Revision 1.52 2002/04/29 03:08:43 hal9
--Added new Q/A on new actions file set up (pointer to u-m)
--Fixed a few broken links and converted old actions as a result of
- recent changes.
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-bookmarks cleaned, changed structure of user manual, screen and programlisting cleanups, and numerous other changes that I forgot
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-Revision 1.50 2002/04/26 05:25:23 hal9
-Mass commit to catch a few scattered fixes.
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-Revision 1.47 2002/04/10 04:05:32 hal9
-More on BML, etc.
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-Revision 1.45 2002/04/08 22:59:26 hal9
-Version update. Spell chkconfig correctly :)
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-Revision 1.44 2002/04/07 21:24:29 hal9
-Touch up on name change.
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-Revision 1.43 2002/04/04 21:59:53 hal9
-Added NT/W2K service/icon situation.
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-Revision 1.42 2002/04/04 18:46:47 swa
-consistent look. reuse of copyright, history et. al.
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-Revision 1.41 2002/04/04 06:48:37 hal9
-Structural changes to allow for conditional inclusion/exclusion of content
-based on entity toggles, e.g. 'entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE"'. And
-definition of internal entities, e.g. 'entity p-version "2.9.13"' that will
-eventually be set by Makefile.
-More boilerplate text for use across multiple docs.
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-Revision 1.40 2002/04/03 04:22:03 hal9
-Fixed several typos.
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-Revision 1.39 2002/04/03 03:53:03 hal9
-Revert some changes, and then make some news, to layout, and appearance.
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-Revision 1.38 2002/04/02 03:49:10 hal9
-Major changes to doc structure and layout. Sections are not automatically
-numbered now. TOC is on page by itself.
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-Revision 1.37 2002/04/01 16:24:07 hal9
--Rework of supported Q/A.
--Set up entities to include boilerplate text.
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-Revision 1.36 2002/03/31 23:18:47 hal9
-More on dealing with BLOCKED.
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-Revision 1.35 2002/03/30 04:14:19 hal9
-Fix privoxy.org/config links.
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-Revision 1.34 2002/03/29 04:35:56 hal9
-Touch ups.
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-Revision 1.33 2002/03/29 01:31:48 hal9
-Several new Q/A's and other touch ups.
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-Revision 1.32 2002/03/27 00:57:03 hal9
-Touch ups for name change.
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-Revision 1.31 2002/03/26 22:29:55 swa
-we have a new homepage!
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-Revision 1.30 2002/03/25 16:39:22 hal9
-A few new sections. Made all links relative to user-manual.
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-Revision 1.29 2002/03/25 05:23:57 hal9
-Moved section, and touch ups.
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-Revision 1.28 2002/03/25 04:27:33 hal9
-New section related to name change.
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-Revision 1.25 2002/03/24 16:08:08 swa
-we are too lazy to make a block-built
-privoxy logo. hence removed the option.
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-Revision 1.24 2002/03/24 15:46:20 swa
-name change related issue.
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-Revision 1.23 2002/03/24 12:33:01 swa
-more additions.
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-Revision 1.22 2002/03/24 11:51:00 swa
-name change. changed filenames.
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-Revision 1.21 2002/03/24 11:01:06 swa
-name change
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-Revision 1.20 2002/03/23 15:13:11 swa
-renamed every reference to the old name with foobar.
-fixed "application foobar application" tag, fixed
-"the foobar" with "foobar". left junkbustser in cvs
-comments and remarks to history untouched.
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-Revision 1.19 2002/03/21 17:01:54 hal9
-Some touch ups.
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-Revision 1.18 2002/03/18 16:40:31 hal9
-More additions.
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-Revision 1.17 2002/03/18 03:53:53 hal9
-Some new additions.
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-Revision 1.16 2002/03/17 21:32:56 hal9
-A few more additions.
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-Revision 1.15 2002/03/17 07:25:59 hal9
-Correcting some of my typos, and some additions.
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-Revision 1.14 2002/03/17 02:39:13 hal9
-A little more added ...
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-Revision 1.13 2002/03/17 00:22:20 hal9
-Adding new stuff, and trying to incorporate stuff from old faq.
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-Revision 1.12 2002/03/11 20:13:21 swa
-typo
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-Revision 1.11 2002/03/11 18:42:27 swa
-new section
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-Revision 1.10 2002/03/11 13:13:27 swa
-correct feedback channels
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-Revision 1.9 2002/03/10 23:34:04 swa
-more info on not hiding ip address
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-Revision 1.8 2002/03/09 15:55:48 swa
-added default config section
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-Revision 1.7 2002/03/07 18:16:55 swa
-looks better
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-Revision 1.6 2002/03/07 13:16:31 oes
-Committing changes by Stefan
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-Revision 1.5 2002/03/02 15:50:04 swa
-2.9.11 version. more input for docs.
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-Revision 1.4 2002/02/24 14:34:24 jongfoster
-Formatting changes. Now changing the doctype to DocBook XML 4.1
-will work - no other changes are needed.
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-Revision 1.3 2001/09/23 10:13:48 swa
-upload process established. run make webserver and
-the documentation is moved to the webserver. documents
-are now linked correctly.
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-Revision 1.2 2001/09/13 15:20:17 swa
-merged standards into developer manual
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-Revision 1.1 2001/09/12 15:36:41 swa
-source files for junkbuster documentation
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-Revision 1.3 2001/09/10 17:43:59 swa
-first proposal of a structure.
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-Revision 1.2 2001/06/13 14:28:31 swa
-docs should have an author.
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-Revision 1.1 2001/06/13 14:20:37 swa
-first import of project's documentation for the webserver.
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