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