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<para>
<command>Privoxy</command> can be configured with the various configuration
files. The default configuration files are: <filename>config</filename>,
- <filename>default.action</filename>, and
- <filename>default.filter</filename>. These are well commented. On Unix and
- Unix-like systems, these are located in <filename>/etc/privoxy/</filename> by
- default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS, these files are in the same directory
- as the <command>Privoxy</command> executable.
+ <filename>default.filter</filename>, and
+ <filename>default.action</filename>. <filename>user.action</filename> should
+ be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules of
+ <filename>default.action</filename> These are all well commented. On Unix
+ and Unix-like systems, these are located in
+ <filename>/etc/privoxy/</filename> by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
+ these files are in the same directory as the <command>Privoxy</command>
+ executable.
</para>
<para>
The name and number of configuration files has changed from previous
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<refsect1><title>Sample Configuration</title>
<para>
- A brief example of what a <filename>default.action</filename> configuration
- might look like:
+ A brief example of what a simple <filename>default.action</filename>
+ configuration might look like:
</para>
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-
# Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
{{alias}}
- # Don't accept cookies
- +no-cookies = +no-cookies-set +no-cookies-read
-
- # Do accept cookies
- -no-cookies = -no-cookies-set -no-cookies-read
+ # Useful aliases
+ +prevent-cookies = +prevent-setting-cookies +prevent-reading-cookies
+ -prevent-cookies = -prevent-setting-cookies -prevent-reading-cookies
+ +imageblock = +block +handle-as-image
- # Treat these blocked URLs as images.
- +imageblock = +block +image
+ # Fragile sites should have the minimum changes
+ fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \
+ -hide-referer -prevent-cookies -kill-popups
- # Define page filters we want to use.
- myfilters = +filter{html-annoyances} +filter{js-annoyances}\
- +filter{no-popups} +filter{webbugs}
-
- ## Default Policies (actions) ############################
+ ## Turn some actions on ################################
{ \
- -block \
- -downgrade \
- +fast-redirects \
- myfilters \
- +no-compression \
- +hide-forwarded \
- +hide-from{block} \
- +hide-referer{forge} \
- -hide-user-agent \
- -image \
- +image-blocker{blank} \
- +no-cookies-keep \
- -no-cookies-read \
- -no-cookies-set \
- +no-popups \
- -vanilla-wafer \
- -wafer \
+ -add-header \
+ -block \
+ +deanimate-gifs{last} \
+ -downgrade-http-version \
+ -fast-redirects \
+ +filter{html-annoyances} \
+ +filter{js-annoyances} \
+ +filter{content-cookies} \
+ +filter{webbugs} \
+ +filter{banners-by-size} \
+ +hide-forwarded-for-headers \
+ +hide-from-header{block} \
+ +hide-referrer{forge} \
+ -hide-user-agent \
+ -handle-as-image \
+ +set-image-blocker{pattern} \
+ -limit-connect \
+ +prevent-compression \
+ +session-cookies-only \
+ +prevent-reading-cookies \
+ +prevent-setting-cookies \
+ -kill-popups \
}
- /
+ / # Match all URLs
+
+ # Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
+ {+imageblock}
+ .ad.doubleclick.net
+ .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
+ ad.*.doubleclick.net
- # Now set exceptions to the above defined policies #######
+ # Block any URLs that match these patterns
+ {+block}
+ ad*.
+ .*ads.
+ banner?.
+ /.*count(er)?\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
+ /(?:.*/)?(publicite|werbung|rekla(ma|me|am)|maino(kset|nta|s)?)/
+ .hitbox.com
+
+ # Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
+ # caught by +block above.
+ {-block}
+ adsl.
+ advice.
+ .*downloads.
+
+</literallayout>
+
+<para>
+ Then for a <filename>user.action</filename>, we would put local,
+ narrowly defined exceptions:
+</para>
+
+<literallayout>
+ # Set personal exceptions to the policies in default.action #######
# Sites where we want persistant cookies
- {-no-cookies -no-cookies-keep}
+ {-prevent-reading-cookies -prevent-setting-cookies -session-cookies-only}
.redhat.com
.sun.com
- .yahoo.com
.msdn.microsoft.com
-
- # This site requires cookies AND 'fast-redirects' on
- {-no-cookies -no-cookies-keep -fast-redirects}
- .nytimes.com
-
- # Add custom headers, and turn off filtering of page source
- {+add-header{X-Privacy: Yes please} #-add-header{*} \
- +add-header{X-User-Tracking: No thanks!} -filter}
- privacy.net
-
- # Block, and treat these URLs as 'images'.
- {+imageblock}
- .ad.preferences.com/image.*
- .ads.web.aol.com
- .ad-adex3.flycast.com
- .ad.doubleclick.net
- .ln.doubleclick.net
- .ad.de.doubleclick.net
- /.*/count\.cgi\?.*df=
- 194.221.183.22[1-7]
- a196.g.akamai.net/7/196/2670/000[12]/images.gmx.net/i4/images/.*/
-
- # Block any URLs that match these patterns
- {+block}
- /.*/(.*[-_.])?ads?[0-9]?(/|[-_.].*|\.(gif|jpe?g))
- /.*/(plain|live|rotate)[-_.]?ads?/
- /.*/(sponsor)s?[0-9]?/
- /.*/ad(server|stream|juggler)\.(cgi|pl|dll|exe)
- /.*/adbanners/
- /.*/adv((er)?ts?|ertis(ing|ements?))?/
- /.*/banners?/
- /.*/popupads/
- /.*/advert[0-9]+\.jpg
- /ad_images/
- /.*/ads/
- /images/.*/.*_anim\.gif
- /rotations/
- /.*(ms)?backoff(ice)?.*\.(gif|jpe?g)
- 195.63.104.*/(inbox|log|meld|folderlu|folderru|log(in|out)[lmr]u|)
- .images.nytimes.com
- .images.yahoo.com/adv/
- /.*cnnstore\.gif
+
+ {-block -fast-redirects}
+ .forbes.com
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<refsect1><title>Copyright and License</title>
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©right;
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