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40 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INTRODUCTION" id="INTRODUCTION">1.
43 <p>This documentation is included with the current stable version of
44 <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, v.3.0.19.</p>
47 <h2 class="SECT2"><a name="FEATURES" id="FEATURES">1.1.
50 <p>In addition to the core features of ad blocking and <a href=
51 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target="_top">cookie</a>
52 management, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> provides many
53 supplemental features, that give the end-user more control, more
54 privacy and more freedom:</p>
58 <p>Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be
59 kept alive independently from the client.</p>
63 <p>Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and
64 the configure script detects it.</p>
68 <p>Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on
69 client and server headers.</p>
73 <p>Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need
74 to configure browsers individually.</p>
78 <p>Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server
79 and client headers.</p>
83 <p>Can be chained with other proxies.</p>
87 <p>Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at
88 <a href="http://config.privoxy.org/" target=
89 "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/</a> (shortcut: <a href=
90 "http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>). Browser-based tracing
91 of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.</p>
95 <p>Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on
96 size, invisible <span class="QUOTE">"web-bugs"</span> and HTML
101 <p>Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
102 user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing
103 updated actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.</p>
107 <p>Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
108 configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible
109 configuration syntax.</p>
113 <p>GIF de-animation.</p>
117 <p>Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script
122 <p>User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages
123 (e.g. "blocked" page).</p>
127 <p>Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.</p>
131 <p>Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location
136 <p>Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs
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