>3.5. Where can I get updated Actions Files?</A
></H3
><P
-> Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of
- <TT
+> Based on your feedback and the continuing development, updates of
+ <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>default.action</TT
> will be
- made available from time to time on the <A
+ made available from time to time on the <A
HREF="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118"
TARGET="_top"
>files section</A
HREF="http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ijbswa-announce/"
TARGET="_top"
>subscribe
- to our announce mailing list</A
+ to our announce mailing list</A
>, ijbswa-announce@lists.sourceforge.net.
</P
></DIV
TARGET="_top"
>web-based actions file editor</A
>.
- Note that the custom actions editor must be explicitly enabled in
+ Note that the custom actions editor must be explicitly enabled in
the main config file (see <A
HREF="../user-manual/config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
TARGET="_top"
method that browsers can use to store data between pages, or between browser
sessions. Sometimes there is a good reason for this, and the user's life is a
bit easier as a result. But there is a long history of some websites taking
- advantage of this layer of trust, and using the data they glean from you and
+ advantage of this layer of trust, and using the data they glean from you and
your browsing habits for their own purposes, and maybe to your potential
detriment. Such sites are using you and storing their data on your system.
That is why the privacy conscious watch from whom those cookies come, and why
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN1397"
+NAME="AEN1402"
>7.1. License</A
></H2
><P
><H2
CLASS="SECT2"
><A
-NAME="AEN1413"
+NAME="AEN1418"
>7.2. History</A
></H2
><P
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy's</SPAN
> configuration can be done
- with a <A
+ with a <A
HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser"
TARGET="_top"
>Web browser</A
Privoxy work?</A
></H3
><P
-> A <A
+> A <A
HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
TARGET="_top"
>web proxy</A
>
- is a service, based on a software such as
- <SPAN
+ is a service, based on a software such as <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
->, that clients (i.e. browsers) can use
- instead of connecting directly to web servers on the Internet. The
- clients then ask the proxy to fetch the objects they need (web pages,
- images, movies etc) on their behalf, and when the proxy has done so, it
- hands the results back to the client. It is a <SPAN
+>, that clients
+ (i.e. browsers) can use instead of connecting to web servers directly.
+ The clients then ask the proxy to request objects (web pages, images, movies etc)
+ on their behalf and to forward the data to the clients.
+ It is a <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"go-between"</SPAN
->. See
- the <A
+>. For details, see
+ <A
HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
TARGET="_top"
->Wikipedia proxy
- definition</A
-> for more.
+>Wikipedia's proxy definition</A
+>.
</P
><P
> There are many reasons to use web proxies, such as security (firewalling),
> <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> is a proxy that is primarily focused on privacy
- protection, ad and junk elimination and freeing the user from restrictions placed on his
- activities. Sitting between your browser(s) and the Internet,
+> is a proxy that is primarily focused on
+ privacy enhancement, ad and junk elimination and freeing the user from
+ restrictions placed on his activities. Sitting between your browser(s) and the Internet,
it is in a perfect position to filter outbound personal information that your
browser is leaking, as well as inbound junk. It uses a variety of techniques to do
this, all of which are under your complete control via the various configuration
<SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Junkbuster</SPAN
-> left off. All the old features remain.
+> left off.
The new <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
><BR></P
><P
CLASS="PUBDATE"
->$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.40 2008/02/22 05:54:27 markm68k Exp $<BR></P
+>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.42 2008/06/07 13:11:15 fabiankeil Exp $<BR></P
><DIV
><DIV
CLASS="ABSTRACT"
NAME="AEN9"
></A
><P
-> This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
+> This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
<A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
TARGET="_top"
>5.8. <A
HREF="trouble.html#MACOSXUNINSTALL"
>In Mac OS X, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
- uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
+ uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
empty the trash.</A
></DT
><DT
><DL
><DT
>7.1. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN1397"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1402"
>License</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN1413"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1418"
>History</A
></DT
></DL
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
>you</I
></SPAN
-> more freedom to decide which sites
+> more freedom to decide which sites
you can trust, and what details you want to reveal. But it neither
hides your IP address, nor can it guarantee that the rest of the system
behaves correctly. There are several possibilities how a web sites can find
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> does not do FTP at all, only HTTP
- and HTTPS (SSL) protocols, so please don't try.</P
+ and HTTPS (SSL) protocols.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
>"Text replacements for subversive browsing
fun!"</SPAN
> or you are using an older Privoxy version and have implicitly
- activated it by choosing the <SPAN
+ activated it by choosing the <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
->"Adventuresome"</SPAN
+>"Advanced"</SPAN
> profile in the
web-based editor. Please upgrade.</P
></DIV
><A
NAME="MACOSXUNINSTALL"
>5.8. In Mac OS X, I dragged the Privoxy folder to the trash in order to
- uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
+ uninstall it. Now the finder tells me I don't have sufficient privileges to
empty the trash.</A
></H3
><P
> Note: This ONLY applies to privoxy 3.0.6 and earlier.
</P
><P
-> Just dragging the <SPAN
+> Just dragging the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> folder to the trash is
- not enough to delete it. <SPAN
+ not enough to delete it. <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> supplies an
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>uninstall.command</SPAN
> file that takes care of
- these details. Open the trash, drag the <SPAN
+ these details. Open the trash, drag the <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>uninstall.command</SPAN
>
- file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
+ file out of the trash and double-click on it. You will be prompted for
confirmation and the administration password.
</P
><P
file. If this file has been changed from the original, try reverting it to
see if that helps. Make sure whatever name(s) are used for the local system,
that they resolve both ways.</P
+><P
+> You should also be able to work around the problem with the
+ <A
+HREF="../user-manual/config.html#HOSTNAME"
+TARGET="_top"
+>hostname option</A
+>.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
>Privoxy</SPAN
>
merely initiates the process and hands it off, and then later reports
- whatever the outcome was. And tries to give a coherent message if there seems
+ whatever the outcome was and tries to give a coherent message if there seems
to be a problem. In some cases, this might otherwise be mitigated by the
browser itself which might try some work-arounds and alternate approaches (e.g
adding <SPAN
>Privoxy's</SPAN
> page filtering
mechanism is trying to match against absurdly long strings and this becomes
- very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete. Until a better
- solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages, particularly the
- <TT
+ very CPU-intensive, taking a long, long time to complete.</P
+><P
+> Until a better solution comes along, disable filtering on these pages,
+ particularly the <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>js-annoyances</TT
-> and <TT
+> and
+ <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>unsolicited-popups</TT
->
- filters.</P
+> filters. If you run into this problem
+ with a recent <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> version, please send a problem report.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
it does not happen. I would suspect some inadvertent interaction of software
components such as anti-virus software, spyware protectors, personal
firewalls or similar components. Try disabling (or uninstalling) these one
- at a time and see if that helps.</P
+ at a time and see if that helps. Either way, if you are using a
+ recent <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> version, please report the problem.</P
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"