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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="INTRODUCTION" id="INTRODUCTION">1.
Introduction</a></h1>
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<p>This documentation is included with the current UNRELEASED version of
- <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, 3.0.22, and is mostly complete
+ <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, 3.0.27, and is mostly complete
at this point. The most up to date reference for the time being is still
the comments in the source files and in the individual configuration
files. Development of a new version is currently nearing completion, and
includes significant changes and enhancements over earlier versions.</p>
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<h2 class="SECT2"><a name="FEATURES" id="FEATURES">1.1.
Features</a></h2>
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<p>In addition to the core features of ad blocking and <a href=
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target="_top">cookie</a>
management, <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> provides many
supplemental features, some of them currently under development, that
give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom:</p>
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<p>Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be
kept alive independently from the client.</p>
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<p>Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and
the configure script detects it.</p>
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<p>Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on
client and server headers.</p>
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<p>Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need
to configure browsers individually.</p>
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<p>Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server
and client headers.</p>
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<p>Can be chained with other proxies.</p>
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<p>Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at
<a href="http://config.privoxy.org/" target=
"http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>). Browser-based tracing
of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.</p>
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<p>Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on
size, invisible <span class="QUOTE">"web-bugs"</span> and HTML
annoyances, etc.)</p>
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<p>Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing
updated actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.</p>
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<p>Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible
configuration syntax.</p>
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<p>GIF de-animation.</p>
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<p>Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script
redirection).</p>
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<p>User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages
(e.g. "blocked" page).</p>
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<p>Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.</p>
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<p>Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location
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