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35 >Privoxy 3.0.9 User Manual</A
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47 >Privoxy Developers</A
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65 >Privoxy User Manual</I
66 > gives users information on how to
67 install, configure and use <A
68 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
74 > Privoxy is a non-caching
76 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
80 with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy,
81 modifying web page data, managing HTTP
83 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
87 controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
88 Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be
89 customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
90 both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
92 > Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).</P
94 > You can find the latest version of the <I
96 >Privoxy User Manual</I
98 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
100 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
106 contact the developers.
118 >Table of Contents</B
122 HREF="introduction.html"
129 HREF="introduction.html#FEATURES"
136 HREF="installation.html"
143 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES"
150 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
151 >Red Hat and Fedora RPMs</A
155 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
156 >Debian and Ubuntu</A
160 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
165 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
170 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
175 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
180 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
185 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-TBZ"
190 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATTION-GENTOO"
197 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE"
198 >Building from Source</A
202 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED"
203 >Keeping your Installation Up-to-Date</A
210 >What's New in this Release</A
216 HREF="whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE"
217 >Note to Upgraders</A
223 HREF="quickstart.html"
224 >Quickstart to Using Privoxy</A
230 HREF="quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING"
231 >Quickstart to Ad Blocking</A
244 HREF="startup.html#START-REDHAT"
245 >Red Hat and Fedora</A
249 HREF="startup.html#START-DEBIAN"
254 HREF="startup.html#START-WINDOWS"
259 HREF="startup.html#START-UNICES"
260 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
264 HREF="startup.html#START-OS2"
269 HREF="startup.html#START-MACOSX"
274 HREF="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS"
279 HREF="startup.html#START-GENTOO"
284 HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
285 >Command Line Options</A
291 HREF="configuration.html"
292 >Privoxy Configuration</A
298 HREF="configuration.html#AEN814"
299 >Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
303 HREF="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW"
304 >Configuration Files Overview</A
311 >The Main Configuration File</A
317 HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
318 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
324 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
329 HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
334 HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
339 HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
346 HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
347 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
353 HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
358 HREF="config.html#TEMPLDIR"
363 HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
368 HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
373 HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
378 HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
383 HREF="config.html#JARFILE"
388 HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
395 HREF="config.html#DEBUGGING"
402 HREF="config.html#DEBUG"
407 HREF="config.html#SINGLE-THREADED"
412 HREF="config.html#HOSTNAME"
419 HREF="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL"
420 >Access Control and Security</A
426 HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
431 HREF="config.html#TOGGLE"
436 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
437 >enable-remote-toggle</A
441 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
442 >enable-remote-http-toggle</A
446 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
447 >enable-edit-actions</A
451 HREF="config.html#ENFORCE-BLOCKS"
456 HREF="config.html#ACLS"
457 >ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
461 HREF="config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT"
468 HREF="config.html#FORWARDING"
475 HREF="config.html#FORWARD"
480 HREF="config.html#SOCKS"
481 >forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5</A
485 HREF="config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
486 >Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
490 HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
491 >forwarded-connect-retries</A
495 HREF="config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS"
496 >accept-intercepted-requests</A
500 HREF="config.html#ALLOW-CGI-REQUEST-CRUNCHING"
501 >allow-cgi-request-crunching</A
505 HREF="config.html#SPLIT-LARGE-FORMS"
506 >split-large-forms</A
512 HREF="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
513 >Windows GUI Options</A
519 HREF="actions-file.html"
526 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2298"
527 >Finding the Right Mix</A
531 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2305"
536 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY"
537 >How Actions are Applied to Requests</A
541 HREF="actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS"
548 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2396"
549 >The Domain Pattern</A
553 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2472"
558 HREF="actions-file.html#TAG-PATTERN"
565 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS"
572 HREF="actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER"
577 HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
582 HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-FILTER"
583 >client-header-filter</A
587 HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-TAGGER"
588 >client-header-tagger</A
592 HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
593 >content-type-overwrite</A
597 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
598 >crunch-client-header</A
602 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
603 >crunch-if-none-match</A
607 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES"
608 >crunch-incoming-cookies</A
612 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
613 >crunch-server-header</A
617 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES"
618 >crunch-outgoing-cookies</A
622 HREF="actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS"
627 HREF="actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION"
628 >downgrade-http-version</A
632 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
637 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
642 HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
647 HREF="actions-file.html#FORWARD-OVERRIDE"
652 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
653 >handle-as-empty-document</A
657 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
662 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
663 >hide-accept-language</A
667 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
668 >hide-content-disposition</A
672 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
673 >hide-if-modified-since</A
677 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FORWARDED-FOR-HEADERS"
678 >hide-forwarded-for-headers</A
682 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER"
687 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
692 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT"
697 HREF="actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT"
702 HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
703 >prevent-compression</A
707 HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
708 >overwrite-last-modified</A
712 HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
717 HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-FILTER"
718 >server-header-filter</A
722 HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-TAGGER"
723 >server-header-tagger</A
727 HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
728 >session-cookies-only</A
732 HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
733 >set-image-blocker</A
737 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4095"
744 HREF="actions-file.html#ALIASES"
749 HREF="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES"
750 >Actions Files Tutorial</A
756 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4158"
761 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4292"
770 HREF="filter-file.html"
777 HREF="filter-file.html#AEN4447"
778 >Filter File Tutorial</A
782 HREF="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS"
783 >The Pre-defined Filters</A
789 HREF="templates.html"
790 >Privoxy's Template Files</A
795 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
802 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
807 HREF="contact.html#REPORTING"
808 >Reporting Problems</A
814 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
815 >Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</A
819 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
826 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
827 >Request New Features</A
831 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
838 HREF="copyright.html"
839 >Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
845 HREF="copyright.html#AEN4921"
850 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
855 HREF="copyright.html#AUTHORS"
874 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
875 >Regular Expressions</A
879 HREF="appendix.html#AEN5178"
880 >Privoxy's Internal Pages</A
886 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
893 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
898 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
899 >Troubleshooting: Anatomy of an Action</A
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932 HREF="introduction.html"