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33 >Privoxy 3.0.5 User Manual</H1
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44 >Privoxy Developers</A
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62 >Privoxy User Manual</I
63 > gives users information on how to
64 install, configure and use <A
65 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
73 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
77 with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting
78 privacy, modifying web page data, managing
80 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
84 controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
85 Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be
86 customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
87 both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
89 > Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).</P
91 > You can find the latest version of the <I
93 >Privoxy User Manual</I
95 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
97 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
103 contact the developers.
115 >Table of Contents</B
119 HREF="introduction.html"
126 HREF="introduction.html#FEATURES"
133 HREF="installation.html"
140 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES"
147 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
148 >Red Hat, SuSE and Conectiva RPMs</A
152 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
157 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
162 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
163 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX</A
167 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
172 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
177 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
182 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATTION-GENTOO"
189 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE"
190 >Building from Source</A
194 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED"
195 >Keeping your Installation Up-to-Date</A
202 >What's New in this Release</A
208 HREF="whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE"
209 >Note to Upgraders</A
215 HREF="quickstart.html"
216 >Quickstart to Using Privoxy</A
222 HREF="quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING"
223 >Quickstart to Ad Blocking</A
236 HREF="startup.html#START-REDHAT"
237 >Red Hat, Fedora and Conectiva</A
241 HREF="startup.html#START-DEBIAN"
246 HREF="startup.html#START-SUSE"
251 HREF="startup.html#START-WINDOWS"
256 HREF="startup.html#START-UNICES"
257 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
261 HREF="startup.html#START-OS2"
266 HREF="startup.html#START-MACOSX"
271 HREF="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS"
276 HREF="startup.html#START-GENTOO"
281 HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
282 >Command Line Options</A
288 HREF="configuration.html"
289 >Privoxy Configuration</A
295 HREF="configuration.html#AEN803"
296 >Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
300 HREF="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW"
301 >Configuration Files Overview</A
308 >The Main Configuration File</A
314 HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
315 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
321 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
326 HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
331 HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
336 HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
343 HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
344 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
350 HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
355 HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
360 HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
365 HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
370 HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
375 HREF="config.html#JARFILE"
380 HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
387 HREF="config.html#DEBUGGING"
394 HREF="config.html#DEBUG"
399 HREF="config.html#SINGLE-THREADED"
406 HREF="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL"
407 >Access Control and Security</A
413 HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
418 HREF="config.html#TOGGLE"
423 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
424 >enable-remote-toggle</A
428 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
429 >enable-remote-http-toggle</A
433 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
434 >enable-edit-actions</A
438 HREF="config.html#ACLS"
439 >ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
443 HREF="config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT"
450 HREF="config.html#FORWARDING"
457 HREF="config.html#FORWARD"
462 HREF="config.html#SOCKS"
463 >forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a</A
467 HREF="config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
468 >Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
472 HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
473 >forwarded-connect-retries</A
479 HREF="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
480 >Windows GUI Options</A
486 HREF="actions-file.html"
493 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2066"
494 >Finding the Right Mix</A
498 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2073"
503 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY"
504 >How Actions are Applied to URLs</A
508 HREF="actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS"
515 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2156"
516 >The Domain Pattern</A
520 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2227"
527 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS"
534 HREF="actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER"
539 HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
544 HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
545 >content-type-overwrite</A
549 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
550 >crunch-client-header</A
554 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
555 >crunch-if-none-match</A
559 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES"
560 >crunch-incoming-cookies</A
564 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
565 >crunch-server-header</A
569 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES"
570 >crunch-outgoing-cookies</A
574 HREF="actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS"
579 HREF="actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION"
580 >downgrade-http-version</A
584 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
589 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
594 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-CLIENT-HEADERS"
595 >filter-client-headers</A
599 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-SERVER-HEADERS"
600 >filter-server-headers</A
604 HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
609 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
610 >handle-as-empty-document</A
614 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
619 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
620 >hide-accept-language</A
624 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
625 >hide-content-disposition</A
629 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
630 >hide-if-modified-since</A
634 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FORWARDED-FOR-HEADERS"
635 >hide-forwarded-for-headers</A
639 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER"
644 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
649 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT"
654 HREF="actions-file.html#INSPECT-JPEGS"
659 HREF="actions-file.html#KILL-POPUPS"
667 HREF="actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT"
672 HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
673 >prevent-compression</A
677 HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
678 >overwrite-last-modified</A
682 HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
687 HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-VANILLA-WAFER"
688 >send-vanilla-wafer</A
692 HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-WAFER"
697 HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
698 >session-cookies-only</A
702 HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
703 >set-image-blocker</A
707 HREF="actions-file.html#TREAT-FORBIDDEN-CONNECTS-LIKE-BLOCKS"
708 >treat-forbidden-connects-like-blocks</A
712 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN3885"
719 HREF="actions-file.html#ALIASES"
724 HREF="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES"
725 >Actions Files Tutorial</A
731 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN3950"
736 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4131"
745 HREF="filter-file.html"
752 HREF="filter-file.html#AEN4271"
753 >Filter File Tutorial</A
757 HREF="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS"
758 >The Pre-defined Filters</A
764 HREF="templates.html"
765 >Privoxy's Template Files</A
770 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
777 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
782 HREF="contact.html#REPORTING"
783 >Reporting Problems</A
789 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
790 >Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</A
794 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
801 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
802 >Request New Features</A
806 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
813 HREF="copyright.html"
814 >Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
820 HREF="copyright.html#AEN4670"
825 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
830 HREF="copyright.html#AUTHORS"
849 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
850 >Regular Expressions</A
854 HREF="appendix.html#AEN4920"
855 >Privoxy's Internal Pages</A
861 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
868 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
873 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
874 >Troubleshooting: Anatomy of an Action</A
886 SUMMARY="Footer navigation table"
907 HREF="introduction.html"