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5 Section: (1)<BR>Updated: 08 April 2002<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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11 privoxy - Privacy Enhancing Proxy
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16 <B>privoxy</B> [<B>--help</B>] [<B>--version</B>] [<B>--no-daemon</B>] [<B>--pidfile </B><I>pidfile</I><B></B>] [<B>--user </B><I>user[.group]</I><B></B>] [<B></B><I>configfile</I><B></B>] <B>(UNIX)</B>
19 <B>privoxy.exe</B> [<B></B><I>configfile</I><B></B>] <B>(Windows)</B>
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26 <B>Privoxy</B> may be invoked with the following command line
30 Print brief usage info and exit.
31 <DT><B>--version</B><DD>
32 Print version info and exit.
33 <DT><B>--no-daemon</B><DD>
34 Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
35 leader, don't detach from controlling tty, and do all logging there.
36 <DT><B>--pidfile </B><I>pidfile</I><B></B><DD>
37 After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of user
38 and the GID of group, or, if the optional group was not given, the
39 default group of user. Exit if the privileges are not sufficient to
41 <DT><B>--user </B><I>user[.group]</I><B></B><DD>
42 After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
43 <I>user</I> and the GID of
44 <I>group</I>, or, if the optional
45 <I>group</I> was not given, the default group of
46 <I>user</I>. Exit if the privileges are not
51 If the <I>configfile</I> is not specified on the command line,
52 <B>Privoxy</B> will look for a file named
53 <I>config</I> in the current directory (except on Win32 where
54 it will try <I>config.txt</I>). If no
55 <I>configfile</I> is found, <B>Privoxy</B> will
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62 <B>Privoxy</B> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
63 capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
64 cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
65 obnoxious Internet junk. <B>Privoxy</B> has a very
66 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
67 tastes. <B>Privoxy</B> has application for both
68 stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
71 <B>Privoxy</B> is based on the code of the
72 <B>Internet Junkbuster</B> (tm).
73 <B>Junkbuster</B> was originally written by JunkBusters
74 Corporation, and was released as free open-source software under the GNU GPL.
75 Stefan Waldherr made many improvements, and started the SourceForge project
76 to continue development.
79 <B>Privoxy</B> continues the
80 <B>Junkbuster</B> tradition, but adds many
81 refinements, enhancements and new features.
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83 <H2>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</H2>
87 Browsers must be individually configured to use <B>Privoxy</B> as
88 a HTTP proxy. The default setting is for localhost, on port 8118
89 (configurable in the main config file). To set the HTTP proxy in Netscape
90 and Mozilla, go through: <B>Edit</B>;
91 <B>Preferences</B>; <B>Advanced</B>;
92 <B>Proxies</B>; <B>Manual Proxy Configuration</B>;
96 For Internet Explorer, go through: <B>Tools</B>;
97 <B>Internet Properties</B>; <B>Connections</B>;
101 The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
102 https: URLs will not be proxied.
105 For other browsers, check the documentation.
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107 <H2>CONFIGURATION</H2>
111 <B>Privoxy</B> can be configured with the various configuration
112 files. The default configuration files are: <I>config</I>,
113 <I>default.action</I>, and
114 <I>default.filter</I>. These are well commented. On Unix and
115 Unix-like systems, these are located in <I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by
116 default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS, these files are in the same directory
117 as the <B>Privoxy</B> executable.
120 The name and number of configuration files has changed from previous
121 versions, and is subject to change as development progresses. In fact, the
122 configuration itself is changed and much more sophisticated. See the
124 brief explanation of all configuration options.
127 The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your
128 web browser at <A HREF="http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config.">http://ijbswa.sourceforge.net/config.</A>
129 <B>Privoxy's</B> configuration parameters can also be viewed at
130 the same page. In addition, <B>Privoxy</B> can be toggled on/off.
131 This is an internal page.
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133 <H2>SAMPLE CONFIGURATION</H2>
137 A brief example of what a <I>default.action</I> configuration
142 # Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
145 # Don't accept cookies
146 +no-cookies = +no-cookies-set +no-cookies-read
149 -no-cookies = -no-cookies-set -no-cookies-read
151 # Treat these blocked URLs as images.
152 +imageblock = +block +image
154 # Define page filters we want to use.
155 myfilters = +filter{html-annoyances} +filter{js-annoyances}\
156 +filter{no-popups} +filter{webbugs}
158 ## Default Policies (actions) ############################
167 +hide-referer{forge} \
170 +image-blocker{blank} \
180 # Now set exceptions to the above defined policies #######
182 # Sites where we want persistant cookies
183 {-no-cookies -no-cookies-keep}
189 # This site requires cookies AND 'fast-redirects' on
190 {-no-cookies -no-cookies-keep -fast-redirects}
193 # Add custom headers, and turn off filtering of page source
194 {+add-header{X-Privacy: Yes please} #-add-header{*} \
195 +add-header{X-User-Tracking: No thanks!} -filter}
198 # Block, and treat these URLs as 'images'.
201 .ad.preferences.com/image.*
203 .ad-adex3.flycast.com
206 .ad.de.doubleclick.net
207 /.*/count\.cgi\?.*df=
209 a196.g.akamai.net/7/196/2670/000[12]/images.gmx.net/i4/images/.*/
211 # Block any URLs that match these patterns
213 /.*/(.*[-_.])?ads?[0-9]?(/|[-_.].*|\.(gif|jpe?g))
214 /.*/(plain|live|rotate)[-_.]?ads?/
215 /.*/(sponsor)s?[0-9]?/
216 /.*/ad(server|stream|juggler)\.(cgi|pl|dll|exe)
218 /.*/adv((er)?ts?|ertis(ing|ements?))?/
221 /.*/advert[0-9]+\.jpg
224 /images/.*/.*_anim\.gif
226 /.*(ms)?backoff(ice)?.*\.(gif|jpe?g)
227 195.63.104.*/(inbox|log|meld|folderlu|folderru|log(in|out)[lmr]u|)
229 .images.yahoo.com/adv/
235 See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
237 for explanations of the above syntax, and other <B>Privoxy</B>
238 configuration options.
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245 <I>/usr/sbin/privoxy</I>
246 <I>/etc/privoxy/config</I>
247 <I>/etc/privoxy/default.action</I>
248 <I>/etc/privoxy/advanced.action</I>
249 <I>/etc/privoxy/basic.action</I>
250 <I>/etc/privoxy/intermediate.action</I>
251 <I>/etc/privoxy/default.filter</I>
252 <I>/etc/privoxy/trust</I>
253 <I>/etc/privoxy/templates/*</I>
254 <I>/var/log/privoxy/logfile</I>
259 Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on platform
260 and build configuration. More documentation should be included in the local
261 documentation directory, though is not complete at this time.
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267 <B>Privoxy</B> terminates on the <B>SIGINT</B>,
268 <B>SIGTERM</B> and <B>SIGABRT</B> signals. Log
269 rotation scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a
270 <B>SIGHUP</B> to <B>Privoxy</B>. Note that unlike
271 other daemons, <B>Privoxy</B> does not need to be made aware of
272 config file changes by <B>SIGHUP</B> -- it will detect them
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279 This is a beta version of <B>Privoxy</B>. Not
280 all features are well tested.
283 Please see the <I>user-manual</I> on how to contact the
284 developers for feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
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290 Other references and sites of interest to <B>Privoxy</B>
295 <A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/,">http://www.privoxy.org/,</A>
296 The <B>Privoxy</B> Home page.
298 <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa,">http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa,</A>
299 the Project Page for <B>Privoxy</B> on
302 <A HREF="http://p.p/,">http://p.p/,</A> access
303 <B>Privoxy</B> from your browser. Alternately,
304 <A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org">http://config.privoxy.org</A>
305 may work in some situations where the first does not.
307 <A HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html">http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html</A>
309 <A HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/">http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/</A>
311 <A HREF="http://privacy.net/analyze/">http://privacy.net/analyze/</A>
313 <A HREF="http://www.squid-cache.org/">http://www.squid-cache.org/</A>
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315 <H2>DEVELOPMENT TEAM</H2>
324 David Schmidt (OS/2, Mac OSX ports)
331 Rodrigo Barbosa (RPM specfiles)
334 Gábor Lipták
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339 <H2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</H2>
343 <B>Privoxy</B> is free software; you can
344 redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
345 License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
346 License, or (at your option) any later version.
349 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
350 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
351 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
352 more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
353 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
356 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
357 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
358 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA.
362 <A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
364 <DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
365 <DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
366 <DT><A HREF="#lbAD">OPTIONS</A><DD>
367 <DT><A HREF="#lbAE">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
368 <DT><A HREF="#lbAF">INSTALLATION AND USAGE</A><DD>
369 <DT><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
370 <DT><A HREF="#lbAH">SAMPLE CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
371 <DT><A HREF="#lbAI">FILES</A><DD>
372 <DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">SIGNALS</A><DD>
373 <DT><A HREF="#lbAK">NOTES</A><DD>
374 <DT><A HREF="#lbAL">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
375 <DT><A HREF="#lbAM">DEVELOPMENT TEAM</A><DD>
376 <DT><A HREF="#lbAN">COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</A><DD>
379 This document was created by
381 using the manual pages.<BR>
382 Time: 15:13:15 GMT, April 08, 2002