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19 <h1 class="TITLE"><a name="AEN2" id="AEN2">Privoxy 3.0.22 User
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33 <p>The <i class="CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i> gives users
34 information on how to install, configure and use <a href=
35 "http://www.privoxy.org/" target="_top">Privoxy</a>.</p>
37 <p>Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering
38 capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and
39 HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other
40 obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and
41 can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has
42 application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
45 <p>Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.</p>
47 <p>Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public
50 <p>Helping hands and donations are welcome:</p>
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56 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE</a></p>
60 <p><a href="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
62 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</a></p>
66 <p>You can find the latest version of the <i class=
67 "CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i> at <a href=
68 "http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target=
69 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</a>. Please see the
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79 <dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt>
81 <dt>1. <a href="introduction.html">Introduction</a></dt>
85 <dt>1.1. <a href="introduction.html#FEATURES">Features</a></dt>
89 <dt>2. <a href="installation.html">Installation</a></dt>
93 <dt>2.1. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES">Binary
99 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB">Debian and
103 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Windows</a></dt>
106 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2">OS/2</a></dt>
108 <dt>2.1.4. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC">Mac
112 "installation.html#OS-X-INSTALL-FROM-PACKAGE">Installation
113 from ready-built package</a></dt>
116 "installation.html#OS-X-INSTALL-FROM-SOURCE">Installation
120 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-FREEBSD">FreeBSD</a></dt>
124 <dt>2.2. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE">Building
128 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED">Keeping your
129 Installation Up-to-Date</a></dt>
133 <dt>3. <a href="whatsnew.html">What's New in this Release</a></dt>
137 <dt>3.1. <a href="whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE">Note to
142 <dt>4. <a href="quickstart.html">Quickstart to Using Privoxy</a></dt>
147 "quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING">Quickstart to Ad
152 <dt>5. <a href="startup.html">Starting Privoxy</a></dt>
156 <dt>5.1. <a href="startup.html#START-DEBIAN">Debian</a></dt>
158 <dt>5.2. <a href="startup.html#START-WINDOWS">Windows</a></dt>
160 <dt>5.3. <a href="startup.html#START-UNICES">Solaris, NetBSD,
161 FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</a></dt>
163 <dt>5.4. <a href="startup.html#START-OS2">OS/2</a></dt>
165 <dt>5.5. <a href="startup.html#START-MACOSX">Mac OS X</a></dt>
167 <dt>5.6. <a href="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS">Command Line
172 <dt>6. <a href="configuration.html">Privoxy Configuration</a></dt>
176 <dt>6.1. <a href="configuration.html#AEN860">Controlling Privoxy
177 with Your Web Browser</a></dt>
179 <dt>6.2. <a href="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW">Configuration
180 Files Overview</a></dt>
184 <dt>7. <a href="config.html">The Main Configuration File</a></dt>
188 <dt>7.1. <a href="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP">Local Set-up
189 Documentation</a></dt>
194 "config.html#USER-MANUAL">user-manual</a></dt>
197 "config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL">trust-info-url</a></dt>
200 "config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS">admin-address</a></dt>
203 "config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL">proxy-info-url</a></dt>
207 <dt>7.2. <a href="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC">Configuration and Log
208 File Locations</a></dt>
212 <dt>7.2.1. <a href="config.html#CONFDIR">confdir</a></dt>
214 <dt>7.2.2. <a href="config.html#TEMPLDIR">templdir</a></dt>
217 "config.html#TEMPORARY-DIRECTORY">temporary-directory</a></dt>
219 <dt>7.2.4. <a href="config.html#LOGDIR">logdir</a></dt>
222 "config.html#ACTIONSFILE">actionsfile</a></dt>
225 "config.html#FILTERFILE">filterfile</a></dt>
227 <dt>7.2.7. <a href="config.html#LOGFILE">logfile</a></dt>
229 <dt>7.2.8. <a href="config.html#TRUSTFILE">trustfile</a></dt>
233 <dt>7.3. <a href="config.html#DEBUGGING">Debugging</a></dt>
237 <dt>7.3.1. <a href="config.html#DEBUG">debug</a></dt>
240 "config.html#SINGLE-THREADED">single-threaded</a></dt>
242 <dt>7.3.3. <a href="config.html#HOSTNAME">hostname</a></dt>
246 <dt>7.4. <a href="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL">Access Control and
252 "config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS">listen-address</a></dt>
254 <dt>7.4.2. <a href="config.html#TOGGLE">toggle</a></dt>
257 "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE">enable-remote-toggle</a></dt>
260 "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE">enable-remote-http-toggle</a></dt>
263 "config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</a></dt>
266 "config.html#ENFORCE-BLOCKS">enforce-blocks</a></dt>
268 <dt>7.4.7. <a href="config.html#ACLS">ACLs: permit-access and
272 "config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT">buffer-limit</a></dt>
275 "config.html#ENABLE-PROXY-AUTHENTICATION-FORWARDING">enable-proxy-authentication-forwarding</a></dt>
279 <dt>7.5. <a href="config.html#FORWARDING">Forwarding</a></dt>
283 <dt>7.5.1. <a href="config.html#FORWARD">forward</a></dt>
285 <dt>7.5.2. <a href="config.html#SOCKS">forward-socks4,
286 forward-socks4a, forward-socks5 and forward-socks5t</a></dt>
289 "config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES">Advanced
290 Forwarding Examples</a></dt>
293 "config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES">forwarded-connect-retries</a></dt>
297 <dt>7.6. <a href="config.html#MISC">Miscellaneous</a></dt>
302 "config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS">accept-intercepted-requests</a></dt>
305 "config.html#ALLOW-CGI-REQUEST-CRUNCHING">allow-cgi-request-crunching</a></dt>
308 "config.html#SPLIT-LARGE-FORMS">split-large-forms</a></dt>
311 "config.html#KEEP-ALIVE-TIMEOUT">keep-alive-timeout</a></dt>
314 "config.html#TOLERATE-PIPELINING">tolerate-pipelining</a></dt>
317 "config.html#DEFAULT-SERVER-TIMEOUT">default-server-timeout</a></dt>
320 "config.html#CONNECTION-SHARING">connection-sharing</a></dt>
323 "config.html#SOCKET-TIMEOUT">socket-timeout</a></dt>
326 "config.html#MAX-CLIENT-CONNECTIONS">max-client-connections</a></dt>
329 "config.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOC-RETURNS-OK">handle-as-empty-doc-returns-ok</a></dt>
332 "config.html#ENABLE-COMPRESSION">enable-compression</a></dt>
335 "config.html#COMPRESSION-LEVEL">compression-level</a></dt>
338 "config.html#CLIENT-HEADER-ORDER">client-header-order</a></dt>
342 <dt>7.7. <a href="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI">Windows GUI
347 <dt>8. <a href="actions-file.html">Actions Files</a></dt>
351 <dt>8.1. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN2760">Finding the Right
354 <dt>8.2. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN2767">How to Edit</a></dt>
356 <dt>8.3. <a href="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY">How Actions
357 are Applied to Requests</a></dt>
360 "actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS">Patterns</a></dt>
364 <dt>8.4.1. <a href="actions-file.html#HOST-PATTERN">The Host
367 <dt>8.4.2. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN2961">The Path
370 <dt>8.4.3. <a href="actions-file.html#TAG-PATTERN">The Tag
374 "actions-file.html#NEGATIVE-TAG-PATTERNS">The Negative Tag
379 <dt>8.5. <a href="actions-file.html#ACTIONS">Actions</a></dt>
384 "actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER">add-header</a></dt>
386 <dt>8.5.2. <a href="actions-file.html#BLOCK">block</a></dt>
389 "actions-file.html#CHANGE-X-FORWARDED-FOR">change-x-forwarded-for</a></dt>
392 "actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-FILTER">client-header-filter</a></dt>
395 "actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-TAGGER">client-header-tagger</a></dt>
398 "actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE">content-type-overwrite</a></dt>
401 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER">crunch-client-header</a></dt>
404 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH">crunch-if-none-match</a></dt>
407 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES">crunch-incoming-cookies</a></dt>
410 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER">crunch-server-header</a></dt>
413 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES">crunch-outgoing-cookies</a></dt>
416 "actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS">deanimate-gifs</a></dt>
419 "actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION">downgrade-http-version</a></dt>
422 "actions-file.html#EXTERNAL-FILTER">external-filter</a></dt>
425 "actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS">fast-redirects</a></dt>
428 "actions-file.html#FILTER">filter</a></dt>
431 "actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE">force-text-mode</a></dt>
434 "actions-file.html#FORWARD-OVERRIDE">forward-override</a></dt>
437 "actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT">handle-as-empty-document</a></dt>
440 "actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE">handle-as-image</a></dt>
443 "actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE">hide-accept-language</a></dt>
446 "actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION">hide-content-disposition</a></dt>
449 "actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE">hide-if-modified-since</a></dt>
452 "actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER">hide-from-header</a></dt>
455 "actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER">hide-referrer</a></dt>
458 "actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT">hide-user-agent</a></dt>
461 "actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT">limit-connect</a></dt>
464 "actions-file.html#LIMIT-COOKIE-LIFETIME">limit-cookie-lifetime</a></dt>
467 "actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION">prevent-compression</a></dt>
470 "actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED">overwrite-last-modified</a></dt>
473 "actions-file.html#REDIRECT">redirect</a></dt>
476 "actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-FILTER">server-header-filter</a></dt>
479 "actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-TAGGER">server-header-tagger</a></dt>
482 "actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY">session-cookies-only</a></dt>
485 "actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER">set-image-blocker</a></dt>
488 "actions-file.html#AEN4693">Summary</a></dt>
492 <dt>8.6. <a href="actions-file.html#ALIASES">Aliases</a></dt>
494 <dt>8.7. <a href="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES">Actions Files
500 "actions-file.html#AEN4757">match-all.action</a></dt>
503 "actions-file.html#AEN4779">default.action</a></dt>
506 "actions-file.html#AEN4892">user.action</a></dt>
512 <dt>9. <a href="filter-file.html">Filter Files</a></dt>
516 <dt>9.1. <a href="filter-file.html#AEN5060">Filter File
519 <dt>9.2. <a href="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS">The
520 Pre-defined Filters</a></dt>
523 "filter-file.html#EXTERNAL-FILTER-SYNTAX">External filter
528 <dt>10. <a href="templates.html">Privoxy's Template Files</a></dt>
530 <dt>11. <a href="contact.html">Contacting the Developers, Bug
531 Reporting and Feature Requests</a></dt>
535 <dt>11.1. <a href="contact.html#SUFFICIENT-INFORMATION">Please
536 provide sufficient information</a></dt>
538 <dt>11.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT">Get
541 <dt>11.3. <a href="contact.html#REPORTING">Reporting
546 <dt>11.3.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS">Reporting Ads
547 or Other Configuration Problems</a></dt>
549 <dt>11.3.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS">Reporting
554 <dt>11.4. <a href="contact.html#SECURITY-CONTACT">Reporting
555 security problems</a></dt>
557 <dt>11.5. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE">Request New
560 <dt>11.6. <a href="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS">Mailing
565 <dt>12. <a href="copyright.html">Privoxy Copyright, License and
570 <dt>12.1. <a href="copyright.html#LICENSE">License</a></dt>
572 <dt>12.2. <a href="copyright.html#HISTORY">History</a></dt>
574 <dt>12.3. <a href="copyright.html#AUTHORS">Authors</a></dt>
578 <dt>13. <a href="seealso.html">See Also</a></dt>
580 <dt>14. <a href="appendix.html">Appendix</a></dt>
584 <dt>14.1. <a href="appendix.html#REGEX">Regular
587 <dt>14.2. <a href="appendix.html#AEN5809">Privoxy's Internal
590 <dt>14.3. <a href="appendix.html#CHAIN">Chain of Events</a></dt>
592 <dt>14.4. <a href="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">Troubleshooting:
593 Anatomy of an Action</a></dt>
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