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> <SUB
> <A
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>Copyright</A
-> © 2001 - 2004 by
+> © 2001-2010 by
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->$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.15 2006/08/30 11:15:22 hal9 Exp $<BR></P
+>$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 2.120 2010/02/13 17:38:39 fabiankeil Exp $<BR></P
><DIV
><DIV
CLASS="ABSTRACT"
+><P
+></P
><A
NAME="AEN9"
></A
><P
-></P
-><P
> The <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
->User Manual</I
+>Privoxy User Manual</I
> gives users information on how to
install, configure and use <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
TARGET="_top"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-></A
+>Privoxy</A
>.
</P
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing
- cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
- obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> has a very
- flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
- tastes. <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> has application for both
- stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
+> Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities
+ for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling
+ access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a
+ flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes.
+ It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
+><P
+> Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GPL2.</P
><P
-> <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> is based on <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Internet
- Junkbuster</SPAN
-> (tm).</P
+> Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).
+ <A
+HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
+TARGET="_top"
+>Donations are welcome</A
+>.</P
><P
> You can find the latest version of the <I
CLASS="CITETITLE"
->User Manual</I
+>Privoxy User Manual</I
> at <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
TARGET="_top"
><DT
>2.1.1. <A
HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
->Red Hat, SuSE and Conectiva RPMs</A
+>Red Hat and Fedora RPMs</A
></DT
><DT
>2.1.2. <A
HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
->Debian</A
+>Debian and Ubuntu</A
></DT
><DT
>2.1.3. <A
><DT
>2.1.4. <A
HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
->Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX</A
+>Solaris</A
></DT
><DT
>2.1.5. <A
><DT
>2.1.6. <A
HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
->Mac OSX</A
+>Mac OS X</A
></DT
><DT
>2.1.7. <A
></DT
><DT
>2.1.8. <A
+HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-TBZ"
+>FreeBSD</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>2.1.9. <A
HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATTION-GENTOO"
>Gentoo</A
></DT
><DT
>4. <A
HREF="quickstart.html"
->Quickstart to Using <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-></A
+>Quickstart to Using Privoxy</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>5. <A
HREF="startup.html"
->Starting <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-></A
+>Starting Privoxy</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>5.1. <A
HREF="startup.html#START-REDHAT"
->Red Hat and Conectiva</A
+>Red Hat and Fedora</A
></DT
><DT
>5.2. <A
></DT
><DT
>5.3. <A
-HREF="startup.html#START-SUSE"
->SuSE</A
-></DT
-><DT
->5.4. <A
HREF="startup.html#START-WINDOWS"
>Windows</A
></DT
><DT
->5.5. <A
+>5.4. <A
HREF="startup.html#START-UNICES"
>Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
></DT
><DT
->5.6. <A
+>5.5. <A
HREF="startup.html#START-OS2"
>OS/2</A
></DT
><DT
->5.7. <A
+>5.6. <A
HREF="startup.html#START-MACOSX"
->Mac OSX</A
+>Mac OS X</A
></DT
><DT
->5.8. <A
+>5.7. <A
HREF="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS"
>AmigaOS</A
></DT
><DT
->5.9. <A
+>5.8. <A
HREF="startup.html#START-GENTOO"
>Gentoo</A
></DT
><DT
->5.10. <A
+>5.9. <A
HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
>Command Line Options</A
></DT
><DT
>6. <A
HREF="configuration.html"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> Configuration</A
+>Privoxy Configuration</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>6.1. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN724"
->Controlling <SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> with Your Web Browser</A
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN877"
+>Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
></DT
><DT
>6.2. <A
><DL
><DT
>7.1. <A
-HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
->Configuration and Log File Locations</A
+HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
+>Local Set-up Documentation</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>7.1.1. <A
-HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
->confdir</A
+HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
+>user-manual</A
></DT
><DT
>7.1.2. <A
-HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
->logdir</A
+HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
+>trust-info-url</A
></DT
><DT
>7.1.3. <A
-HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
->actionsfile</A
+HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
+>admin-address</A
></DT
><DT
>7.1.4. <A
-HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
->filterfile</A
-></DT
-><DT
->7.1.5. <A
-HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
->logfile</A
-></DT
-><DT
->7.1.6. <A
-HREF="config.html#JARFILE"
->jarfile</A
-></DT
-><DT
->7.1.7. <A
-HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
->trustfile</A
+HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
+>proxy-info-url</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>7.2. <A
-HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
->Local Set-up Documentation</A
+HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
+>Configuration and Log File Locations</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>7.2.1. <A
-HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
->user-manual</A
+HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
+>confdir</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2.2. <A
-HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
->trust-info-url</A
+HREF="config.html#TEMPLDIR"
+>templdir</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2.3. <A
-HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
->admin-address</A
+HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
+>logdir</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2.4. <A
-HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
->proxy-info-url</A
+HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
+>actionsfile</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.2.5. <A
+HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
+>filterfile</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.2.6. <A
+HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
+>logfile</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.2.7. <A
+HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
+>trustfile</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
HREF="config.html#SINGLE-THREADED"
>single-threaded</A
></DT
+><DT
+>7.3.3. <A
+HREF="config.html#HOSTNAME"
+>hostname</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
></DT
><DT
>7.4.4. <A
+HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
+>enable-remote-http-toggle</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.4.5. <A
HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
>enable-edit-actions</A
></DT
><DT
->7.4.5. <A
+>7.4.6. <A
+HREF="config.html#ENFORCE-BLOCKS"
+>enforce-blocks</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.4.7. <A
HREF="config.html#ACLS"
>ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
></DT
><DT
->7.4.6. <A
+>7.4.8. <A
HREF="config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT"
>buffer-limit</A
></DT
><DT
>7.5.2. <A
HREF="config.html#SOCKS"
->forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a</A
+>forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5</A
></DT
><DT
>7.5.3. <A
HREF="config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
>Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
></DT
+><DT
+>7.5.4. <A
+HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
+>forwarded-connect-retries</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
>7.6. <A
+HREF="config.html#MISC"
+>Miscellaneous</A
+></DT
+><DD
+><DL
+><DT
+>7.6.1. <A
+HREF="config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS"
+>accept-intercepted-requests</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.6.2. <A
+HREF="config.html#ALLOW-CGI-REQUEST-CRUNCHING"
+>allow-cgi-request-crunching</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.6.3. <A
+HREF="config.html#SPLIT-LARGE-FORMS"
+>split-large-forms</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.6.4. <A
+HREF="config.html#KEEP-ALIVE-TIMEOUT"
+>keep-alive-timeout</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.6.5. <A
+HREF="config.html#DEFAULT-SERVER-TIMEOUT"
+>default-server-timeout</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.6.6. <A
+HREF="config.html#CONNECTION-SHARING"
+>connection-sharing</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.6.7. <A
+HREF="config.html#SOCKET-TIMEOUT"
+>socket-timeout</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.6.8. <A
+HREF="config.html#MAX-CLIENT-CONNECTIONS"
+>max-client-connections</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>7.6.9. <A
+HREF="config.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOC-RETURNS-OK"
+>handle-as-empty-doc-returns-ok</A
+></DT
+></DL
+></DD
+><DT
+>7.7. <A
HREF="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
>Windows GUI Options</A
></DT
><DL
><DT
>8.1. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1902"
+HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2588"
>Finding the Right Mix</A
></DT
><DT
>8.2. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1909"
+HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2595"
>How to Edit</A
></DT
><DT
>8.3. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY"
->How Actions are Applied to URLs</A
+>How Actions are Applied to Requests</A
></DT
><DT
>8.4. <A
><DL
><DT
>8.4.1. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1983"
+HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2702"
>The Domain Pattern</A
></DT
><DT
>8.4.2. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2045"
+HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2778"
>The Path Pattern</A
></DT
+><DT
+>8.4.3. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#TAG-PATTERN"
+>The Tag Pattern</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
></DT
><DT
>8.5.3. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#CHANGE-X-FORWARDED-FOR"
+>change-x-forwarded-for</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>8.5.4. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-FILTER"
+>client-header-filter</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>8.5.5. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-TAGGER"
+>client-header-tagger</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>8.5.6. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
>content-type-overwrite</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.4. <A
+>8.5.7. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
>crunch-client-header</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.5. <A
+>8.5.8. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
>crunch-if-none-match</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.6. <A
+>8.5.9. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES"
>crunch-incoming-cookies</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.7. <A
+>8.5.10. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
>crunch-server-header</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.8. <A
+>8.5.11. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES"
>crunch-outgoing-cookies</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.9. <A
+>8.5.12. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS"
>deanimate-gifs</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.10. <A
+>8.5.13. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION"
>downgrade-http-version</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.11. <A
+>8.5.14. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
>fast-redirects</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.12. <A
+>8.5.15. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
>filter</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.13. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-CLIENT-HEADERS"
->filter-client-headers</A
-></DT
-><DT
->8.5.14. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER-SERVER-HEADERS"
->filter-server-headers</A
-></DT
-><DT
->8.5.15. <A
+>8.5.16. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
>force-text-mode</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.16. <A
+>8.5.17. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#FORWARD-OVERRIDE"
+>forward-override</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>8.5.18. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
>handle-as-empty-document</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.17. <A
+>8.5.19. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
>handle-as-image</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.18. <A
+>8.5.20. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
>hide-accept-language</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.19. <A
+>8.5.21. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
>hide-content-disposition</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.20. <A
+>8.5.22. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
>hide-if-modified-since</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.21. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FORWARDED-FOR-HEADERS"
->hide-forwarded-for-headers</A
-></DT
-><DT
->8.5.22. <A
+>8.5.23. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER"
>hide-from-header</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.23. <A
+>8.5.24. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
>hide-referrer</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.24. <A
+>8.5.25. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT"
>hide-user-agent</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.25. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#INSPECT-JPEGS"
->inspect-jpegs</A
-></DT
-><DT
>8.5.26. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#KILL-POPUPS"
->kill-popups<A
-NAME="KILL-POPUP"
-></A
-></A
-></DT
-><DT
->8.5.27. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT"
>limit-connect</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.28. <A
+>8.5.27. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
>prevent-compression</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.29. <A
+>8.5.28. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
>overwrite-last-modified</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.30. <A
+>8.5.29. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
>redirect</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.31. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-VANILLA-WAFER"
->send-vanilla-wafer</A
+>8.5.30. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-FILTER"
+>server-header-filter</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.32. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-WAFER"
->send-wafer</A
+>8.5.31. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-TAGGER"
+>server-header-tagger</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.33. <A
+>8.5.32. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
>session-cookies-only</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.34. <A
+>8.5.33. <A
HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
>set-image-blocker</A
></DT
><DT
->8.5.35. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#TREAT-FORBIDDEN-CONNECTS-LIKE-BLOCKS"
->treat-forbidden-connects-like-blocks</A
-></DT
-><DT
->8.5.36. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#AEN3640"
+>8.5.34. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4410"
>Summary</A
></DT
></DL
><DL
><DT
>8.7.1. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#AEN3705"
->default.action</A
+HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4474"
+>match-all.action</A
></DT
><DT
>8.7.2. <A
-HREF="actions-file.html#AEN3886"
+HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4496"
+>default.action</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>8.7.3. <A
+HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4609"
>user.action</A
></DT
></DL
><DL
><DT
>9.1. <A
-HREF="filter-file.html#AEN4024"
+HREF="filter-file.html#AEN4764"
>Filter File Tutorial</A
></DT
><DT
><DT
>10. <A
HREF="templates.html"
->Templates</A
+>Privoxy's Template Files</A
></DT
><DT
>11. <A
><DT
>12. <A
HREF="copyright.html"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
-> Copyright, License and History</A
+>Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>12.1. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN4424"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN5242"
>License</A
></DT
><DT
></DT
><DT
>14.2. <A
-HREF="appendix.html#AEN4670"
-><SPAN
-CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
->'s Internal Pages</A
+HREF="appendix.html#AEN5495"
+>Privoxy's Internal Pages</A
></DT
><DD
><DL
><DT
>14.4. <A
HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
->Anatomy of an Action</A
+>Troubleshooting: Anatomy of an Action</A
></DT
></DL
></DD