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->Privoxy Frequently Asked Questions</A
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> <SUB
> <A
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>Copyright</A
-> © 2001-2004 by
+> © 2001-2006 by
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->$Id: index.html,v 1.15.2.10 2004/01/31 00:05:43 oes Exp $<BR></P
+>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.11 2006/07/18 14:48:50 david__schmidt Exp $<BR></P
><DIV
><DIV
CLASS="ABSTRACT"
-><P
-></P
><A
NAME="AEN9"
></A
><P
+></P
+><P
> This FAQ gives quick answers to frequently asked questions about
<A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
- capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing
+ 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"
Junkbuster</SPAN
> (tm).</P
><P
-> Please note that this document is constantly evolving. This copy represents
- the state at the release of version 3.0.3.
+> Please note that this document is a work in progress. This copy represents
+ the state at the release of version 3.0.4.
You can find the latest version of the document at <A
HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/"
TARGET="_top"
HREF="general.html#NEWJB"
>What is this new version of <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
->Privoxy</SPAN
+>Junkbuster</SPAN
>?</A
></DT
><DT
>Why <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"Privoxy"</SPAN
->? Why a name change at all?</A
+>? Why change the name from
+<SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Junkbuster</SPAN
+> at all?</A
></DT
><DT
>1.3. <A
></DT
><DT
>1.6. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN136"
+HREF="general.html#AEN138"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>1.7. <A
-HREF="general.html#AEN143"
+HREF="general.html#AEN145"
>Will I have to configure <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
><DT
>1.10.1. <A
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-MONEY"
->Money Money Money</A
+>Contribute!</A
></DT
><DT
>1.10.2. <A
><DT
>1.10.3. <A
HREF="general.html#JOINTEAM-WORK"
->You want to work with us?</A
+>Would you like to participate?</A
></DT
></DL
></DD
></DT
><DT
>2.5. <A
-HREF="installation.html#AEN226"
+HREF="installation.html#AEN231"
>I just installed <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>3.3. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN312"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN319"
>What is an <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>3.5. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN331"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN338"
>How are actions files configured? What is the easiest
way to do this?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.6. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN339"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN346"
>There are several different <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"actions"</SPAN
><DT
>3.7. <A
HREF="configuration.html#YAHOO"
->How can I make my Yahoo/Hotmail/GMX account work?</A
+>How can I make my Yahoo/Hotmail/Gmail account work?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.8. <A
></DT
><DT
>3.10. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN404"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN411"
>What is the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>default.filter</TT
></DT
><DT
>3.11. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN420"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN429"
>How can I set up <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>3.12. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN446"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN455"
>Instead of ads, now I get a checkerboard pattern. I don't want to see anything.</A
></DT
><DT
>3.13. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN463"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN472"
>Why would anybody want to see a checkerboard pattern?</A
></DT
><DT
>3.14. <A
-HREF="configuration.html#AEN468"
+HREF="configuration.html#AEN477"
>I see some images being replaced by a text
instead of the checkerboard image. Why and how do I get rid of this?</A
></DT
proxies like <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Squid</SPAN
+> or <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>TOR</SPAN
>?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="configuration.html#ALLOW-COOKIES"
>How can I allow permanent cookies for my trusted sites?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>3.22. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#MULTIPLES"
+>Can I have separate configurations for different users?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>3.23. <A
+HREF="configuration.html#WHITELISTS"
+>Can I set-up <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> as a whitelist of
+<SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"good"</SPAN
+> sites?</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
><DL
><DT
>4.1. <A
-HREF="misc.html#AEN537"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN570"
>How much does <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
></DT
><DT
>4.3. <A
-HREF="misc.html#CONFIGURL"
->What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and
-"http://p.p/"?</A
+HREF="misc.html#SLOWCRAWL"
+>I just installed <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>, and all my
+browsing has slowed to a crawl. What gives?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.4. <A
-HREF="misc.html#BLOCKLIST"
->Do you still maintain the blocklists?</A
+HREF="misc.html#CONFIGURL"
+>What are "http://config.privoxy.org/" and
+"http://p.p/"?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.5. <A
HREF="misc.html#NEWADS"
->How can I submit new ads?</A
+>How can I submit new ads, or report
+problems?</A
></DT
><DT
>4.6. <A
+HREF="misc.html#NOONECARES"
+>Why doesn't anyone answer my support
+request?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>4.7. <A
HREF="misc.html#IP"
>How can I hide my IP address?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="misc.html#AEN598"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN634"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> guarantee I am anonymous?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="misc.html#AEN609"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN645"
>Might some things break because header information or
content is being altered?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="misc.html#AEN620"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN656"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
speed up web browsing?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="misc.html#AEN630"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN666"
>What about as a firewall? Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> protect me?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="misc.html#AEN636"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN672"
>I have large empty spaces / a checkerboard pattern now where
ads used to be. Why?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="misc.html#AEN641"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN677"
>How can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> filter Secure (HTTPS) URLs?</A
></DT
><DT
-HREF="misc.html#AEN656"
+HREF="misc.html#AEN692"
><SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
secure is it? Do I need to take any special precautions?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#TURNOFF"
>How can I temporarily disable <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#REALLYOFF"
>When <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
out of the picture?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#CRUNCH"
>My logs show <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS"
>Can <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
from a webserver? FTP server?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#DOWNLOADS2"
>I just downloaded a Perl script, and <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
altered it! Yikes, what is wrong!</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#SEEALSO"
>Where can I find more information about <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
and related issues?</A
></DT
><DT
HREF="misc.html#MICROSUCK"
>I've noticed that Privoxy changes <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
><DL
><DT
>5.1. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN801"
->I just upgraded and am getting <SPAN
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN829"
+>I am getting <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"connection refused"</SPAN
>
></DT
><DT
>5.2. <A
-HREF="trouble.html#AEN814"
+HREF="trouble.html#AEN842"
>I just added a new rule, but the steenkin ad is
still getting through. How?</A
></DT
HREF="trouble.html#OSXIMAGES"
>In Mac OSX Panther (10.3), images often fail to load and/or I
experience random delays in page loading. I'm using
- <VAR
+ <TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
->localhost</VAR
+>localhost</TT
> as my browser's proxy setting.</A
></DT
><DT
>"PrivoxyWindowOpen()"</SPAN
> in raw source code?</A
></DT
+><DT
+>5.17. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#DNSERRORS"
+>I am getting too many DNS errors like <SPAN
+CLASS="QUOTE"
+>"404 No Such Domain"</SPAN
+>. Why
+ can't <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> do this better?</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>5.18. <A
+HREF="trouble.html#ALLCPU"
+>At one site <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> just hangs, and starts taking
+ all CPU. Why is this?</A
+></DT
></DL
></DD
><DT
></DT
><DT
>6.2. <A
+HREF="contact.html#REPORTING"
+>Reporting Problems</A
+></DT
+><DD
+><DL
+><DT
+>6.2.1. <A
+HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
+>Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</A
+></DT
+><DT
+>6.2.2. <A
HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
->Report Bugs</A
+>Reporting Bugs</A
></DT
+></DL
+></DD
><DT
>6.3. <A
HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
></DT
><DT
>6.4. <A
-HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
->Report Ads or Other Actions-Related Problems</A
-></DT
-><DT
->6.5. <A
HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
>Other</A
></DT
><DL
><DT
>7.1. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN1014"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1113"
>License</A
></DT
><DT
>7.2. <A
-HREF="copyright.html#AEN1030"
+HREF="copyright.html#AEN1129"
>History</A
></DT
></DL
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