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30 >Privoxy 3.0.3 User Manual</A
40 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
42 >Privoxy Developers</A
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61 > gives users information on how to
62 install, configure and use <A
63 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
75 > is a web proxy with advanced filtering
76 capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing
77 cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
78 obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
82 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
86 > has application for both
87 stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
98 > You can find the latest version of the <I
102 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
104 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
110 contact the developers.
122 >Table of Contents</B
126 HREF="introduction.html"
133 HREF="introduction.html#FEATURES"
140 HREF="installation.html"
147 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES"
154 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
155 >Red Hat, SuSE and Conectiva RPMs</A
159 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
164 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
169 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
170 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX</A
174 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
179 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
184 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
189 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATTION-GENTOO"
196 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE"
197 >Building from Source</A
201 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED"
202 >Keeping your Installation Up-to-Date</A
208 HREF="upgradersnote.html"
209 >Note to Upgraders</A
213 HREF="quickstart.html"
214 >Quickstart to Using <SPAN
223 HREF="quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING"
224 >Quickstart to Ad Blocking</A
240 HREF="startup.html#START-REDHAT"
241 >Red Hat and Conectiva</A
245 HREF="startup.html#START-DEBIAN"
250 HREF="startup.html#START-SUSE"
255 HREF="startup.html#START-WINDOWS"
260 HREF="startup.html#START-UNICES"
261 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
265 HREF="startup.html#START-OS2"
270 HREF="startup.html#START-MACOSX"
275 HREF="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS"
280 HREF="startup.html#START-GENTOO"
285 HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
286 >Command Line Options</A
292 HREF="configuration.html"
302 HREF="configuration.html#AEN585"
306 > with Your Web Browser</A
310 HREF="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW"
311 >Configuration Files Overview</A
318 >The Main Configuration File</A
324 HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
325 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
331 HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
336 HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
341 HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
346 HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
351 HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
356 HREF="config.html#JARFILE"
361 HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
368 HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
369 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
375 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
380 HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
385 HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
390 HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
397 HREF="config.html#DEBUGGING"
404 HREF="config.html#DEBUG"
409 HREF="config.html#SINGLE-THREADED"
416 HREF="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL"
417 >Access Control and Security</A
423 HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
428 HREF="config.html#TOGGLE"
433 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
434 >enable-remote-toggle</A
438 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
439 >enable-edit-actions</A
443 HREF="config.html#ACLS"
444 >ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
448 HREF="config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT"
455 HREF="config.html#FORWARDING"
462 HREF="config.html#FORWARD"
467 HREF="config.html#SOCKS"
468 >forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a</A
472 HREF="config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
473 >Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
479 HREF="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
480 >Windows GUI Options</A
486 HREF="actions-file.html"
493 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1753"
494 >Finding the Right Mix</A
498 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1760"
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#AEN1833"
516 >The Domain Pattern</A
520 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1895"
527 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS"
534 HREF="actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER"
539 HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
544 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES"
545 >crunch-incoming-cookies</A
549 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES"
550 >crunch-outgoing-cookies</A
554 HREF="actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS"
559 HREF="actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION"
560 >downgrade-http-version</A
564 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
569 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
574 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
579 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FORWARDED-FOR-HEADERS"
580 >hide-forwarded-for-headers</A
584 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER"
589 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
594 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT"
599 HREF="actions-file.html#KILL-POPUPS"
607 HREF="actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT"
612 HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
613 >prevent-compression</A
617 HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-VANILLA-WAFER"
618 >send-vanilla-wafer</A
622 HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-WAFER"
627 HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
628 >session-cookies-only</A
632 HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
633 >set-image-blocker</A
637 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2855"
644 HREF="actions-file.html#ALIASES"
649 HREF="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES"
650 >Actions Files Tutorial</A
656 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2920"
661 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN3086"
670 HREF="filter-file.html"
677 HREF="filter-file.html#AEN3212"
678 >Filter File Tutorial</A
682 HREF="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS"
683 >The Pre-defined Filters</A
689 HREF="templates.html"
695 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
702 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
707 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
712 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
713 >Request New Features</A
717 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
718 >Report Ads or Other Actions-Related Problems</A
722 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
729 HREF="copyright.html"
733 > Copyright, License and History</A
739 HREF="copyright.html#AEN3561"
744 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
749 HREF="copyright.html#AUTHORS"
768 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
769 >Regular Expressions</A
773 HREF="appendix.html#AEN3815"
777 >'s Internal Pages</A
783 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
790 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
795 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
796 >Anatomy of an Action</A
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829 HREF="introduction.html"