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+>Privoxy 3.0.13 User Manual</TH
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><TR
><TD
>Default value:</DT
><DD
><P
->Two example URLs are provided</P
+><SPAN
+CLASS="emphasis"
+><I
+CLASS="EMPHASIS"
+>Unset</I
+></SPAN
+></P
></DD
><DT
>Effect if unset:</DT
><DD
><P
> The directory where all logging takes place
- (i.e. where <TT
+ (i.e. where the <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>logfile</TT
-> and
- <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->jarfile</TT
-> are located).
+> is located).
</P
></DD
><DT
><TD
> <P
CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
-> standard.action # Internal purposes, no editing recommended</P
+> match-all.action # Actions that are applied to all sites and maybe overruled later on.</P
>
</TD
></TR
><TD
> <P
CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
-> default.action # Main actions file</P
+> default.action # Main actions file</P
>
</TD
></TR
><TD
> <P
CLASS="LITERALLAYOUT"
-> user.action # User customizations</P
+> user.action # User customizations</P
>
</TD
></TR
</P
><P
>
- The default values include <TT
-CLASS="FILENAME"
->standard.action</TT
->, which is used
- for internal purposes and should be loaded, <TT
+ The default values are <TT
CLASS="FILENAME"
>default.action</TT
->,
- which is the <SPAN
+>, which is the
+ <SPAN
CLASS="QUOTE"
>"main"</SPAN
> actions file maintained by the developers, and
><H4
CLASS="SECT3"
><A
-NAME="JARFILE"
->7.2.7. jarfile</A
-></H4
-><P
-></P
-><DIV
-CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
-><DL
-><DT
->Specifies:</DT
-><DD
-><P
-> The file to store intercepted cookies in
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->Type of value:</DT
-><DD
-><P
->File name, relative to <TT
-CLASS="LITERAL"
->logdir</TT
-></P
-></DD
-><DT
->Default value:</DT
-><DD
-><P
-><SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->Unset (commented out)</I
-></SPAN
->. When activated: jarfile (Unix) <SPAN
-CLASS="emphasis"
-><I
-CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->or</I
-></SPAN
-> privoxy.jar (Windows).</P
-></DD
-><DT
->Effect if unset:</DT
-><DD
-><P
-> Intercepted cookies are not stored in a dedicated log file.
- </P
-></DD
-><DT
->Notes:</DT
-><DD
-><P
-> The jarfile may grow to ridiculous sizes over time.
- </P
-><P
-> If debug 8 (show header parsing) is enabled, cookies are
- also written to the logfile with the rest of the headers.
- Therefore this option isn't very useful and may be removed
- in future releases. Please report to the developers if you
- are still using it.
- </P
-></DD
-></DL
-></DIV
-></DIV
-><DIV
-CLASS="SECT3"
-><H4
-CLASS="SECT3"
-><A
NAME="TRUSTFILE"
->7.2.8. trustfile</A
+>7.2.7. trustfile</A
></H4
><P
></P
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
-> debug 1 # log each request destination (and the crunch reason if <SPAN
+> debug 1 # Log the destination for each request <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> intercepted the request)
+> let through. See also debug 1024.
debug 2 # show each connection status
debug 4 # show I/O status
debug 8 # show header parsing
debug 128 # debug redirects
debug 256 # debug GIF de-animation
debug 512 # Common Log Format
+ debug 1024 # Log the destination for requests <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> didn't let through, and the reason why.
debug 2048 # CGI user interface
debug 4096 # Startup banner and warnings.
debug 8192 # Non-fatal errors</PRE
CLASS="emphasis"
><I
CLASS="EMPHASIS"
->1, 4096 and 8192 are recommended</I
+>1, 1024, 4096 and 8192 are recommended</I
></SPAN
>
so that you will notice when things go wrong. The other levels are
>Effect if unset:</DT
><DD
><P
-> Bind to 127.0.0.1 (localhost), port 8118. This is suitable and recommended for
- home users who run <SPAN
+> Bind to 127.0.0.1 (IPv4 localhost), port 8118. This is suitable and
+ recommended for home users who run <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
-> on the same machine as
- their browser.
+> on
+ the same machine as their browser.
</P
></DD
><DT
will need to override the default.
</P
><P
+> IPv6 addresses containing colons have to be quoted by brackets.
+ </P
+><P
> If you leave out the IP address, <SPAN
CLASS="APPLICATION"
>Privoxy</SPAN
> will
- bind to all interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable
+ bind to all IPv4 interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable
from the Internet. In that case, consider using <A
HREF="config.html#ACLS"
>access control lists</A
> (ACL's, see below), and/or
- a firewall.
+ a firewall. If the hostname is localhost, <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ will explicitly try to bind to an IPv4 address. For other hostnames it depends
+ on the operating system which IP version will be used.
</P
><P
> If you open <SPAN
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
+>
+ </P
+><P
+> Suppose you are running <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> on an
+ IPv6-capable machine and you want it to listen on the IPv6 address
+ of the loopback device:
+ </P
+><P
+> <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> listen-address [::1]:8118</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
>
</P
></DD
><I
>src_addr</I
></TT
->[/<TT
+>[:<TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>port</I
+></TT
+>][/<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>src_masklen</I
><I
>dst_addr</I
></TT
->[/<TT
+>[:<TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>port</I
+></TT
+>][/<TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>dst_masklen</I
><I
>dst_addr</I
></TT
-> are IP addresses in dotted decimal notation or valid
- DNS names, and <TT
+> are IPv4 addresses in dotted decimal notation or valid
+ DNS names, <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>port</I
+></TT
+> is a port
+ number, and <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
>src_masklen</I
values from 2 to 30 representing the length (in bits) of the network address. The masks and the whole
destination part are optional.
</P
+><P
+> If your system implements
+ <A
+HREF="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3493"
+TARGET="_top"
+>RFC 3493</A
+>, then
+ <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>src_addr</I
+></TT
+> and <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>dst_addr</I
+></TT
+> can be IPv6 addresses delimeted by
+ brackets, <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>port</I
+></TT
+> can be a number
+ or a service name, and
+ <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>src_masklen</I
+></TT
+> and
+ <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>dst_masklen</I
+></TT
+> can be a number
+ from 0 to 128.
+ </P
></DD
><DT
>Default value:</DT
>Unset</I
></SPAN
></P
+><P
+> If no <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>port</I
+></TT
+> is specified,
+ any port will match. If no <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>src_masklen</I
+></TT
+> or
+ <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>src_masklen</I
+></TT
+> is given, the complete IP
+ address has to match (i.e. 32 bits for IPv4 and 128 bits for IPv6).
+ </P
></DD
><DT
>Effect if unset:</DT
IP addresses, only the first one is used.
</P
><P
+> Some systems allows IPv4 client to connect to IPv6 server socket.
+ Then the client's IPv4 address will be translated by system into
+ IPv6 address space with special prefix ::ffff:0:0/96 (so called IPv4
+ mapped IPv6 address). <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> can handle it
+ and maps such ACL addresses automatically.
+ </P
+><P
> Denying access to particular sites by ACL may have undesired side effects
if the site in question is hosted on a machine which also hosts other sites
(most sites are).
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
+>
+ </P
+><P
+> Allow access from the IPv4 network 192.0.2.0/24 even if listening on
+ an IPv6 wild card address (not supported on all platforms):
+ </P
+><P
+> <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> permit-access 192.0.2.0/24</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+>
+ </P
+><P
+> This is equivalent to the following line even if listening on an
+ IPv4 address (not supported on all platforms):
+ </P
+><P
+> <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> permit-access [::ffff:192.0.2.0]/120</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
>
</P
></DD
></TT
>]
is the DNS name or IP address of the parent HTTP proxy through which the requests should be forwarded,
- optionally followed by its listening port (default: 8080).
+ optionally followed by its listening port (default: 8000).
Use a single dot (<TT
CLASS="LITERAL"
>.</TT
forwarded to another HTTP proxy but are made directly to the web servers.
</P
><P
+> <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>http_parent</I
+></TT
+> can be a
+ numerical IPv6 address (if
+ <A
+HREF="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3493"
+TARGET="_top"
+>RFC 3493</A
+> is
+ implemented). To prevent clashes with the port delimiter, the whole IP
+ address has to be put into brackets. On the other hand a <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>target_pattern</I
+></TT
+> containing an IPv6 address
+ has to be put into angle brackets (normal brackets are reserved for
+ regular expressions already).
+ </P
+><P
> Multiple lines are OK, they are checked in sequence, and the last match wins.
</P
></DD
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
+>
+ </P
+><P
+> Parent proxy specified by an IPv6 address:
+ </P
+><P
+> <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> foward / [2001:DB8::1]:8000</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
+>
+ </P
+><P
+> Suppose your parent proxy doesn't support IPv6:
+ </P
+><P
+> <TABLE
+BORDER="0"
+BGCOLOR="#E0E0E0"
+WIDTH="90%"
+><TR
+><TD
+><PRE
+CLASS="PROGRAMLISTING"
+> forward / parent-proxy.example.org:8000
+ forward ipv6-server.example.org .
+ forward <[2-3][0-9a-f][0-9a-f][0-9a-f]:*> .</PRE
+></TD
+></TR
+></TABLE
>
</P
></DD
> the DNS resolution will happen on the remote server as well.
</P
><P
+> <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>socks_proxy</I
+></TT
+> and
+ <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>http_parent</I
+></TT
+> can be a
+ numerical IPv6 address (if
+ <A
+HREF="http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3493"
+TARGET="_top"
+>RFC 3493</A
+> is
+ implemented). To prevent clashes with the port delimiter, the whole IP
+ address has to be put into brackets. On the other hand a <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>target_pattern</I
+></TT
+> containing an IPv6 address
+ has to be put into angle brackets (normal brackets are reserved for
+ regular expressions already).
+ </P
+><P
> If <TT
CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
><I
><TD
><PRE
CLASS="SCREEN"
-> forward-socks4a / 127.0.0.1:9050 .</PRE
+> forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .</PRE
></TD
></TR
></TABLE
></DL
></DIV
></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT3"
+><H4
+CLASS="SECT3"
+><A
+NAME="KEEP-ALIVE-TIMEOUT"
+>7.5.8. keep-alive-timeout</A
+></H4
+><P
+></P
+><DIV
+CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
+><DL
+><DT
+>Specifies:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> Number of seconds after which an open connection will no longer be reused.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Type of value:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>Time in seconds.</I
+></TT
+>
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Default value:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+>None</P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Effect if unset:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> Connections are not reused.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Notes:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> This option has no effect if <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+>
+ has been compiled without keep-alive support.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Notes:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> Note that reusing connections doesn't necessary cause speedups.
+ There are also a few privacy implications you should be aware of.
+ </P
+><P
+> Outgoing connections are shared between clients (if there are more
+ than one) and closing the client that initiated the outgoing connection
+ does not affect the connection between <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> and the server unless
+ the client's request hasn't been completed yet. If the outgoing connection
+ is idle, it will not be closed until either <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy's</SPAN
+>
+ or the server's timeout is reached. While it's open, the server knows
+ that the system running <SPAN
+CLASS="APPLICATION"
+>Privoxy</SPAN
+> is still there.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Examples:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> keep-alive-timeout 300
+ </P
+></DD
+></DL
+></DIV
+></DIV
+><DIV
+CLASS="SECT3"
+><H4
+CLASS="SECT3"
+><A
+NAME="SOCKET-TIMEOUT"
+>7.5.9. socket-timeout</A
+></H4
+><P
+></P
+><DIV
+CLASS="VARIABLELIST"
+><DL
+><DT
+>Specifies:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> Number of seconds after which a socket times out if
+ no data is received.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Type of value:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> <TT
+CLASS="REPLACEABLE"
+><I
+>Time in seconds.</I
+></TT
+>
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Default value:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+>None</P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Effect if unset:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> A default value of 300 seconds is used.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Notes:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> For SOCKS requests the timeout currently doesn't start until
+ the SOCKS server accepted the request. This will be fixed in
+ the next release.
+ </P
+></DD
+><DT
+>Examples:</DT
+><DD
+><P
+> socket-timeout 300
+ </P
+></DD
+></DL
+></DIV
+></DIV
></DIV
><DIV
CLASS="SECT2"
></DIV
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