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24 <application>Privoxy 3.0.25</application> beta introduces client-based
25 tags and includes a couple of minor improvements. It will be followed
26 by a stable release in the near future.
30 The SGML ChangeLog can be generated with: utils/changelog2doc.pl ChangeLog
40 Always use the current toggle state for new requests.
41 Previously new requests on reused connections inherited
42 the toggle state from the previous request even though
43 the toggle state could have changed.
44 Reported by Robert Klemme.
49 Fixed two buffer-overflows in the (deprecated) static
50 pcre code. These bugs are not considered security issues
51 as the input is trusted.
52 Found with afl-fuzz and ASAN.
64 Added support for client-specific tags which allow Privoxy
65 admins to pre-define tags that are set for all requests from
66 clients that previously opted in through the CGI interface.
67 They are useful in multi-user setups where admins may
68 want to allow users to disable certain actions and filters
69 for themselves without affecting others.
70 In single-user setups they are useful to allow more fine-grained
71 toggling. For example to disable request blocking while still
72 crunching cookies, or to disable experimental filters only.
73 This is an experimental feature, the syntax and behaviour may
74 change in future versions.
75 Sponsored by Robert Klemme.
80 Dynamic filters and taggers now support a $listen-address variable
81 which contains the address the request came in on.
82 For external filters the variable is called $PRIVOXY_LISTEN_ADDRESS.
83 Original patch contributed by pursievro.
88 Add client-header-tagger 'listen-address'.
93 Include the listen-address in the log message when logging new requests.
94 Patch contributed by pursievro.
99 Turn invalid max-client-connections values into fatal errors.
104 The show-status page now shows whether or not dates before 1970
105 and after 2038 are expected to be handled properly.
106 This is mainly useful for Privoxy-Regression-Test but could
107 also come handy when dealing with time-related support requests.
112 On Mac OS X the thread id in log messages are more likely to
118 When complaining about missing filters, the filter type is logged
124 A couple of harmless coverity warnings were silenced
125 (CID #161202, CID #161203, CID #161211).
133 Action file improvements:
137 Filtering is disabled for Range requests to let download resumption
138 and Windows updates work with the default configuration.
143 Unblock ".ardmediathek.de/".
144 Reported by ThTomate in #932.
152 Documentation improvements:
156 Add FAQ entry for crashes caused by memory limits.
161 Remove obsolete FAQ entry about a bug in PHP 4.2.3.
166 Mention the new mailing lists were appropriate.
167 As the archives have not been migrated, continue to
168 mention the archives at SF in the contacting section
174 Note that the templates should be adjusted if Privoxy is
175 running as intercepting proxy without getting all requests.
180 A bunch of links were converted to https://.
185 Rephrase onion service paragraph to make it more obvious
186 that Tor is involved and that the whole website (and not
187 just the homepage) is available as onion service.
192 Streamline the "More information" section on the homepage further
193 by additionally ditching the link to the 'See also' section
194 of the user manual. The section contains mostly links that are
195 directly reachable from the homepage already and the rest is
196 not significant enough to get a link from the homepage.
201 Change the add-header{} example to set the DNT header
202 and use a complete section to make copy and pasting
204 Add a comment to make it obvious that adding the
205 header is not recommended for obvious reasons.
206 Using the DNT header as example was suggested by
212 Streamline the support-and-service template
213 Instead of linking to the various support trackers
214 (whose URLs hopefully change soon), link to the
215 contact section of the user manual to increase the
216 chances that users actually read it.
221 Add a FAQ entry for tainted sockets.
226 More sections in the documentation have stable URLs now.
231 FAQ: Explain why 'ping config.privoxy.org' is not expected
232 to reach a local Privoxy installation.
237 Note that donations done through Zwiebelfreunde e.V. currently
238 can't be checked automatically.
243 Updated section regarding starting Privoxy under OS X.
248 Use dedicated start instructions for FreeBSD and ElectroBSD.
253 Removed release instructions for AIX. They haven't been working
254 for years and unsurprisingly nobody seems to care.
259 Removed obsolete reference to the solaris-dist target.
264 Updated the release instructions for FreeBSD.
269 Removed unfinished release instructions for Amiga OS and HP-UX 11.
274 Added a pointer to the Cygwin Time Machine for getting the last release of
275 Cygwin version 1.5 to use for building Privoxy on Windows.
280 Various typos have been fixed.
288 Infrastructure improvements:
292 The website is no longer hosted at SourceForge and
293 can be reached through https now.
298 The mailing lists at SourceForge have been deprecated,
299 you can subscribe to the new ones at: https://lists.privoxy.org/
304 Migrating the remaining services from SourceForge is
305 work in progress (TODO list item #53).
313 Build system improvements:
317 Add configure argument to optimistically redefine FD_SETSIZE
318 with the intent to change the maximum number of client
319 connections Privoxy can handle. Only works with some libcs.
320 Sponsored by Robert Klemme.
325 Let the tarball-dist target skip files in ".git".
330 Let the tarball-dist target work in cwds other than current.
335 Make the 'clean' target faster when run from a git repository.
340 Include tools in the generic distribution.
345 Let the gen-dist target work in cwds other than current.
350 Sort find output that is used for distribution tarballs
351 to get reproducible results.
356 Don't add '-src' to the name of the tar ball generated by the
357 gen-dist target. The package isn't a source distribution but a
359 While at it, use a variable for the name to reduce the chances
360 that the various references get out of sync and fix the gen-upload
361 target which was looking in the wrong directory.
366 Add regression-tests.action to the files that are distributed.
371 The gen-dist target which was broken since 2002 (r1.92) has been fixed.
376 Remove genclspec.sh which has been obsolete since 2009.
381 Remove obsolete reference to Redhat spec file.
386 Remove the obsolete announce target which has been commented out years ago.
391 Let rsync skip files if the checksums match.
399 Privoxy-Regression-Test:
403 Add a "Default level offset" directive which can be used to
404 change the default level by a given value.
405 This directive affects all tests located after it until the end
406 of the file or a another "Default level offset" directive is reached.
407 The purpose of this directive is to make it more convenient to skip
408 similar tests in a given file without having to remove or disable
409 the tests completely.
414 Let test level 17 depend on FEATURE_64_BIT_TIME_T
415 instead of FEATURE_PTHREAD which has no direct connection
421 Fix indentation in perldoc examples.
426 Don't overlook directives in the first line of the action file.
436 Fix detection of the Privoxy version now that https://
437 is used for the website.