1 Announcing Privoxy v.3.0.12
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4 Privoxy 3.0.12-stable is primarily a bugfix release.
6 See http://www.privoxy.org/3.0.12/user-manual/whatsnew.html for details.
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11 *** Version 3.0.12 ***
13 - The socket-timeout option now also works on platforms whose
14 select() implementation modifies the timeout structure.
15 Previously the timeout was triggered even if the connection
16 didn't stall. Reported by cyberpatrol.
17 - The Connection: keep-alive code properly deals with files
18 larger than 2GB. Previously the connection was closed too
20 - The content length for files above 2GB is logged correctly.
21 - The user-manual directive on the show-status page links to
22 the documentation location specified with the directive,
23 not to the Privoxy website.
24 - When running in daemon mode, Privoxy doesn't log anything
25 to the console unless there are errors before the logfile
27 - The show-status page prints warnings about invalid directives
28 on the same line as the directives themselves.
29 - Fixed several justified (but harmless) compiler warnings,
30 mostly on 64 bit platforms.
31 - The mingw32 version explicitly requests the default charset
32 to prevent display problems with some fonts available on more
33 recent Windows versions. Patch by Burberry.
34 - The mingw32 version uses the Privoxy icon in the alt-tab
35 windows. Patch by Burberry.
36 - The timestamp and the thread id is omitted in the "Fatal error"
37 message box on mingw32.
38 - Fixed two related mingw32-only buffer overflows. Triggering
39 them required control over the configuration file, therefore
40 this isn't seen as a security issue.
41 - In verbose mode, or if the new option --show-skipped-tests
42 is used, Privoxy-Regression-Test logs skipped tests and the
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50 Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for
51 enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling
52 access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a
53 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
54 tastes. It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
57 Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GPL2.
59 Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).
60 Donations are welcome: http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE
62 At present, Privoxy is known to run on Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000,
63 XP, Vista), Linux (Ubuntu, RedHat, SuSE, Debian, Fedora, Gentoo and
64 others), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and
65 various other flavors of Unix.
67 In addition to the core features of ad blocking and cookie management,
68 Privoxy provides many supplemental features, that give the end-user
69 more control, more privacy and more freedom:
72 * Can keep outgoing connections alive and reuse them later on.
74 * Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on client
77 * Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need to
78 configure browsers individually.
80 * Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server and
83 * Can be chained with other proxies.
85 * Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at
86 http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based
87 tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
89 * Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on size,
90 invisible "web-bugs", JavaScript and HTML annoyances, pop-up windows,
93 * Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and user
94 settings to reside in separate files, so that installing updated actions
95 files won't overwrite individual user settings.
97 * Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the configuration
98 files, and a more sophisticated and flexible configuration syntax.
100 * Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based cookies).
104 * Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
106 * Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
108 * User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages (e.g.
111 * Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
113 * Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix).
115 * Every feature now controllable on a per-site or per-location basis,
116 configuration more powerful and versatile over-all.
120 http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11118
123 http://www.privoxy.org/
126 - Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>