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47 >Privoxy Developers</A
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65 >Privoxy User Manual</I
66 > gives users information on how to
67 install, configure and use <A
68 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
74 > Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities
75 for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers, controlling
76 access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a
77 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes.
78 It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
80 > Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.</P
82 > Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).</P
84 > Helping hands and donations are welcome:
91 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE"
93 >http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE</A
100 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
102 >http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</A
109 > You can find the latest version of the <I
111 >Privoxy User Manual</I
113 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
115 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
121 contact the developers.
133 >Table of Contents</B
137 HREF="introduction.html"
144 HREF="introduction.html#FEATURES"
151 HREF="installation.html"
158 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES"
165 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
166 >Red Hat and Fedora RPMs</A
170 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
171 >Debian and Ubuntu</A
175 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
180 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
185 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
190 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
195 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
200 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-TBZ"
205 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATTION-GENTOO"
212 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE"
213 >Building from Source</A
217 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED"
218 >Keeping your Installation Up-to-Date</A
225 >What's New in this Release</A
231 HREF="whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE"
232 >Note to Upgraders</A
238 HREF="quickstart.html"
239 >Quickstart to Using Privoxy</A
245 HREF="quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING"
246 >Quickstart to Ad Blocking</A
259 HREF="startup.html#START-REDHAT"
260 >Red Hat and Fedora</A
264 HREF="startup.html#START-DEBIAN"
269 HREF="startup.html#START-WINDOWS"
274 HREF="startup.html#START-UNICES"
275 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
279 HREF="startup.html#START-OS2"
284 HREF="startup.html#START-MACOSX"
289 HREF="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS"
294 HREF="startup.html#START-GENTOO"
299 HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
300 >Command Line Options</A
306 HREF="configuration.html"
307 >Privoxy Configuration</A
313 HREF="configuration.html#AEN933"
314 >Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
318 HREF="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW"
319 >Configuration Files Overview</A
326 >The Main Configuration File</A
332 HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
333 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
339 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
344 HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
349 HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
354 HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
361 HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
362 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
368 HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
373 HREF="config.html#TEMPLDIR"
378 HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
383 HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
388 HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
393 HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
398 HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
405 HREF="config.html#DEBUGGING"
412 HREF="config.html#DEBUG"
417 HREF="config.html#SINGLE-THREADED"
422 HREF="config.html#HOSTNAME"
429 HREF="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL"
430 >Access Control and Security</A
436 HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
441 HREF="config.html#TOGGLE"
446 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
447 >enable-remote-toggle</A
451 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
452 >enable-remote-http-toggle</A
456 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
457 >enable-edit-actions</A
461 HREF="config.html#ENFORCE-BLOCKS"
466 HREF="config.html#ACLS"
467 >ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
471 HREF="config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT"
478 HREF="config.html#FORWARDING"
485 HREF="config.html#FORWARD"
490 HREF="config.html#SOCKS"
491 >forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5</A
495 HREF="config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
496 >Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
500 HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
501 >forwarded-connect-retries</A
507 HREF="config.html#MISC"
514 HREF="config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS"
515 >accept-intercepted-requests</A
519 HREF="config.html#ALLOW-CGI-REQUEST-CRUNCHING"
520 >allow-cgi-request-crunching</A
524 HREF="config.html#SPLIT-LARGE-FORMS"
525 >split-large-forms</A
529 HREF="config.html#KEEP-ALIVE-TIMEOUT"
530 >keep-alive-timeout</A
534 HREF="config.html#DEFAULT-SERVER-TIMEOUT"
535 >default-server-timeout</A
539 HREF="config.html#CONNECTION-SHARING"
540 >connection-sharing</A
544 HREF="config.html#SOCKET-TIMEOUT"
549 HREF="config.html#MAX-CLIENT-CONNECTIONS"
550 >max-client-connections</A
554 HREF="config.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOC-RETURNS-OK"
555 >handle-as-empty-doc-returns-ok</A
559 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-COMPRESSION"
560 >enable-compression</A
564 HREF="config.html#COMPRESSION-LEVEL"
565 >compression-level</A
571 HREF="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
572 >Windows GUI Options</A
578 HREF="actions-file.html"
585 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2724"
586 >Finding the Right Mix</A
590 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2731"
595 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY"
596 >How Actions are Applied to Requests</A
600 HREF="actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS"
607 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2843"
608 >The Domain Pattern</A
612 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2919"
617 HREF="actions-file.html#TAG-PATTERN"
624 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS"
631 HREF="actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER"
636 HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
641 HREF="actions-file.html#CHANGE-X-FORWARDED-FOR"
642 >change-x-forwarded-for</A
646 HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-FILTER"
647 >client-header-filter</A
651 HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-TAGGER"
652 >client-header-tagger</A
656 HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
657 >content-type-overwrite</A
661 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
662 >crunch-client-header</A
666 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
667 >crunch-if-none-match</A
671 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES"
672 >crunch-incoming-cookies</A
676 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
677 >crunch-server-header</A
681 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES"
682 >crunch-outgoing-cookies</A
686 HREF="actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS"
691 HREF="actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION"
692 >downgrade-http-version</A
696 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
701 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
706 HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
711 HREF="actions-file.html#FORWARD-OVERRIDE"
716 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
717 >handle-as-empty-document</A
721 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
726 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
727 >hide-accept-language</A
731 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
732 >hide-content-disposition</A
736 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
737 >hide-if-modified-since</A
741 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER"
746 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
751 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT"
756 HREF="actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT"
761 HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
762 >prevent-compression</A
766 HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
767 >overwrite-last-modified</A
771 HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
776 HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-FILTER"
777 >server-header-filter</A
781 HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-TAGGER"
782 >server-header-tagger</A
786 HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
787 >session-cookies-only</A
791 HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
792 >set-image-blocker</A
796 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4551"
803 HREF="actions-file.html#ALIASES"
808 HREF="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES"
809 >Actions Files Tutorial</A
815 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4615"
820 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4637"
825 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4750"
834 HREF="filter-file.html"
841 HREF="filter-file.html#AEN4905"
842 >Filter File Tutorial</A
846 HREF="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS"
847 >The Pre-defined Filters</A
853 HREF="templates.html"
854 >Privoxy's Template Files</A
859 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
866 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
871 HREF="contact.html#REPORTING"
872 >Reporting Problems</A
878 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
879 >Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</A
883 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
890 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
891 >Request New Features</A
895 HREF="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS"
902 HREF="copyright.html"
903 >Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
909 HREF="copyright.html#AEN5385"
914 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
919 HREF="copyright.html#AUTHORS"
938 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
939 >Regular Expressions</A
943 HREF="appendix.html#AEN5638"
944 >Privoxy's Internal Pages</A
950 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
957 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
962 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
963 >Troubleshooting: Anatomy of an Action</A
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996 HREF="introduction.html"