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6 Section: (1)<BR>Updated: 15 February 2009<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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12 privoxy - Privacy Enhancing Proxy
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17 <B>privoxy</B> [<B>--help</B> ] [<B>--version</B> ] [<B>--no-daemon</B> ] [<B>--pidfile </B><I>pidfile</I><B></B> ] [<B>--user </B><I>user[.group]</I><B></B> ] [<B>--chroot</B> ] [<B>--pre-chroot-nslookup </B><I>hostname</I><B></B> ] [<B></B><I>configfile</I><B></B> ]
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24 <B>Privoxy</B> may be invoked with the following command line
28 Print brief usage info and exit.
29 <DT><B>--version</B><DD>
30 Print version info and exit.
31 <DT><B>--no-daemon</B><DD>
32 Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
33 leader, don't detach from controlling tty, and do all logging there.
34 <DT><B>--pidfile </B><I>pidfile</I><B></B><DD>
35 On startup, write the process ID to <I>pidfile</I>.
36 Delete the <I>pidfile</I> on exit.
37 Failure to create or delete the <I>pidfile</I>
38 is non-fatal. If no <B>--pidfile</B> option is given, no PID file will be used.
39 <DT><B>--user </B><I>user[.group]</I><B></B><DD>
40 After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
41 <I>user</I> and the GID of
42 <I>group</I>, or, if the optional
43 <I>group</I> was not given, the default group of
44 <I>user</I>. Exit if the privileges are not
46 <DT><B>--chroot</B><DD>
47 Before changing to the user ID given in the --user option, chroot to
48 that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pretend to the
49 <B>Privoxy</B> process that the directory tree starts
50 there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of possible
51 vulnerabilities in <B>Privoxy</B> to the files contained in
53 <DT><B>--pre-chroot-nslookup </B><I>hostname</I><B></B><DD>
54 Initialize the resolver library using <I>hostname</I>
55 before chroot'ing. On some systems this reduces the number of files
56 that must be copied into the chroot tree.
60 If the <I>configfile</I> is not specified on the command line,
61 <B>Privoxy</B> will look for a file named
62 <I>config</I> in the current directory. If no
63 <I>configfile</I> is found, <B>Privoxy</B> will
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70 Privoxy is a non-caching
72 with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy,
73 modifying web page data, managing HTTP
75 controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
76 Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be
77 customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
78 both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
81 Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).
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83 <H2>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</H2>
87 Browsers can either be individually configured to use
88 <B>Privoxy</B> as a HTTP proxy (recommended),
89 or <B>Privoxy</B> can be combined with a packet
90 filter to build an intercepting proxy
91 (see <I>config</I>). The default setting is for
92 localhost, on port 8118 (configurable in the main config file). To set the
93 HTTP proxy in Firefox, go through: <B>Tools</B>;
94 <B>Options</B>; <B>General</B>;
95 <B>Connection Settings</B>;
96 <B>Manual Proxy Configuration</B>.
99 For Internet Explorer, go through: <B>Tools</B>;
100 <B>Internet Properties</B>; <B>Connections</B>;
104 The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
105 https: URLs will not be proxied. Note: <B>Privoxy</B> can only
106 proxy HTTP and HTTPS traffic. Do not try it with FTP or other protocols.
107 HTTPS presents some limitations, and not all features will work with HTTPS
111 For other browsers, check the documentation.
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113 <H2>CONFIGURATION</H2>
117 <B>Privoxy</B> can be configured with the various configuration
118 files. The default configuration files are: <I>config</I>,
119 <I>default.filter</I>, <I>default.action</I> and
120 <I>default.action</I>. <I>user.action</I> should
121 be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules in
122 <I>match-all.action</I> and <I>default.action</I>,
123 and <I>user.filter</I> for locally defined filters. These are
124 well commented. On Unix and Unix-like systems, these are located in
125 <I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by default.
128 <B>Privoxy</B> uses the concept of <B>actions</B>
129 in order to manipulate the data stream between the browser and remote sites.
130 There are various actions available with specific functions for such things
131 as blocking web sites, managing cookies, etc. These actions can be invoked
132 individually or combined, and used against individual URLs, or groups of URLs
133 that can be defined using wildcards and regular expressions. The result is
134 that the user has greatly enhanced control and freedom.
137 The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your
138 web browser at <A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/</A>
139 (assuming the configuration allows it).
140 <B>Privoxy's</B> configuration parameters can also be viewed at
141 the same page. In addition, <B>Privoxy</B> can be toggled on/off.
142 This is an internal page, and does not require Internet access.
145 See the <I>User Manual</I> for a detailed
146 explanation of installation, general usage, all configuration options, new
147 features and notes on upgrading.
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154 <I>/usr/sbin/privoxy</I>
155 <I>/etc/privoxy/config</I>
156 <I>/etc/privoxy/match-all.action</I>
157 <I>/etc/privoxy/default.action</I>
158 <I>/etc/privoxy/user.action</I>
159 <I>/etc/privoxy/default.filter</I>
160 <I>/etc/privoxy/user.filter</I>
161 <I>/etc/privoxy/trust</I>
162 <I>/etc/privoxy/templates/*</I>
163 <I>/var/log/privoxy/logfile</I>
168 Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on platform
169 and build configuration. Additional documentation should be included in the local
170 documentation directory.
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176 <B>Privoxy</B> terminates on the <B>SIGINT</B>,
177 <B>SIGTERM</B> and <B>SIGABRT</B> signals. Log
178 rotation scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a
179 <B>SIGHUP</B> to <B>Privoxy</B>. Note that unlike
180 other daemons, <B>Privoxy</B> does not need to be made aware of
181 config file changes by <B>SIGHUP</B> -- it will detect them
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188 Please see the <I>User Manual</I> on how to contact the
189 developers, for feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
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195 Other references and sites of interest to <B>Privoxy</B>
200 <A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/">http://www.privoxy.org/,</A>
201 the <B>Privoxy</B> Home page.
203 <A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/,</A>
204 the <B>Privoxy</B> FAQ.
206 <A HREF="https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/">https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/,</A>
207 the Project Page for <B>Privoxy</B> on
210 <A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/">http://config.privoxy.org/,</A>
211 the web-based user interface. <B>Privoxy</B> must be
212 running for this to work. Shortcut: <A HREF="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</A>
214 <A HREF="https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118">https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118</A>&atid=460288, to submit ``misses'' and other
215 configuration related suggestions to the developers.
217 <A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/">http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/,</A>
218 the <B>Privoxy</B> developer manual.
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220 <H2>DEVELOPMENT TEAM</H2>
224 Fabian Keil, lead developer
225 David Schmidt, developer
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236 <H2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</H2>
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243 Copyright (C) 2001-2009 by Privoxy Developers <<A HREF="mailto:ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net">ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net</A>>
246 Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous Coders
247 and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <I>GNU General Public
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254 <B>Privoxy</B> is free software; you can
255 redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
256 <I>GNU General Public License</I>, version 2,
257 as published by the Free Software Foundation.
260 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
261 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
262 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the <I>GNU General Public License</I> for details.
265 You should have received a copy of the <I>GNU GPL</I>
266 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
267 Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor
268 Boston, MA 02110-1301
273 <A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
275 <DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
276 <DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
277 <DT><A HREF="#lbAD">OPTIONS</A><DD>
278 <DT><A HREF="#lbAE">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
279 <DT><A HREF="#lbAF">INSTALLATION AND USAGE</A><DD>
280 <DT><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
281 <DT><A HREF="#lbAH">FILES</A><DD>
282 <DT><A HREF="#lbAI">SIGNALS</A><DD>
283 <DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">NOTES</A><DD>
284 <DT><A HREF="#lbAK">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
285 <DT><A HREF="#lbAL">DEVELOPMENT TEAM</A><DD>
286 <DT><A HREF="#lbAM">COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</A><DD>
288 <DT><A HREF="#lbAN">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
289 <DT><A HREF="#lbAO">LICENSE</A><DD>
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296 Time: 20:29:58 GMT, February 15, 2009