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32 >Privoxy 3.0.7 User Manual</A
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44 >Privoxy Developers</A
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62 >Privoxy User Manual</I
63 > gives users information on how to
64 install, configure and use <A
65 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
73 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
77 with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting
78 privacy, modifying web page data, managing
80 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
84 controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
85 Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be
86 customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
87 both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
89 > Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).</P
91 > You can find the latest version of the <I
93 >Privoxy User Manual</I
95 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
97 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
103 contact the developers.
115 >Table of Contents</B
119 HREF="introduction.html"
126 HREF="introduction.html#FEATURES"
133 HREF="installation.html"
140 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES"
147 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
148 >Red Hat and Fedora RPMs</A
152 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
157 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
162 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
163 >Solaris, NetBSD, HP-UX</A
167 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
172 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
177 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
182 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-TBZ"
187 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATTION-GENTOO"
194 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE"
195 >Building from Source</A
199 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED"
200 >Keeping your Installation Up-to-Date</A
207 >What's New in this Release</A
213 HREF="whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE"
214 >Note to Upgraders</A
220 HREF="quickstart.html"
221 >Quickstart to Using Privoxy</A
227 HREF="quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING"
228 >Quickstart to Ad Blocking</A
241 HREF="startup.html#START-REDHAT"
242 >Red Hat and Fedora</A
246 HREF="startup.html#START-DEBIAN"
251 HREF="startup.html#START-WINDOWS"
256 HREF="startup.html#START-UNICES"
257 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
261 HREF="startup.html#START-OS2"
266 HREF="startup.html#START-MACOSX"
271 HREF="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS"
276 HREF="startup.html#START-GENTOO"
281 HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
282 >Command Line Options</A
288 HREF="configuration.html"
289 >Privoxy Configuration</A
295 HREF="configuration.html#AEN733"
296 >Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
300 HREF="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW"
301 >Configuration Files Overview</A
308 >The Main Configuration File</A
314 HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
315 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
321 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
326 HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
331 HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
336 HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
343 HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
344 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
350 HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
355 HREF="config.html#TEMPLDIR"
360 HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
365 HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
370 HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
375 HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
380 HREF="config.html#JARFILE"
385 HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
392 HREF="config.html#DEBUGGING"
399 HREF="config.html#DEBUG"
404 HREF="config.html#SINGLE-THREADED"
411 HREF="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL"
412 >Access Control and Security</A
418 HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
423 HREF="config.html#TOGGLE"
428 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
429 >enable-remote-toggle</A
433 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
434 >enable-remote-http-toggle</A
438 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
439 >enable-edit-actions</A
443 HREF="config.html#ENFORCE-BLOCKS"
448 HREF="config.html#ACLS"
449 >ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
453 HREF="config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT"
460 HREF="config.html#FORWARDING"
467 HREF="config.html#FORWARD"
472 HREF="config.html#SOCKS"
473 >forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a</A
477 HREF="config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
478 >Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
482 HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
483 >forwarded-connect-retries</A
487 HREF="config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS"
488 >accept-intercepted-requests</A
492 HREF="config.html#ALLOW-CGI-REQUEST-CRUNCHING"
493 >allow-cgi-request-crunching</A
497 HREF="config.html#SPLIT-LARGE-FORMS"
498 >split-large-forms</A
504 HREF="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
505 >Windows GUI Options</A
511 HREF="actions-file.html"
518 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2184"
519 >Finding the Right Mix</A
523 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2191"
528 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY"
529 >How Actions are Applied to Requests</A
533 HREF="actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS"
540 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2282"
541 >The Domain Pattern</A
545 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2353"
550 HREF="actions-file.html#TAG-PATTERN"
557 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS"
564 HREF="actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER"
569 HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
574 HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-FILTER"
575 >client-header-filter</A
579 HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-TAGGER"
580 >client-header-tagger</A
584 HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
585 >content-type-overwrite</A
589 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
590 >crunch-client-header</A
594 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
595 >crunch-if-none-match</A
599 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES"
600 >crunch-incoming-cookies</A
604 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
605 >crunch-server-header</A
609 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES"
610 >crunch-outgoing-cookies</A
614 HREF="actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS"
619 HREF="actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION"
620 >downgrade-http-version</A
624 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
629 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
634 HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
639 HREF="actions-file.html#FORWARD-OVERRIDE"
644 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
645 >handle-as-empty-document</A
649 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
654 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
655 >hide-accept-language</A
659 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
660 >hide-content-disposition</A
664 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
665 >hide-if-modified-since</A
669 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FORWARDED-FOR-HEADERS"
670 >hide-forwarded-for-headers</A
674 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER"
679 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
684 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT"
689 HREF="actions-file.html#INSPECT-JPEGS"
694 HREF="actions-file.html#KILL-POPUPS"
702 HREF="actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT"
707 HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
708 >prevent-compression</A
712 HREF="actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED"
713 >overwrite-last-modified</A
717 HREF="actions-file.html#REDIRECT"
722 HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-VANILLA-WAFER"
723 >send-vanilla-wafer</A
727 HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-WAFER"
732 HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-FILTER"
733 >server-header-filter</A
737 HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-TAGGER"
738 >server-header-tagger</A
742 HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
743 >session-cookies-only</A
747 HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
748 >set-image-blocker</A
752 HREF="actions-file.html#TREAT-FORBIDDEN-CONNECTS-LIKE-BLOCKS"
753 >treat-forbidden-connects-like-blocks</A
757 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4157"
764 HREF="actions-file.html#ALIASES"
769 HREF="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES"
770 >Actions Files Tutorial</A
776 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4222"
781 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4409"
790 HREF="filter-file.html"
797 HREF="filter-file.html#AEN4563"
798 >Filter File Tutorial</A
802 HREF="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS"
803 >The Pre-defined Filters</A
809 HREF="templates.html"
810 >Privoxy's Template Files</A
815 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
822 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
827 HREF="contact.html#REPORTING"
828 >Reporting Problems</A
834 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
835 >Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</A
839 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
846 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
847 >Request New Features</A
851 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
858 HREF="copyright.html"
859 >Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
865 HREF="copyright.html#AEN5033"
870 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
875 HREF="copyright.html#AUTHORS"
894 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
895 >Regular Expressions</A
899 HREF="appendix.html#AEN5288"
900 >Privoxy's Internal Pages</A
906 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
913 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
918 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
919 >Troubleshooting: Anatomy of an Action</A
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952 HREF="introduction.html"