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5 Section: (1)<BR>Updated: 14 May 2002<BR><A HREF="#index">Index</A>
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11 privoxy - Privacy Enhancing Proxy
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16 <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></B><I>configfile</I><B></B>] <B>(UNIX)</B>
19 <B>privoxy.exe</B> [<B></B><I>configfile</I><B></B>] <B>(Windows)</B>
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26 <B>Privoxy</B> may be invoked with the following command line
30 Print brief usage info and exit.
31 <DT><B>--version</B><DD>
32 Print version info and exit.
33 <DT><B>--no-daemon</B><DD>
34 Don't become a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group
35 leader, don't detach from controlling tty, and do all logging there.
36 <DT><B>--pidfile </B><I>pidfile</I><B></B><DD>
37 On startup, write the process ID to <I>pidfile</I>.
38 Delete the <I>pidfile</I> on exit.
39 Failure to create or delete the <I>pidfile</I>
40 is non-fatal. If no <B>--pidfile</B> option is given, no PID file will be used.
41 <DT><B>--user </B><I>user[.group]</I><B></B><DD>
42 After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of
43 <I>user</I> and the GID of
44 <I>group</I>, or, if the optional
45 <I>group</I> was not given, the default group of
46 <I>user</I>. Exit if the privileges are not
51 If the <I>configfile</I> is not specified on the command line,
52 <B>Privoxy</B> will look for a file named
53 <I>config</I> in the current directory (except on Win32 where
54 it will try <I>config.txt</I>). If no
55 <I>configfile</I> is found, <B>Privoxy</B> will
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62 <B>Privoxy</B> is a web proxy with advanced filtering
63 capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
64 cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
65 obnoxious Internet junk. <B>Privoxy</B> has a very
66 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
67 tastes. <B>Privoxy</B> has application for both
68 stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
71 <B>Privoxy</B> is based on <B>Internet
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74 <H2>INSTALLATION AND USAGE</H2>
78 Browsers must be individually configured to use <B>Privoxy</B> as
79 a HTTP proxy. The default setting is for localhost, on port 8118
80 (configurable in the main config file). To set the HTTP proxy in Netscape
81 and Mozilla, go through: <B>Edit</B>;
82 <B>Preferences</B>; <B>Advanced</B>;
83 <B>Proxies</B>; <B>Manual Proxy Configuration</B>;
87 For Internet Explorer, go through: <B>Tools</B>;
88 <B>Internet Properties</B>; <B>Connections</B>;
92 The Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise
93 https: URLs will not be proxied.
96 For other browsers, check the documentation.
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98 <H2>CONFIGURATION</H2>
102 <B>Privoxy</B> can be configured with the various configuration
103 files. The default configuration files are: <I>config</I>,
104 <I>default.filter</I>, and
105 <I>default.action</I>. <I>user.action</I> should
106 be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules of
107 <I>default.action</I> These are all well commented. On Unix
108 and Unix-like systems, these are located in
109 <I>/etc/privoxy/</I> by default. On Windows, OS/2 and AmigaOS,
110 these files are in the same directory as the <B>Privoxy</B>
114 The name and number of configuration files has changed from previous
115 versions, and is subject to change as development progresses. In fact, the
116 configuration itself is changed and much more sophisticated. See the
118 complete explanation of all configuration options and general usage.
121 The actions list (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your
122 web browser at <A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org/.">http://config.privoxy.org/.</A>
123 <B>Privoxy's</B> configuration parameters can also be viewed at
124 the same page. In addition, <B>Privoxy</B> can be toggled on/off.
125 This is an internal page.
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127 <H2>SAMPLE CONFIGURATION</H2>
131 A brief example of what a simple <I>default.action</I>
132 configuration might look like:
135 # Define a few useful custom aliases for later use
139 +crunch-cookies = +crunch-incoming-cookies +crunch-outgoing-cookies
140 -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
141 +imageblock = +block +handle-as-image
143 # Fragile sites should have the minimum changes
144 fragile = -block -deanimate-gifs -fast-redirects -filter \
145 -hide-referer -prevent-cookies -kill-popups
147 ## Turn some actions on ################################
151 +deanimate-gifs{last} \
152 -downgrade-http-version \
154 +filter{html-annoyances} \
155 +filter{js-annoyances} \
156 +filter{content-cookies} \
158 +filter{banners-by-size} \
159 +hide-forwarded-for-headers \
160 +hide-from-header{block} \
161 +hide-referrer{forge} \
164 +set-image-blocker{pattern} \
166 +prevent-compression \
167 +session-cookies-only \
171 / # '/' Matches *all* URL patterns
173 # Block, and treat these URL patterns as if they were 'images'.
174 # We would expect these to be ads.
177 .a[0-9].yimg.com/(?:(?!/i/).)*$
180 # Block any URLs that match these patterns
185 /.*count(er)?\.(pl|cgi|exe|dll|asp|php[34]?)
188 # Make exceptions for these harmless ones that would be
189 # caught by our +block patterns just above.
198 Then for a <I>user.action</I>, we would put local,
199 narrowly defined exceptions:
202 # Re-define aliases as needed here
206 -crunch-cookies = -crunch-incoming-cookies -crunch-outgoing-cookies
208 # Set personal exceptions to the policies in default.action #######
210 # Sites where we want persistant cookies, so allow *all* cookies
211 {-crunch-cookies -session-cookies-only}
216 # This site breaks easily.
217 {-block -fast-redirects}
223 See the comments in the configuration files themselves, or the
225 for explanations of the above syntax, and other <B>Privoxy</B>
226 configuration options.
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233 <I>/usr/sbin/privoxy</I>
234 <I>/etc/privoxy/config</I>
235 <I>/etc/privoxy/default.action</I>
236 <I>/etc/privoxy/standard.action</I>
237 <I>/etc/privoxy/user.action</I>
238 <I>/etc/privoxy/default.filter</I>
239 <I>/etc/privoxy/trust</I>
240 <I>/etc/privoxy/templates/*</I>
241 <I>/var/log/privoxy/logfile</I>
246 Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on platform
247 and build configuration. More documentation should be included in the local
248 documentation directory.
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254 <B>Privoxy</B> terminates on the <B>SIGINT</B>,
255 <B>SIGTERM</B> and <B>SIGABRT</B> signals. Log
256 rotation scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a
257 <B>SIGHUP</B> to <B>Privoxy</B>. Note that unlike
258 other daemons, <B>Privoxy</B> does not need to be made aware of
259 config file changes by <B>SIGHUP</B> -- it will detect them
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266 This is a beta version of <B>Privoxy</B>. Not
267 all features are well tested.
270 Please see the <I>user-manual</I> on how to contact the
271 developers for feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.
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277 Other references and sites of interest to <B>Privoxy</B>
282 <A HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/,">http://www.privoxy.org/,</A>
283 The <B>Privoxy</B> Home page.
285 <A HREF="http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa,">http://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa,</A>
286 the Project Page for <B>Privoxy</B> on
289 <A HREF="http://p.p/,">http://p.p/,</A> access
290 <B>Privoxy</B> from your browser. Alternately,
291 <A HREF="http://config.privoxy.org">http://config.privoxy.org</A>
292 may work in some situations where the first does not.
294 <A HREF="http://p.p/">http://p.p/</A> to submit ``misses'' to the developers.
296 <A HREF="http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html">http://www.junkbusters.com/ht/en/cookies.html</A>
298 <A HREF="http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/">http://www.waldherr.org/junkbuster/</A>
300 <A HREF="http://privacy.net/analyze/">http://privacy.net/analyze/</A>
302 <A HREF="http://www.squid-cache.org/">http://www.squid-cache.org/</A>
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304 <H2>DEVELOPMENT TEAM</H2>
313 Rodrigo Barbosa (RPM specfiles)
316 Gábor Lipták
319 David Schmidt (OS/2, Mac OSX ports)
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325 <H2>COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</H2>
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332 Copyright (C) 2001, 2002 by Privoxy Developers <<A HREF="mailto:developers@privoxy.org">developers@privoxy.org</A>>
335 Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous Coders
336 and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the <I>GNU General Public
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343 <B>Privoxy</B> is free software; you can
344 redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the
345 <I>GNU General Public
346 License</I>, version 2, as published by the Free Software Foundation.
349 This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
350 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
351 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
352 <I>GNU General Public License</I> for
353 more details, which is available from the Free Software Foundation, Inc, 59
354 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
357 You should have received a copy of the <I>GNU General Public License</I>
358 along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
359 Foundation, Inc. 59 Temple Place - Suite 330
360 Boston, MA 02111-1307
365 <A NAME="index"> </A><H2>Index</H2>
367 <DT><A HREF="#lbAB">NAME</A><DD>
368 <DT><A HREF="#lbAC">SYNOPSIS</A><DD>
369 <DT><A HREF="#lbAD">OPTIONS</A><DD>
370 <DT><A HREF="#lbAE">DESCRIPTION</A><DD>
371 <DT><A HREF="#lbAF">INSTALLATION AND USAGE</A><DD>
372 <DT><A HREF="#lbAG">CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
373 <DT><A HREF="#lbAH">SAMPLE CONFIGURATION</A><DD>
374 <DT><A HREF="#lbAI">FILES</A><DD>
375 <DT><A HREF="#lbAJ">SIGNALS</A><DD>
376 <DT><A HREF="#lbAK">NOTES</A><DD>
377 <DT><A HREF="#lbAL">SEE ALSO</A><DD>
378 <DT><A HREF="#lbAM">DEVELOPMENT TEAM</A><DD>
379 <DT><A HREF="#lbAN">COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE</A><DD>
381 <DT><A HREF="#lbAO">COPYRIGHT</A><DD>
382 <DT><A HREF="#lbAP">LICENSE</A><DD>
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388 using the manual pages.<BR>
389 Time: 00:10:58 GMT, May 15, 2002