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29 >Privoxy User Manual</A
39 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org"
41 >Privoxy Developers</A
47 >$Id: user-manual.sgml,v 1.117 2002/05/17 13:56:16 oes Exp $<BR></P
57 > The user manual gives users information on how to install, configure and use
59 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/"
71 > is a web proxy with advanced filtering
72 capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering web page content, managing
73 cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other
74 obnoxious Internet junk. <SPAN
78 flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and
82 > has application for both
83 stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
94 > You can find the latest version of the user manual at <A
95 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
97 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
104 contact the developers.
116 >Table of Contents</B
120 HREF="introduction.html"
127 HREF="introduction.html#FEATURES"
134 HREF="installation.html"
141 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES"
148 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
149 >Red Hat, SuSE RPMs and Conectiva</A
153 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
158 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
163 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
164 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX</A
168 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
173 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
178 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
185 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE"
186 >Building from Source</A
192 HREF="upgradersnote.html"
193 >Note to Upgraders</A
197 HREF="quickstart.html"
198 >Quickstart to Using <SPAN
215 HREF="startup.html#START-REDHATDEBIAN"
216 >RedHat, Conectiva and Debian</A
220 HREF="startup.html#START-SUSE"
225 HREF="startup.html#START-WINDOWS"
230 HREF="startup.html#START-UNICES"
231 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
235 HREF="startup.html#START-OS2"
240 HREF="startup.html#START-MACOSX"
245 HREF="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS"
250 HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
251 >Command Line Options</A
257 HREF="configuration.html"
267 HREF="configuration.html#AEN357"
271 > with Your Web Browser</A
275 HREF="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW"
276 >Configuration Files Overview</A
283 >The Main Configuration File</A
289 HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
290 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
296 HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
301 HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
306 HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
311 HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
316 HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
321 HREF="config.html#JARFILE"
326 HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
333 HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
334 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
340 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
345 HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
350 HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
355 HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
362 HREF="config.html#DEBUGGING"
369 HREF="config.html#DEBUG"
374 HREF="config.html#SINGLE-THREADED"
381 HREF="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL"
382 >Access Control and Security</A
388 HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
393 HREF="config.html#TOGGLE"
398 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
399 >enable-remote-toggle</A
403 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
404 >enable-edit-actions</A
408 HREF="config.html#ACLS"
409 >ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
413 HREF="config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT"
420 HREF="config.html#FORWARDING"
427 HREF="config.html#FORWARD"
432 HREF="config.html#SOCKS"
433 >forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a</A
437 HREF="config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
438 >Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
444 HREF="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
445 >Windows GUI Options</A
451 HREF="actions-file.html"
458 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1403"
459 >Finding the Right Mix</A
463 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1410"
468 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY"
469 >How Actions are Applied to URLs</A
473 HREF="actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS"
480 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1440"
485 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1473"
486 >The Domain Pattern</A
490 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN1535"
497 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS"
504 HREF="actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER"
512 HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
520 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES"
523 >crunch-incoming-cookies</I
528 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES"
531 >crunch-outgoing-cookies</I
536 HREF="actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS"
544 HREF="actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION"
547 >downgrade-http-version</I
552 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
560 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
568 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
576 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FORWARDED-FOR-HEADERS"
579 >hide-forwarded-for-headers</I
584 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER"
592 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
600 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT"
608 HREF="actions-file.html#KILL-POPUPS"
619 HREF="actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT"
627 HREF="actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION"
630 >prevent-compression</I
635 HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-VANILLA-WAFER"
638 >send-vanilla-wafer</I
643 HREF="actions-file.html#SEND-WAFER"
651 HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
654 >session-cookies-only</I
659 HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
662 >set-image-blocker</I
667 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2469"
674 HREF="actions-file.html#ALIASES"
679 HREF="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES"
680 >Actions Files Tutorial</A
686 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2521"
691 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2675"
700 HREF="filter-file.html"
707 HREF="filter-file.html#AEN2778"
708 >Filter File Tutorial</A
714 HREF="templates.html"
720 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
727 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
732 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
737 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
738 >Request New Features</A
742 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
743 >Report Ads or Other Actions-Related Problems</A
747 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
754 HREF="copyright.html"
758 > Copyright, License and History</A
764 HREF="copyright.html#AEN2972"
769 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
774 HREF="copyright.html#AUTHORS"
793 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
794 >Regular Expressions</A
798 HREF="appendix.html#AEN3218"
802 >'s Internal Pages</A
808 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
815 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
820 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
821 >Anatomy of an Action</A
853 HREF="introduction.html"