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35 >Privoxy 3.0.11 User Manual</A
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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
76 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server"
80 with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy,
81 modifying web page data, managing HTTP
83 HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie"
87 controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious
88 Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be
89 customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for
90 both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.</P
92 > Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).</P
94 > You can find the latest version of the <I
96 >Privoxy User Manual</I
98 HREF="http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/"
100 >http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</A
106 contact the developers.
118 >Table of Contents</B
122 HREF="introduction.html"
129 HREF="introduction.html#FEATURES"
136 HREF="installation.html"
143 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES"
150 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-RPM"
151 >Red Hat and Fedora RPMs</A
155 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB"
156 >Debian and Ubuntu</A
160 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN"
165 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-BINTGZ"
170 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2"
175 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC"
180 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-AMIGA"
185 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-TBZ"
190 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATTION-GENTOO"
197 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE"
198 >Building from Source</A
202 HREF="installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED"
203 >Keeping your Installation Up-to-Date</A
210 >What's New in this Release</A
216 HREF="whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE"
217 >Note to Upgraders</A
223 HREF="quickstart.html"
224 >Quickstart to Using Privoxy</A
230 HREF="quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING"
231 >Quickstart to Ad Blocking</A
244 HREF="startup.html#START-REDHAT"
245 >Red Hat and Fedora</A
249 HREF="startup.html#START-DEBIAN"
254 HREF="startup.html#START-WINDOWS"
259 HREF="startup.html#START-UNICES"
260 >Solaris, NetBSD, FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</A
264 HREF="startup.html#START-OS2"
269 HREF="startup.html#START-MACOSX"
274 HREF="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS"
279 HREF="startup.html#START-GENTOO"
284 HREF="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS"
285 >Command Line Options</A
291 HREF="configuration.html"
292 >Privoxy Configuration</A
298 HREF="configuration.html#AEN763"
299 >Controlling Privoxy with Your Web Browser</A
303 HREF="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW"
304 >Configuration Files Overview</A
311 >The Main Configuration File</A
317 HREF="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP"
318 >Local Set-up Documentation</A
324 HREF="config.html#USER-MANUAL"
329 HREF="config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL"
334 HREF="config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS"
339 HREF="config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL"
346 HREF="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC"
347 >Configuration and Log File Locations</A
353 HREF="config.html#CONFDIR"
358 HREF="config.html#TEMPLDIR"
363 HREF="config.html#LOGDIR"
368 HREF="config.html#ACTIONSFILE"
373 HREF="config.html#FILTERFILE"
378 HREF="config.html#LOGFILE"
383 HREF="config.html#TRUSTFILE"
390 HREF="config.html#DEBUGGING"
397 HREF="config.html#DEBUG"
402 HREF="config.html#SINGLE-THREADED"
407 HREF="config.html#HOSTNAME"
414 HREF="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL"
415 >Access Control and Security</A
421 HREF="config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS"
426 HREF="config.html#TOGGLE"
431 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE"
432 >enable-remote-toggle</A
436 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE"
437 >enable-remote-http-toggle</A
441 HREF="config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS"
442 >enable-edit-actions</A
446 HREF="config.html#ENFORCE-BLOCKS"
451 HREF="config.html#ACLS"
452 >ACLs: permit-access and deny-access</A
456 HREF="config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT"
463 HREF="config.html#FORWARDING"
470 HREF="config.html#FORWARD"
475 HREF="config.html#SOCKS"
476 >forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5</A
480 HREF="config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES"
481 >Advanced Forwarding Examples</A
485 HREF="config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES"
486 >forwarded-connect-retries</A
490 HREF="config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS"
491 >accept-intercepted-requests</A
495 HREF="config.html#ALLOW-CGI-REQUEST-CRUNCHING"
496 >allow-cgi-request-crunching</A
500 HREF="config.html#SPLIT-LARGE-FORMS"
501 >split-large-forms</A
505 HREF="config.html#KEEP-ALIVE-TIMEOUT"
506 >keep-alive-timeout</A
510 HREF="config.html#SOCKET-TIMEOUT"
517 HREF="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI"
518 >Windows GUI Options</A
524 HREF="actions-file.html"
531 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2264"
532 >Finding the Right Mix</A
536 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2271"
541 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY"
542 >How Actions are Applied to Requests</A
546 HREF="actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS"
553 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2362"
554 >The Domain Pattern</A
558 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN2438"
563 HREF="actions-file.html#TAG-PATTERN"
570 HREF="actions-file.html#ACTIONS"
577 HREF="actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER"
582 HREF="actions-file.html#BLOCK"
587 HREF="actions-file.html#CHANGE-X-FORWARDED-FOR"
588 >change-x-forwarded-for</A
592 HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-FILTER"
593 >client-header-filter</A
597 HREF="actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-TAGGER"
598 >client-header-tagger</A
602 HREF="actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE"
603 >content-type-overwrite</A
607 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER"
608 >crunch-client-header</A
612 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH"
613 >crunch-if-none-match</A
617 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES"
618 >crunch-incoming-cookies</A
622 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER"
623 >crunch-server-header</A
627 HREF="actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES"
628 >crunch-outgoing-cookies</A
632 HREF="actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS"
637 HREF="actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION"
638 >downgrade-http-version</A
642 HREF="actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS"
647 HREF="actions-file.html#FILTER"
652 HREF="actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE"
657 HREF="actions-file.html#FORWARD-OVERRIDE"
662 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT"
663 >handle-as-empty-document</A
667 HREF="actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE"
672 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE"
673 >hide-accept-language</A
677 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION"
678 >hide-content-disposition</A
682 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE"
683 >hide-if-modified-since</A
687 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER"
692 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER"
697 HREF="actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT"
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#SERVER-HEADER-FILTER"
723 >server-header-filter</A
727 HREF="actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-TAGGER"
728 >server-header-tagger</A
732 HREF="actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY"
733 >session-cookies-only</A
737 HREF="actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER"
738 >set-image-blocker</A
742 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4069"
749 HREF="actions-file.html#ALIASES"
754 HREF="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES"
755 >Actions Files Tutorial</A
761 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4132"
766 HREF="actions-file.html#AEN4266"
775 HREF="filter-file.html"
782 HREF="filter-file.html#AEN4421"
783 >Filter File Tutorial</A
787 HREF="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS"
788 >The Pre-defined Filters</A
794 HREF="templates.html"
795 >Privoxy's Template Files</A
800 >Contacting the Developers, Bug Reporting and Feature
807 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT"
812 HREF="contact.html#REPORTING"
813 >Reporting Problems</A
819 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS"
820 >Reporting Ads or Other Configuration Problems</A
824 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS"
831 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE"
832 >Request New Features</A
836 HREF="contact.html#CONTACT-OTHER"
843 HREF="copyright.html"
844 >Privoxy Copyright, License and History</A
850 HREF="copyright.html#AEN4895"
855 HREF="copyright.html#HISTORY"
860 HREF="copyright.html#AUTHORS"
879 HREF="appendix.html#REGEX"
880 >Regular Expressions</A
884 HREF="appendix.html#AEN5149"
885 >Privoxy's Internal Pages</A
891 HREF="appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS"
898 HREF="appendix.html#CHAIN"
903 HREF="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT"
904 >Troubleshooting: Anatomy of an Action</A
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937 HREF="introduction.html"