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19 <h1 class="TITLE"><a name="AEN2" id="AEN2">Privoxy 3.0.20 User
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33 <p>The <i class="CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i> gives users
34 information on how to install, configure and use <a href=
35 "http://www.privoxy.org/" target="_top">Privoxy</a>.</p>
37 <p>Privoxy is a non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering
38 capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and
39 HTTP headers, controlling access, and removing ads and other
40 obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and
41 can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. It has
42 application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user
45 <p>Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GNU GPLv2.</p>
47 <p>Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public
50 <p>Helping hands and donations are welcome:</p>
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56 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#PARTICIPATE</a></p>
60 <p><a href="http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE"
62 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/faq/general.html#DONATE</a></p>
66 <p>You can find the latest version of the <i class=
67 "CITETITLE">Privoxy User Manual</i> at <a href=
68 "http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/" target=
69 "_top">http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/</a>. Please see the
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79 <dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt>
81 <dt>1. <a href="introduction.html">Introduction</a></dt>
85 <dt>1.1. <a href="introduction.html#FEATURES">Features</a></dt>
89 <dt>2. <a href="installation.html">Installation</a></dt>
93 <dt>2.1. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACKAGES">Binary
99 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-DEB">Debian and
103 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-PACK-WIN">Windows</a></dt>
106 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-OS2">OS/2</a></dt>
108 <dt>2.1.4. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-MAC">Mac
112 "installation.html#OS-X-INSTALL-FROM-PACKAGE">Installation
113 from ready-built package</a></dt>
116 "installation.html#OS-X-INSTALL-FROM-SOURCE">Installation
120 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-TBZ">FreeBSD</a></dt>
124 <dt>2.2. <a href="installation.html#INSTALLATION-SOURCE">Building
128 "installation.html#INSTALLATION-KEEPUPDATED">Keeping your
129 Installation Up-to-Date</a></dt>
133 <dt>3. <a href="whatsnew.html">What's New in this Release</a></dt>
137 <dt>3.1. <a href="whatsnew.html#UPGRADERSNOTE">Note to
142 <dt>4. <a href="quickstart.html">Quickstart to Using Privoxy</a></dt>
147 "quickstart.html#QUICKSTART-AD-BLOCKING">Quickstart to Ad
152 <dt>5. <a href="startup.html">Starting Privoxy</a></dt>
156 <dt>5.1. <a href="startup.html#START-REDHAT">Red Hat and
159 <dt>5.2. <a href="startup.html#START-DEBIAN">Debian</a></dt>
161 <dt>5.3. <a href="startup.html#START-WINDOWS">Windows</a></dt>
163 <dt>5.4. <a href="startup.html#START-UNICES">Solaris, NetBSD,
164 FreeBSD, HP-UX and others</a></dt>
166 <dt>5.5. <a href="startup.html#START-OS2">OS/2</a></dt>
168 <dt>5.6. <a href="startup.html#START-MACOSX">Mac OS X</a></dt>
170 <dt>5.7. <a href="startup.html#START-AMIGAOS">AmigaOS</a></dt>
172 <dt>5.8. <a href="startup.html#START-GENTOO">Gentoo</a></dt>
174 <dt>5.9. <a href="startup.html#CMDOPTIONS">Command Line
179 <dt>6. <a href="configuration.html">Privoxy Configuration</a></dt>
183 <dt>6.1. <a href="configuration.html#AEN1056">Controlling Privoxy
184 with Your Web Browser</a></dt>
186 <dt>6.2. <a href="configuration.html#CONFOVERVIEW">Configuration
187 Files Overview</a></dt>
191 <dt>7. <a href="config.html">The Main Configuration File</a></dt>
195 <dt>7.1. <a href="config.html#LOCAL-SET-UP">Local Set-up
196 Documentation</a></dt>
201 "config.html#USER-MANUAL">user-manual</a></dt>
204 "config.html#TRUST-INFO-URL">trust-info-url</a></dt>
207 "config.html#ADMIN-ADDRESS">admin-address</a></dt>
210 "config.html#PROXY-INFO-URL">proxy-info-url</a></dt>
214 <dt>7.2. <a href="config.html#CONF-LOG-LOC">Configuration and Log
215 File Locations</a></dt>
219 <dt>7.2.1. <a href="config.html#CONFDIR">confdir</a></dt>
221 <dt>7.2.2. <a href="config.html#TEMPLDIR">templdir</a></dt>
223 <dt>7.2.3. <a href="config.html#LOGDIR">logdir</a></dt>
226 "config.html#ACTIONSFILE">actionsfile</a></dt>
229 "config.html#FILTERFILE">filterfile</a></dt>
231 <dt>7.2.6. <a href="config.html#LOGFILE">logfile</a></dt>
233 <dt>7.2.7. <a href="config.html#TRUSTFILE">trustfile</a></dt>
237 <dt>7.3. <a href="config.html#DEBUGGING">Debugging</a></dt>
241 <dt>7.3.1. <a href="config.html#DEBUG">debug</a></dt>
244 "config.html#SINGLE-THREADED">single-threaded</a></dt>
246 <dt>7.3.3. <a href="config.html#HOSTNAME">hostname</a></dt>
250 <dt>7.4. <a href="config.html#ACCESS-CONTROL">Access Control and
256 "config.html#LISTEN-ADDRESS">listen-address</a></dt>
258 <dt>7.4.2. <a href="config.html#TOGGLE">toggle</a></dt>
261 "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-TOGGLE">enable-remote-toggle</a></dt>
264 "config.html#ENABLE-REMOTE-HTTP-TOGGLE">enable-remote-http-toggle</a></dt>
267 "config.html#ENABLE-EDIT-ACTIONS">enable-edit-actions</a></dt>
270 "config.html#ENFORCE-BLOCKS">enforce-blocks</a></dt>
272 <dt>7.4.7. <a href="config.html#ACLS">ACLs: permit-access and
276 "config.html#BUFFER-LIMIT">buffer-limit</a></dt>
280 <dt>7.5. <a href="config.html#FORWARDING">Forwarding</a></dt>
284 <dt>7.5.1. <a href="config.html#FORWARD">forward</a></dt>
286 <dt>7.5.2. <a href="config.html#SOCKS">forward-socks4,
287 forward-socks4a, forward-socks5 and forward-socks5t</a></dt>
290 "config.html#ADVANCED-FORWARDING-EXAMPLES">Advanced
291 Forwarding Examples</a></dt>
294 "config.html#FORWARDED-CONNECT-RETRIES">forwarded-connect-retries</a></dt>
298 <dt>7.6. <a href="config.html#MISC">Miscellaneous</a></dt>
303 "config.html#ACCEPT-INTERCEPTED-REQUESTS">accept-intercepted-requests</a></dt>
306 "config.html#ALLOW-CGI-REQUEST-CRUNCHING">allow-cgi-request-crunching</a></dt>
309 "config.html#SPLIT-LARGE-FORMS">split-large-forms</a></dt>
312 "config.html#KEEP-ALIVE-TIMEOUT">keep-alive-timeout</a></dt>
315 "config.html#TOLERATE-PIPELINING">tolerate-pipelining</a></dt>
318 "config.html#DEFAULT-SERVER-TIMEOUT">default-server-timeout</a></dt>
321 "config.html#CONNECTION-SHARING">connection-sharing</a></dt>
324 "config.html#SOCKET-TIMEOUT">socket-timeout</a></dt>
327 "config.html#MAX-CLIENT-CONNECTIONS">max-client-connections</a></dt>
330 "config.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOC-RETURNS-OK">handle-as-empty-doc-returns-ok</a></dt>
333 "config.html#ENABLE-COMPRESSION">enable-compression</a></dt>
336 "config.html#COMPRESSION-LEVEL">compression-level</a></dt>
339 "config.html#CLIENT-HEADER-ORDER">client-header-order</a></dt>
343 <dt>7.7. <a href="config.html#WINDOWS-GUI">Windows GUI
348 <dt>8. <a href="actions-file.html">Actions Files</a></dt>
352 <dt>8.1. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN2906">Finding the Right
355 <dt>8.2. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN2913">How to Edit</a></dt>
357 <dt>8.3. <a href="actions-file.html#ACTIONS-APPLY">How Actions
358 are Applied to Requests</a></dt>
361 "actions-file.html#AF-PATTERNS">Patterns</a></dt>
365 <dt>8.4.1. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN3025">The Domain
368 <dt>8.4.2. <a href="actions-file.html#AEN3101">The Path
371 <dt>8.4.3. <a href="actions-file.html#TAG-PATTERN">The Tag
376 <dt>8.5. <a href="actions-file.html#ACTIONS">Actions</a></dt>
381 "actions-file.html#ADD-HEADER">add-header</a></dt>
383 <dt>8.5.2. <a href="actions-file.html#BLOCK">block</a></dt>
386 "actions-file.html#CHANGE-X-FORWARDED-FOR">change-x-forwarded-for</a></dt>
389 "actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-FILTER">client-header-filter</a></dt>
392 "actions-file.html#CLIENT-HEADER-TAGGER">client-header-tagger</a></dt>
395 "actions-file.html#CONTENT-TYPE-OVERWRITE">content-type-overwrite</a></dt>
398 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-CLIENT-HEADER">crunch-client-header</a></dt>
401 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-IF-NONE-MATCH">crunch-if-none-match</a></dt>
404 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-INCOMING-COOKIES">crunch-incoming-cookies</a></dt>
407 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-SERVER-HEADER">crunch-server-header</a></dt>
410 "actions-file.html#CRUNCH-OUTGOING-COOKIES">crunch-outgoing-cookies</a></dt>
413 "actions-file.html#DEANIMATE-GIFS">deanimate-gifs</a></dt>
416 "actions-file.html#DOWNGRADE-HTTP-VERSION">downgrade-http-version</a></dt>
419 "actions-file.html#FAST-REDIRECTS">fast-redirects</a></dt>
422 "actions-file.html#FILTER">filter</a></dt>
425 "actions-file.html#FORCE-TEXT-MODE">force-text-mode</a></dt>
428 "actions-file.html#FORWARD-OVERRIDE">forward-override</a></dt>
431 "actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-EMPTY-DOCUMENT">handle-as-empty-document</a></dt>
434 "actions-file.html#HANDLE-AS-IMAGE">handle-as-image</a></dt>
437 "actions-file.html#HIDE-ACCEPT-LANGUAGE">hide-accept-language</a></dt>
440 "actions-file.html#HIDE-CONTENT-DISPOSITION">hide-content-disposition</a></dt>
443 "actions-file.html#HIDE-IF-MODIFIED-SINCE">hide-if-modified-since</a></dt>
446 "actions-file.html#HIDE-FROM-HEADER">hide-from-header</a></dt>
449 "actions-file.html#HIDE-REFERRER">hide-referrer</a></dt>
452 "actions-file.html#HIDE-USER-AGENT">hide-user-agent</a></dt>
455 "actions-file.html#LIMIT-CONNECT">limit-connect</a></dt>
458 "actions-file.html#LIMIT-COOKIE-LIFETIME">limit-cookie-lifetime</a></dt>
461 "actions-file.html#PREVENT-COMPRESSION">prevent-compression</a></dt>
464 "actions-file.html#OVERWRITE-LAST-MODIFIED">overwrite-last-modified</a></dt>
467 "actions-file.html#REDIRECT">redirect</a></dt>
470 "actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-FILTER">server-header-filter</a></dt>
473 "actions-file.html#SERVER-HEADER-TAGGER">server-header-tagger</a></dt>
476 "actions-file.html#SESSION-COOKIES-ONLY">session-cookies-only</a></dt>
479 "actions-file.html#SET-IMAGE-BLOCKER">set-image-blocker</a></dt>
482 "actions-file.html#AEN4773">Summary</a></dt>
486 <dt>8.6. <a href="actions-file.html#ALIASES">Aliases</a></dt>
488 <dt>8.7. <a href="actions-file.html#ACT-EXAMPLES">Actions Files
494 "actions-file.html#AEN4837">match-all.action</a></dt>
497 "actions-file.html#AEN4859">default.action</a></dt>
500 "actions-file.html#AEN4972">user.action</a></dt>
506 <dt>9. <a href="filter-file.html">Filter Files</a></dt>
510 <dt>9.1. <a href="filter-file.html#AEN5127">Filter File
513 <dt>9.2. <a href="filter-file.html#PREDEFINED-FILTERS">The
514 Pre-defined Filters</a></dt>
518 <dt>10. <a href="templates.html">Privoxy's Template Files</a></dt>
520 <dt>11. <a href="contact.html">Contacting the Developers, Bug
521 Reporting and Feature Requests</a></dt>
525 <dt>11.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-SUPPORT">Get
528 <dt>11.2. <a href="contact.html#REPORTING">Reporting
533 <dt>11.2.1. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-ADS">Reporting Ads
534 or Other Configuration Problems</a></dt>
536 <dt>11.2.2. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-BUGS">Reporting
541 <dt>11.3. <a href="contact.html#CONTACT-FEATURE">Request New
544 <dt>11.4. <a href="contact.html#MAILING-LISTS">Mailing
549 <dt>12. <a href="copyright.html">Privoxy Copyright, License and
554 <dt>12.1. <a href="copyright.html#AEN5609">License</a></dt>
556 <dt>12.2. <a href="copyright.html#HISTORY">History</a></dt>
558 <dt>12.3. <a href="copyright.html#AUTHORS">Authors</a></dt>
562 <dt>13. <a href="seealso.html">See Also</a></dt>
564 <dt>14. <a href="appendix.html">Appendix</a></dt>
568 <dt>14.1. <a href="appendix.html#REGEX">Regular
571 <dt>14.2. <a href="appendix.html#AEN5853">Privoxy's Internal
577 "appendix.html#BOOKMARKLETS">Bookmarklets</a></dt>
581 <dt>14.3. <a href="appendix.html#CHAIN">Chain of Events</a></dt>
583 <dt>14.4. <a href="appendix.html#ACTIONSANAT">Troubleshooting:
584 Anatomy of an Action</a></dt>
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