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43 <a name="INTRODUCTION">1. Introduction</a>
46 This documentation is included with the current stable version of
47 <span class="APPLICATION">Privoxy</span>, 3.0.26.
51 <a name="FEATURES">1.1. Features</a>
54 In addition to the core features of ad blocking and <a href=
55 "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie" target=
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57 "APPLICATION">Privoxy</span> provides many supplemental features,
58 that give the end-user more control, more privacy and more freedom:
65 Supports "Connection: keep-alive". Outgoing connections can be
66 kept alive independently from the client.
71 Supports IPv6, provided the operating system does so too, and
72 the configure script detects it.
77 Supports tagging which allows to change the behaviour based on
78 client and server headers.
83 Can be run as an "intercepting" proxy, which obviates the need
84 to configure browsers individually.
89 Sophisticated actions and filters for manipulating both server
95 Can be chained with other proxies.
100 Integrated browser-based configuration and control utility at
101 <a href="http://config.privoxy.org/" target=
102 "_top">http://config.privoxy.org/</a> (shortcut: <a href=
103 "http://p.p/" target="_top">http://p.p/</a>). Browser-based
104 tracing of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling.
109 Web page filtering (text replacements, removes banners based on
110 size, invisible <span class="QUOTE">"web-bugs"</span> and HTML
116 Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
117 user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing
118 updated actions files won't overwrite individual user settings.
123 Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
124 configuration files, and a more sophisticated and flexible
125 configuration syntax.
135 Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script redirection).
140 User-customizable HTML templates for most proxy-generated pages
141 (e.g. "blocked" page).
146 Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
151 Most features are controllable on a per-site or per-location
157 Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed.
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