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- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.45 2009/04/17 11:30:55 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.46 2009/04/17 11:31:48 fabiankeil Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
Sample Configuration File for Privoxy v&p-version;
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- $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.45 2009/04/17 11:30:55 fabiankeil Exp $
+ $Id: p-config.sgml,v 2.46 2009/04/17 11:31:48 fabiankeil Exp $
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<para>
Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
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<para>
If you leave out the IP address, <application>Privoxy</application> will
- bind to all interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable
+ bind to all IPv4 interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable
from the Internet. In that case, consider using <link
linkend="acls">access control lists</link> (ACL's, see below), and/or
- a firewall.
+ a firewall. If the hostname is localhost, <application>Privoxy</application>
+ will explicitly try to bind to an IPv4 address. For other hostnames it depends
+ on the operating system which IP version will be used.
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<para>
If you open <application>Privoxy</application> to untrusted users, you will