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<!entity copyright SYSTEM "copyright.sgml">
<!entity license SYSTEM "license.sgml">
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-<!entity p-status "stable">
-<!entity % p-not-stable "IGNORE">
-<!entity % p-stable "INCLUDE">
+<!entity p-version "3.0.9">
+<!entity p-status "UNRELEASED">
+<!entity % p-not-stable "INCLUDE">
+<!entity % p-stable "IGNORE">
<!entity % p-text "IGNORE"> <!-- define we are not a text only doc -->
<!entity % p-doc "INCLUDE"> <!-- and we are a formal doc -->
<!entity % p-supp-userman "INCLUDE"> <!-- Include all from supported.sgml -->
This file belongs into
ijbswa.sourceforge.net:/home/groups/i/ij/ijbswa/htdocs/
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+ $Id: faq.sgml,v 2.40 2008/02/22 05:54:27 markm68k Exp $
Copyright (C) 2001-2008 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
See LICENSE.
</subscript>
</pubdate>
-<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.39 2008/02/03 21:37:41 hal9 Exp $</pubdate>
+<pubdate>$Id: faq.sgml,v 2.40 2008/02/22 05:54:27 markm68k Exp $</pubdate>
<!--
Privoxy work? </title>
<para>
A <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">web proxy</ulink>
- is a service, based on a software such as
- <application>Privoxy</application>, that clients (i.e. browsers) can use
- instead of connecting directly to web servers on the Internet. The
- clients then ask the proxy to fetch the objects they need (web pages,
- images, movies etc) on their behalf, and when the proxy has done so, it
- hands the results back to the client. It is a <quote>go-between</quote>. See
- the <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">Wikipedia proxy
- definition</ulink> for more.
+ is a service, based on a software such as &my-app;, that clients
+ (i.e. browsers) can use instead of connecting to web servers directly.
+ The clients then ask the proxy to request objects (web pages, images, movies etc)
+ on their behalf and to forward the data to the clients.
+ It is a <quote>go-between</quote>. For details, see
+ <ulink url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_server">Wikipedia's proxy definition</ulink>.
</para>
<para>
There are many reasons to use web proxies, such as security (firewalling),
to accommodate those needs.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> is a proxy that is primarily focused on privacy
- protection, ad and junk elimination and freeing the user from restrictions placed on his
- activities. Sitting between your browser(s) and the Internet,
+ &my-app; is a proxy that is primarily focused on
+ privacy enhancement, ad and junk elimination and freeing the user from
+ restrictions placed on his activities. Sitting between your browser(s) and the Internet,
it is in a perfect position to filter outbound personal information that your
browser is leaking, as well as inbound junk. It uses a variety of techniques to do
this, all of which are under your complete control via the various configuration
from the old Junkbuster?</title>
<para>
<application>Privoxy</application> picks up where
- <application>Junkbuster</application> left off. All the old features remain.
+ <application>Junkbuster</application> left off.
The new <application>Privoxy</application> still blocks ads and banners,
still manages <ulink
url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_cookie">cookies</ulink>, and still
51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA
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