PRIVOXY(1)																PRIVOXY(1)

NAME

       privoxy - Privacy Enhancing Proxy

SYNOPSIS

       privoxy	[--help  ]  [--version	] [--no-daemon ] [--pidfile pidfile ] [--user user[.group] ] [--chroot ] [--pre-chroot-nslookup hostname ]
       [configfile ]

OPTIONS

       Privoxy may be invoked with the following command line options:

       --help Print brief usage info and exit.

       --version
	      Print version info and exit.

       --no-daemon
	      Don't  become  a daemon, i.e. don't fork and become process group leader, don't detach from controlling  tty,  and  do  all  logging
	      there.

       --pidfile pidfile
	      On  startup, write the process ID to pidfile.  Delete the pidfile on exit.  Failure to create or delete the pidfile is non-fatal. If
	      no --pidfile option is given, no PID file will be used.

       --user user[.group]
	      After (optionally) writing the PID file, assume the user ID of user and the GID of group, or, if the optional group was  not  given,
	      the default group of user. Exit if the privileges are not sufficient to do so.

       --chroot
	      Before changing to the user ID given in the --user option, chroot to that user's home directory, i.e. make the kernel pretend to the
	      Privoxy process that the directory tree starts there. If set up carefully, this can limit the impact of possible vulnerabilities	in
	      Privoxy to the files contained in that hierarchy.

       --pre-chroot-nslookup hostname
	      Initialize  the  resolver  library  using  hostname before chroot'ing. On some systems this reduces the number of files that must be
	      copied into the chroot tree.

       If the configfile is not specified on  the  command  line, Privoxy  will  look for a file named config in the current directory. If no con-
       figfile is found, Privoxy will fail to start.

DESCRIPTION

       Privoxy	is  a  non-caching web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for enhancing privacy, modifying web page data and HTTP headers,
       controlling access, and removing ads and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a flexible configuration and can be customized to  suit
       individual needs and tastes.  It has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

       Privoxy is Free Software and licensed under the GPL2.

       Privoxy is an associated project of Software in the Public Interest (SPI).  Donations are welcome.

INSTALLATION AND USAGE

       Browsers  can either be individually configured to use Privoxy as a HTTP proxy (recommended), or Privoxy can be combined with a packet fil-
       ter to build an intercepting proxy (see config).  The default setting is  for localhost,  on port  8118 (configurable in  the  main  config
       file).  To set the HTTP proxy in Firefox, go through: Tools; Options; General; Connection Settings; Manual Proxy Configuration.

       For Internet Explorer, go through: Tools; Internet Properties; Connections; LAN Settings.

       The  Secure (SSL) Proxy should also be set to the same values, otherwise https: URLs will not be proxied. Note: Privoxy can only proxy HTTP
       and HTTPS traffic. Do not try it with FTP or other protocols.  HTTPS presents some limitations, and not all features will work  with  HTTPS
       connections.

       For other browsers, check the documentation.

CONFIGURATION

       Privoxy can be configured with the various configuration files. The default configuration files are: config, default.filter, default.action
       and default.action. user.action should be used for locally defined exceptions to the default rules in match-all.action and  default.action,
       and  user.filter  for locally defined filters. These are well commented.  On Unix and Unix-like systems, these are located in /etc/privoxy/
       by default.

       Privoxy uses the concept of actions in order to manipulate the data stream between the browser and remote sites.  There are various actions
       available  with	specific functions for such things as blocking web sites, managing cookies, etc. These actions can be invoked individually
       or combined, and used against individual URLs, or groups of URLs that can be defined using wildcards and regular expressions. The result is
       that the user has greatly enhanced control and freedom.

       The  actions  list  (ad blocks, etc) can also be configured with your web browser at http://config.privoxy.org/ (assuming the configuration
       allows it).  Privoxy's configuration parameters	can also  be viewed at the same page. In addition, Privoxy can be toggled on/off.  This is
       an internal page, and does not require Internet access.

       See the User Manual for a detailed explanation of installation, general usage, all configuration options, new features and notes on upgrad-
       ing.

FILES

	/usr/sbin/privoxy
	/etc/privoxy/config
	/etc/privoxy/match-all.action
	/etc/privoxy/default.action
	/etc/privoxy/user.action
	/etc/privoxy/default.filter
	/etc/privoxy/user.filter
	/etc/privoxy/trust
	/etc/privoxy/templates/*
	/var/log/privoxy/logfile

       Various other files should be included, but may vary depending on platform and build  configuration.  Additional  documentation	should	be
       included in the local documentation directory.

SIGNALS

       Privoxy	terminates  on	the  SIGINT,  SIGTERM and SIGABRT signals. Log rotation scripts may cause a re-opening of the logfile by sending a
       SIGHUP to Privoxy. Note that unlike other daemons,  Privoxy does not need to be made aware of config file changes  by  SIGHUP  --  it  will
       detect them automatically.

NOTES

       Please see the User Manual on how to contact the developers, for feature requests, reporting problems, and other questions.

SEE ALSO

       Other references and sites of interest to Privoxy users:

       http://www.privoxy.org/, the Privoxy Home page.

       http://www.privoxy.org/faq/, the Privoxy FAQ.

       http://www.privoxy.org/developer-manual/, the Privoxy developer manual.

       https://sourceforge.net/projects/ijbswa/, the Project Page for Privoxy on SourceForge.

       http://config.privoxy.org/, the web-based user interface. Privoxy must be running for this to work. Shortcut: http://p.p/

       https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=11118&atid=460288, to submit ``misses'' and other configuration related suggestions to the devel-
       opers.

DEVELOPMENT TEAM

	Fabian Keil, lead developer
	David Schmidt, developer

	Hal Burgiss
	Mark Miller
	Gerry Murphy
	Lee Rian
	Roland Rosenfeld

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

   COPYRIGHT
       Copyright (C) 2001-2010 by Privoxy Developers <ijbswa-developers@lists.sourceforge.net>

       Some source code is based on code Copyright (C) 1997 by Anonymous Coders and Junkbusters, Inc. and licensed under the  GNU  General  Public
       License.

   LICENSE
       Privoxy	is  free  software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, as pub-
       lished by the Free Software Foundation.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY	WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied	warranty  of  MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the  GNU General Public License for details.

       You  should  have  received a copy of the GNU GPL along with this program; if not, write to the	Free Software Foundation, Inc. 51 Franklin
       Street, Fifth Floor Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA

Privoxy 3.0.16							  13 Februar 2010							PRIVOXY(1)