This is here to keep vim syntax file from breaking :/ If I knew enough to fix it, I would. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE! HB: hal@foobox.net ]]> /********************************************************************* * * File : $Source: /cvsroot/ijbswa/current/doc/source/readme.sgml,v $ * * Purpose : README file to give a short intro. * * Copyright : Written by and Copyright (C) 2001-2009 the SourceForge * Privoxy team. http://www.privoxy.org/ * * Based on the Internet Junkbuster originally written * by and Copyright (C) 1997 Anonymous Coders and * Junkbusters Corporation. http://www.junkbusters.com * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it * and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General * Public License as published by the Free Software * Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at * your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will * be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the * implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A * PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public * License for more details. * * The GNU General Public License should be included with * this file. If not, you can view it at * http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html * or write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, * USA * *********************************************************************/ This README is included with Privoxy &p-version;. See http://www.privoxy.org/ for more information. The current code maturity level is &p-status;. &p-intro; March 2009, Privoxy 3.0.12 is released. This is primarily a bug fix release. See the "ChangeLog", and the "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual for details. February 2009, Privoxy 3.0.11 is released. As usual there are changes that effect the configuration. See the "ChangeLog", and the "What's New" section and the "Upgrader's Notes" in the User Manual for details and specifics. This is a stable release, and marks a departure for Privoxy development. Previously, odd numbered releases were considered beta versions and were only released at the end of the development cycle when the code was already believed to be stable. Usually it was, so the stable release contained pretty much the same code, but got a higher version number. In the future we intend to release several snapshots between stable releases. There will probably still be about two stable releases per year, but hopefully about six snapshots instead of the two betas we have now. The intentions is to make testing without CVS access easier. See the INSTALL file in this directory, for installing from raw source, and the User Manual, for all other installation types. privoxy [--help] [--version] [--no-daemon] [--pidfile PIDFILE] [--user USER[.GROUP]] [--chroot] [--pre-chroot-nslookup HOSTNAME ][config_file] See the man page or User Manual for an explanation of each option, and other configuration and usage issues. If no config_file is specified on the command line, Privoxy will look for a file named 'config' in the current directory (except Win32 which will look for 'config.txt'). If no config_file is found, Privoxy will fail to start. Or for Red Hat and Fedora based distributions: /etc/rc.d/init.d/privoxy start Or Debian and Ubuntu: /etc/init.d/privoxy start See: 'config', 'default.action', 'user.action', 'default.filter', and 'user.filter'. 'user.action' and 'user.filter' are for personal and local configuration preferences. These are all well commented. Most of the magic is in '*.action' files. 'user.action' should be used for any actions customizations. On Unix-like systems, these files are typically installed in /etc/privoxy. On Windows, then wherever the executable itself is installed. There are many significant changes and advances from earlier versions. The User Manual has an explanation of all configuration options, and examples: http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/. Be sure to set your browser(s) for HTTP/HTTPS Proxy at <IP>:<Port>, or whatever you specify in the config file under 'listen-address'. DEFAULT is localhost:8118. Note that Privoxy ONLY proxies HTTP (and HTTPS) traffic. Do not try it with FTP or other protocols for the simple reason it does not work. The actions list can be configured via the web interface accessed via http://p.p/, as well other options. All configuration files are subject to unannounced changes during the development process. ]]> There should be documentation in the 'doc' subdirectory. In particular, see the User Manual there, the FAQ, and those interested in Privoxy development, should look at developer-manual. The source and configuration files are all well commented. The main configuration files are: 'config', 'default.action', and 'default.filter'. Included documentation may vary according to platform and packager. All documentation is posted on http://www.privoxy.org, in case you don't have it, or can't find it. &contacting;