PRIVOXY

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Updated: 23 December 2006
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NAME

privoxy - Privacy Enhancing Proxy

SYNOPSIS

privoxy [--help ] [--version ] [--no-daemon ] [--pidfile pidfile ] [--user user[.group] ] [--chroot ] [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.

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

DESCRIPTION

Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

Privoxy is based on Internet Junkbuster (tm).

INSTALLATION AND USAGE

Browsers must be individually configured to use Privoxy as a HTTP proxy. The default setting is for localhost, on port 8118 (configurable in the main config file). To set the HTTP proxy in Netscape and Mozilla, go through: Edit; Preferences; Advanced; Proxies; Manual Proxy Configuration; View.

For Firefox, go through: Tools; Options; General; Connection Settings; Manual Proxy Configuration.

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

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