advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, filtering
web page content, 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 ™.
At present, Privoxy is known to
run on Windows(95, 98, ME, 2000, XP), Linux (RedHat, SuSE, Debian,
Conectiva, Gentoo), Mac OSX, OS/2, AmigaOS, BeOS, FreeBSD, NetBSD,
Solaris, and many more flavors of Unix.
In addition to the traditional features of Internet Junkbuster, such as ad and banner
blocking, cookie management/protection, and HTTP header
manipulation, Privoxy adds many
enhancements, and new features in the same vein.
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Integrated browser based configuration and control utility at http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/). Browser-based tracing
of rule and filter effects. Remote toggling. -
Web page content filtering (removes banners based on size,
invisible “web-bugs”, JavaScript and
HTML annoyances, pop-up windows, etc.) -
Modularized configuration that allows for standard settings and
user settings to reside in separate files, so that installing
updated actions files won’t overwrite individual user settings. -
HTTP/1.1 compliant (but not all optional 1.1 features are
supported). -
Support for Perl Compatible Regular Expressions in the
configuration files, and generally a more sophisticated and
flexible configuration syntax over previous versions. -
Improved cookie management features (e.g. session based
cookies). -
GIF de-animation.
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Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script
redirection). -
Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).
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User-customizable HTML templates for all proxy-generated pages
(e.g. “blocked” page). -
Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.
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Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix).
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Every feature now controllable on a per-site or per-location
basis, configuration more powerful and versatile over-all. -
Many smaller new features added, limitations and bugs removed,
and security holes fixed.
Download location:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?g
Home Page:
http://www.privoxy.org/
Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>
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