Privoxy 3.0.0

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Privoxy Developers writes – “Privoxy is a web proxy with
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.

  • 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.

  • Bypass many click-tracking scripts (avoids script
    redirection).

  • Multi-threaded (POSIX and native threads).

  • User-customizable HTML templates for all proxy-generated pages
    (e.g. “blocked” page).

  • Auto-detection and re-reading of config file changes.

  • Improved signal handling, and a true daemon mode (Unix).

  • 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?gr oup_id=11118

 

Home Page: 
   http://www.privoxy.org/
 

 

 
Privoxy Developers <developers@privoxy.org>

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