Privoxy
Privoxy is a Web proxy based on Internet Junkbuster 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 is useful for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.
| Tags | Internet Proxy Servers Networking |
|---|---|
| Licenses | GPL |
| Operating Systems | Mac OS X Windows Windows POSIX OS/2 Linux Solaris Unix |
| Implementation | C |
Recent releases
- 02 Mar 2009 01:08
Changes: This is a stable release that includes many enhancements but no major new features. The most prominent new feature is "keep-alive" support for outgoing connections.
- 09 Jul 2008 12:59
Changes: This is a beta release which includes many enhancements, but no major new features. The most prominent improvements are SOCKS5 support and zlib support for the default Privoxy builds. There are many other lesser enhancements.
- 21 Jan 2008 22:22
Changes: This stable release includes many significant enhancements and new features, including the ability to "tag" headers and to selectively apply actions based on those tags, making Privoxy much more flexible in both client and server header manipulation. Privoxy can now act as an "intercepting" proxy, making it unnecessary to configure individual browsers. zlib support was added (as a compile time option). URL redirects now support regular expression syntax. Various other configuration options have been added for enhanced security, privacy, and flexibility.
- 10 Dec 2007 07:21
Changes: This release includes many significant enhancements and new features. One of the most prominent new features is the ability to "tag" headers and apply actions based on those tags, making Privoxy much more selective and flexibile in both client and server header manipulation. Privoxy can now act as an "intercepting" proxy, making it unnecessary to configure individual browsers. zlib support was added (as a compile time option). URL redirects now support regular expression syntax. Various other configuration options were added for enhanced security, privacy, and flexibility.
- 21 Nov 2006 06:10
Changes: This is a stable release which includes many significant enhancements and new features, including a number of new actions, multiple filter file capability, full Windows service functionality, and numerous bugfixes.
