privoxy does not work

Stalafin · 2009-08-26 18:44:33

I installed privoxy, changed enable-edit-actions to 1, started it with /etc/rc.d/privoxy start, pointed firefox to

http::///127.0.0.1:8118.

Now I can neither access config.privoxy.org, nor any other website for that matter. I don't know what to do.

telnet localhost 8118 works when privoxy is running, something is listening...

Any ideas?

Last edited by Stalafin (2009-08-26 18:45:19)

broch · 2009-08-26 19:56:50

http://www.privoxy.org/

Privoxy's user interface can be reached through the special URL http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/), which is a built-in page and works without Internet access. You will see the following section:

stop privoxy and try to open any page in firefox. If it works, then (assuming that firefox is configured for privoxy), you will not be able to connect to the internet.

jt512 · 2009-08-26 20:17:02

Stalafin wrote:

http::///127.0.0.1:8118.

What the heck is that?

Jay

Stalafin · 2009-08-26 20:31:17

broch wrote:

http://www.privoxy.org/
Privoxy's user interface can be reached through the special URL http://config.privoxy.org/ (shortcut: http://p.p/), which is a built-in page and works without Internet access. You will see the following section:
stop privoxy and try to open any page in firefox. If it works, then (assuming that firefox is configured for privoxy), you will not be able to connect to the internet.

And what exactly is that supposed to tell me? I run privoxy - Firefox cannot access config.privoxy.org. There neither is a configuration page nor the page that is displayed when not specifying any proxy for Firefox (the webpage placed at config.privoxy.org).

And besides not being able to access proxy's config, I neither can access any 'real' outside page. Obviously, when I disable the proxy Firefox is pointed to, I will definitely not get anything. The point is, the proxy is NOT disabled.

EDIT: Rereading your sentence I don't get what you mean. Privoxy is disabled, Firefox is configured to use privoxy. Now you say 'if it works' - how can it work? The proxy is disabled, Firefox won't get anything, I cannnot connect to the Internet.

Last edited by Stalafin (2009-08-26 20:34:01)

broch · 2009-08-27 02:05:25

I am using privoxy for very long time, never thought that this is as difficult as you make it.

1) start privoxy (make sure that it is running), default settings will allow to access web
2) configure firefox for privoxy in proxy tab
3) if the above is correct and you stop proxy, firefox will not be able to access web, if you still can access web, then obviously you did not properly configure firefox with privoxy. Is this clear?

to access privoxy config, firefox must be configured, privoxy must be running and web access is not required.

from your first post I can conclude that you never read manual. You will not be able to access 127.0.0.1:8118,
If you simply start privoxy daemon, without configuring first firefox proxy network, you will not be able to access config web page

All this is described in the manual.
This is so simple that aside of starting privoxy, setting proxy in firefox Preferences | Advanced | Network
tab there is nothing much to do to make firefox working with privoxy, after that you can configure more advanced filters.

Last edited by broch (2009-08-27 02:12:30)

Stalafin · 2009-08-27 08:48:57

Maybe I was not clear: Of course I configured the proxy in firefox > preferences > advanced > network.

Again:
1) Privoxy is running (I stareted the daemon and checked with telnet, if there is a service listening on 127.0.01:8118)
2) Firefox is configured to use Privoxy (I typed 127.0.0.1:8118 into the proxy line in the network settings)
3) Firefox can neither access Privoxy's configuration nor any website for that matter.

So, I will put this again: Firefox is set to use a proxy. I enable privoxy: Nothing works. I disable privoxy: Nothing works. I was never able to access the web in the first place.... (EDIT: With Firefox set in the settings to 127.0.0.1:8118, in case this isn't clear.)

I was not aware that my initial post could be misunderstood.

Last edited by Stalafin (2009-08-27 08:49:35)

brazzmonkey · 2009-08-27 10:11:46

Do you run any firewall ?
Also, post your /etc/privoxy/config

Stalafin · 2009-08-27 10:37:28

brazzmonkey wrote:

Do you run any firewall ?
Also, post your /etc/privoxy/config

Hey! I have a hardware firewall in my wireless access point, I guess. I checked the config, but I don't see how I could disable it temporarily.

My /etc/privoxy/config; it's basic except for 4.5.

#        Sample Configuration File for Privoxy v3.0.12
#
#  $Id: config,v 1.76 2009/03/21 11:51:51 fabiankeil Exp $
#
#  Copyright (C) 2001-2009 Privoxy Developers http://www.privoxy.org/
#
####################################################################
#                                                                  #
#                      Table of Contents                           #
#                                                                  #
#        I. INTRODUCTION                                           #
#       II. FORMAT OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE                       #
#                                                                  #
#        1. LOCAL SET-UP DOCUMENTATION                             #
#        2. CONFIGURATION AND LOG FILE LOCATIONS                   #
#        3. DEBUGGING                                              #
#        4. ACCESS CONTROL AND SECURITY                            #
#        5. FORWARDING                                             #
#        6. WINDOWS GUI OPTIONS                                    #
#                                                                  #
####################################################################
#
#
#  I. INTRODUCTION
#   ===============
#
#  This file holds Privoxy's main configuration. Privoxy detects
#  configuration changes automatically, so you don't have to restart
#  it unless you want to load a different configuration file.
#
#  The configuration will be reloaded with the first request after
#  the change was done, this request itself will still use the old
#  configuration, though. In other words: it takes two requests before
#  you see the result of your changes.  Requests that are dropped due
#  to ACL don't trigger reloads.
#
#  When starting Privoxy on Unix systems, give the location of this
#  file as last argument. On Windows systems, Privoxy will look for
#  this file with the name 'config.txt' in the current working directory
#  of the Privoxy process.
#
#
#  II. FORMAT OF THE CONFIGURATION FILE
#  ====================================
#
#  Configuration lines consist of an initial keyword followed by a
#  list of values, all separated by whitespace (any number of spaces
#  or tabs). For example,
#
#  actionsfile default.action
#
#  Indicates that the actionsfile is named 'default.action'.
#
#  The '#' indicates a comment. Any part of a line following a '#'
#  is ignored, except if the '#' is preceded by a '\'.
#
#  Thus, by placing a # at the start of an existing configuration
#  line, you can make it a comment and it will be treated as if it
#  weren't there. This is called "commenting out" an option and can
#  be useful. Removing the # again is called "uncommenting".
#
#  Note that commenting out an option and leaving it at its default
#  are two completely different things! Most options behave very
#  differently when unset.  See the "Effect if unset" explanation in
#  each option's description for details.
#
#  Long lines can be continued on the next line by using a `\' as the
#  last character.
#
#
#
#  1. LOCAL SET-UP DOCUMENTATION
#  ==============================
#
#  If you intend to operate Privoxy for more users than just yourself,
#  it might be a good idea to let them know how to reach you, what
#  you block and why you do that, your policies, etc.
#
#
#
#  1.1. user-manual
#  =================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Location of the Privoxy User Manual.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      A fully qualified URI
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      http://www.privoxy.org/version/user-manual/ will be used,
#      where version is the Privoxy version.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      The User Manual URI is the single best source of information on
#      Privoxy, and is used for help links from some of the internal
#      CGI pages. The manual itself is normally packaged with the
#      binary distributions, so you probably want to set this to a
#      locally installed copy.
#
#      Examples:
#
#      The best all purpose solution is simply to put the full local
#      PATH to where the User Manual is located:
#
#        user-manual  /usr/share/doc/privoxy/user-manual
#
#
#      The User Manual is then available to anyone with
#      access to Privoxy, by following the built-in URL:
#      http://config.privoxy.org/user-manual/ (or the shortcut:
#      http://p.p/user-manual/).
#
#      If the documentation is not on the local system, it can be
#      accessed from a remote server, as:
#
#        user-manual  http://example.com/privoxy/user-manual/
#
#
#      WARNING!!!
#
#          If set, this option should be the first option in the config
#          file, because it is used while the config file is being read.
#
#user-manual /usr/share/doc/privoxy/user-manual/
#
#
#  1.2. trust-info-url
#  ====================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      A URL to be displayed in the error page that users will see if
#      access to an untrusted page is denied.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      URL
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      No links are displayed on the "untrusted" error page.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      The value of this option only matters if the experimental trust
#      mechanism has been activated. (See trustfile below.)
#
#      If you use the trust mechanism, it is a good idea to write
#      up some on-line documentation about your trust policy and to
#      specify the URL(s) here. Use multiple times for multiple URLs.
#
#      The URL(s) should be added to the trustfile as well, so users
#      don't end up locked out from the information on why they were
#      locked out in the first place!
#
#trust-info-url  http://www.example.com/why_we_block.html
#trust-info-url  http://www.example.com/what_we_allow.html
#
#
#  1.3. admin-address
#  ===================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      An email address to reach the Privoxy administrator.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Email address
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      No email address is displayed on error pages and the CGI user
#      interface.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      If both admin-address and proxy-info-url are unset, the whole
#      "Local Privoxy Support" box on all generated pages will not
#      be shown.
#
#admin-address privoxy-admin@example.com
#
#
#  1.4. proxy-info-url
#  ====================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      A URL to documentation about the local Privoxy setup,
#      configuration or policies.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      URL
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      No link to local documentation is displayed on error pages and
#      the CGI user interface.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      If both admin-address and proxy-info-url are unset, the whole
#      "Local Privoxy Support" box on all generated pages will not
#      be shown.
#
#      This URL shouldn't be blocked ;-)
#
#proxy-info-url http://www.example.com/proxy-service.html
#
#
#  2. CONFIGURATION AND LOG FILE LOCATIONS
#  ========================================
#
#  Privoxy can (and normally does) use a number of other files for
#  additional configuration, help and logging. This section of the
#  configuration file tells Privoxy where to find those other files.
#
#  The user running Privoxy, must have read permission for all
#  configuration files, and write permission to any files that would
#  be modified, such as log files and actions files.
#
#
#
#  2.1. confdir
#  =============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      The directory where the other configuration files are located.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Path name
#
#  Default value:
#
#      /etc/privoxy (Unix) or Privoxy installation dir (Windows)
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Mandatory
#
#  Notes:
#
#      No trailing "/", please.
#
confdir /etc/privoxy
#
#
#  2.2. templdir
#  ==============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      An alternative directory where the templates are loaded from.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Path name
#
#  Default value:
#
#      unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      The templates are assumed to be located in confdir/template.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Privoxy's original templates are usually overwritten with each
#      update. Use this option to relocate customized templates that
#      should be kept. As template variables might change between
#      updates, you shouldn't expect templates to work with Privoxy
#      releases other than the one they were part of, though.
#
#templdir .
#
#
#  2.3. logdir
#  ============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      The directory where all logging takes place (i.e. where the
#      logfile is located).
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Path name
#
#  Default value:
#
#      /var/log/privoxy (Unix) or Privoxy installation dir (Windows)
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Mandatory
#
#  Notes:
#
#      No trailing "/", please.
#
logdir /var/log/privoxy
#
#
#  2.4. actionsfile
#  =================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      The actions file(s) to use
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Complete file name, relative to confdir
#
#  Default values:
#
#        match-all.action # Actions that are applied to all sites and maybe overruled later on.
#
#        default.action   # Main actions file
#
#        user.action      # User customizations
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      No actions are taken at all. More or less neutral proxying.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Multiple actionsfile lines are permitted, and are in fact
#      recommended!
#
#      The default values are default.action, which is the "main"
#      actions file maintained by the developers, and user.action,
#      where you can make your personal additions.
#
#      Actions files contain all the per site and per URL configuration
#      for ad blocking, cookie management, privacy considerations,
#      etc. There is no point in using Privoxy without at least one
#      actions file.
#
#      Note that since Privoxy 3.0.7, the complete filename, including
#      the ".action" extension has to be specified. The syntax change
#      was necessary to be consistent with the other file options and
#      to allow previously forbidden characters.
#
actionsfile match-all.action # Actions that are applied to all sites and maybe overruled later on.
actionsfile default.action   # Main actions file
actionsfile user.action      # User customizations
#
#
#  2.5. filterfile
#  ================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      The filter file(s) to use
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      File name, relative to confdir
#
#  Default value:
#
#      default.filter (Unix) or default.filter.txt (Windows)
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      No textual content filtering takes place, i.e. all +filter{name}
#      actions in the actions files are turned neutral.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Multiple filterfile lines are permitted.
#
#      The filter files contain content modification rules that use
#      regular expressions. These rules permit powerful changes on the
#      content of Web pages, and optionally the headers as well, e.g.,
#      you could try to disable your favorite JavaScript annoyances,
#      re-write the actual displayed text, or just have some fun
#      playing buzzword bingo with web pages.
#
#      The +filter{name} actions rely on the relevant filter (name)
#      to be defined in a filter file!
#
#      A pre-defined filter file called default.filter that contains a
#      number of useful filters for common problems is included in the
#      distribution. See the section on the filter action for a list.
#
#      It is recommended to place any locally adapted filters into a
#      separate file, such as user.filter.
#
filterfile default.filter
#filterfile user.filter      # User customizations
#
#
#  2.6. logfile
#  =============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      The log file to use
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      File name, relative to logdir
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset (commented out). When activated: logfile (Unix) or
#      privoxy.log (Windows).
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      No logfile is written.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      The logfile is where all logging and error messages are
#      written. The level of detail and number of messages are set with
#      the debug option (see below).  The logfile can be useful for
#      tracking down a problem with Privoxy (e.g., it's not blocking
#      an ad you think it should block) and it can help you to monitor
#      what your browser is doing.
#
#      Depending on the debug options below, the logfile may be a
#      privacy risk if third parties can get access to it. As most
#      users will never look at it, Privoxy 3.0.7 and later only log
#      fatal errors by default.
#
#      For most troubleshooting purposes, you will have to change that,
#      please refer to the debugging section for details.
#
#      Your logfile will grow indefinitely, and you will probably
#      want to periodically remove it. On Unix systems, you can do
#      this with a cron job (see "man cron"). For Red Hat based Linux
#      distributions, a logrotate script has been included.
#
#      Any log files must be writable by whatever user Privoxy is
#      being run as (on Unix, default user id is "privoxy").
#
logfile logfile
#
#
#  2.7. trustfile
#  ===============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      The name of the trust file to use
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      File name, relative to confdir
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset (commented out). When activated: trust (Unix) or trust.txt
#      (Windows)
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      The entire trust mechanism is disabled.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      The trust mechanism is an experimental feature for building
#      white-lists and should be used with care. It is NOT recommended
#      for the casual user.
#
#      If you specify a trust file, Privoxy will only allow access to
#      sites that are specified in the trustfile. Sites can be listed
#      in one of two ways:
#
#      Prepending a ~ character limits access to this site only (and
#      any sub-paths within this site), e.g. ~www.example.com allows
#      access to ~www.example.com/ features/news.html, etc.
#
#      Or, you can designate sites as trusted referrers, by prepending
#      the name with a + character. The effect is that access to
#      untrusted sites will be granted -- but only if a link from
#      this trusted referrer was used to get there. The link target
#      will then be added to the "trustfile" so that future, direct
#      accesses will be granted. Sites added via this mechanism do
#      not become trusted referrers themselves (i.e. they are added
#      with a ~ designation). There is a limit of 512 such entries,
#      after which new entries will not be made.
#
#      If you use the + operator in the trust file, it may grow
#      considerably over time.
#
#      It is recommended that Privoxy be compiled with the
#      --disable-force, --disable-toggle and --disable-editor options,
#      if this feature is to be used.
#
#      Possible applications include limiting Internet access for
#      children.
#
#trustfile trust
#
#
#  3. DEBUGGING
#  =============
#
#  These options are mainly useful when tracing a problem. Note that
#  you might also want to invoke Privoxy with the --no-daemon command
#  line option when debugging.
#
#
#
#  3.1. debug
#  ===========
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Key values that determine what information gets logged.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Integer values
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0 (i.e.: only fatal errors (that cause Privoxy to exit) are logged)
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Default value is used (see above).
#
#  Notes:
#
#      The available debug levels are:
#
#        debug         1 # Log the destination for each request Privoxy let through. See also debug 1024.
#        debug         2 # show each connection status
#        debug         4 # show I/O status
#        debug         8 # show header parsing
#        debug        16 # log all data written to the network into the logfile
#        debug        32 # debug force feature
#        debug        64 # debug regular expression filters
#        debug       128 # debug redirects
#        debug       256 # debug GIF de-animation
#        debug       512 # Common Log Format
#        debug      1024 # Log the destination for requests Privoxy didn't let through, and the reason why.
#        debug      2048 # CGI user interface
#        debug      4096 # Startup banner and warnings.
#        debug      8192 # Non-fatal errors
#
#
#      To select multiple debug levels, you can either add them or
#      use multiple debug lines.
#
#      A debug level of 1 is informative because it will show you each
#      request as it happens. 1, 4096 and 8192 are recommended so that
#      you will notice when things go wrong. The other levels are
#      probably only of interest if you are hunting down a specific
#      problem. They can produce a hell of an output (especially 16).
#
#      Privoxy used to ship with the debug levels recommended above
#      enabled by default, but due to privacy concerns 3.0.7 and later
#      are configured to only log fatal errors.
#
#      If you are used to the more verbose settings, simply enable
#      the debug lines below again.
#
#      If you want to use pure CLF (Common Log Format), you should set
#      "debug 512" ONLY and not enable anything else.
#
#      Privoxy has a hard-coded limit for the length of log messages. If
#      it's reached, messages are logged truncated and marked with
#      "... [too long, truncated]".
#
#      Please don't file any support requests without trying to
#      reproduce the problem with increased debug level first. Once
#      you read the log messages, you may even be able to solve the
#      problem on your own.
#
#debug      1 # Log the destination for each request Privoxy let through.
#debug   1024 # Log the destination for requests Privoxy didn't let through, and the reason why.
#debug   4096 # Startup banner and warnings
#debug   8192 # Non-fatal errors
#
#
#  3.2. single-threaded
#  =====================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Whether to run only one server thread.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      None
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Multi-threaded (or, where unavailable: forked) operation,
#      i.e. the ability to serve multiple requests simultaneously.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      This option is only there for debugging purposes. It will
#      drastically reduce performance.
#
#single-threaded
#
#
#  3.3. hostname
#  ==============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      The hostname shown on the CGI pages.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Text
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      The hostname provided by the operating system is used.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      On some misconfigured systems resolving the hostname fails or
#      takes too much time and slows Privoxy down. Setting a fixed
#      hostname works around the problem.
#
#      In other circumstances it might be desirable to show a hostname
#      other than the one returned by the operating system. For example
#      if the system has several different hostnames and you don't
#      want to use the first one.
#
#      Note that Privoxy does not validate the specified hostname value.
#
#hostname hostname.example.org
#
#
#  4. ACCESS CONTROL AND SECURITY
#  ===============================
#
#  This section of the config file controls the security-relevant
#  aspects of Privoxy's configuration.
#
#
#
#  4.1. listen-address
#  ====================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      The IP address and TCP port on which Privoxy will listen for
#      client requests.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      [IP-Address]:Port
#
#  Default value:
#
#      127.0.0.1:8118
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Bind to 127.0.0.1 (localhost), port 8118. This is suitable and
#      recommended for home users who run Privoxy on the same machine
#      as their browser.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      You will need to configure your browser(s) to this proxy address
#      and port.
#
#      If you already have another service running on port 8118, or
#      if you want to serve requests from other machines (e.g. on your
#      local network) as well, you will need to override the default.
#
#      If you leave out the IP address, Privoxy will bind to all
#      interfaces (addresses) on your machine and may become reachable
#      from the Internet. In that case, consider using access control
#      lists (ACL's, see below), and/or a firewall.
#
#      If you open Privoxy to untrusted users, you will also
#      want to make sure that the following actions are disabled:
#      enable-edit-actions and enable-remote-toggle
#
#  Example:
#
#      Suppose you are running Privoxy on a machine which has the
#      address 192.168.0.1 on your local private network (192.168.0.0)
#      and has another outside connection with a different address. You
#      want it to serve requests from inside only:
#
#        listen-address  192.168.0.1:8118
#
#
listen-address  127.0.0.1:8118
#
#
#  4.2. toggle
#  ============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Initial state of "toggle" status
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      1 or 0
#
#  Default value:
#
#      1
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Act as if toggled on
#
#  Notes:
#
#      If set to 0, Privoxy will start in "toggled off" mode,
#      i.e. mostly behave like a normal, content-neutral proxy
#      with both ad blocking and content filtering disabled. See
#      enable-remote-toggle below.
#
#      The windows version will only display the toggle icon in the
#      system tray if this option is present.
#
toggle  1
#
#
#  4.3. enable-remote-toggle
#  ==========================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Whether or not the web-based toggle feature may be used
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      0 or 1
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      The web-based toggle feature is disabled.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      When toggled off, Privoxy mostly acts like a normal,
#      content-neutral proxy, i.e. doesn't block ads or filter content.
#
#      Access to the toggle feature can not be controlled separately by
#      "ACLs" or HTTP authentication, so that everybody who can access
#      Privoxy (see "ACLs" and listen-address above) can toggle it
#      for all users. So this option is not recommended for multi-user
#      environments with untrusted users.
#
#      Note that malicious client side code (e.g Java) is also capable
#      of using this option.
#
#      As a lot of Privoxy users don't read documentation, this feature
#      is disabled by default.
#
#      Note that you must have compiled Privoxy with support for this
#      feature, otherwise this option has no effect.
#
enable-remote-toggle  0
#
#
#  4.4. enable-remote-http-toggle
#  ===============================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Whether or not Privoxy recognizes special HTTP headers to change
#      its behaviour.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      0 or 1
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Privoxy ignores special HTTP headers.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      When toggled on, the client can change Privoxy's behaviour by
#      setting special HTTP headers. Currently the only supported
#      special header is "X-Filter: No", to disable filtering for
#      the ongoing request, even if it is enabled in one of the
#      action files.
#
#      This feature is disabled by default. If you are using Privoxy in
#      a environment with trusted clients, you may enable this feature
#      at your discretion. Note that malicious client side code (e.g
#      Java) is also capable of using this feature.
#
#      This option will be removed in future releases as it has been
#      obsoleted by the more general header taggers.
#
enable-remote-http-toggle  0
#
#
#  4.5. enable-edit-actions
#  =========================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Whether or not the web-based actions file editor may be used
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      0 or 1
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      The web-based actions file editor is disabled.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Access to the editor can not be controlled separately by
#      "ACLs" or HTTP authentication, so that everybody who can access
#      Privoxy (see "ACLs" and listen-address above) can modify its
#      configuration for all users.
#
#      This option is not recommended for environments with untrusted
#      users and as a lot of Privoxy users don't read documentation,
#      this feature is disabled by default.
#
#      Note that malicious client side code (e.g Java) is also capable
#      of using the actions editor and you shouldn't enable this
#      options unless you understand the consequences and are sure
#      your browser is configured correctly.
#
#      Note that you must have compiled Privoxy with support for this
#      feature, otherwise this option has no effect.
#
enable-edit-actions 1
#
#
#  4.6. enforce-blocks
#  ====================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Whether the user is allowed to ignore blocks and can "go there
#      anyway".
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      0 or 1
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Blocks are not enforced.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Privoxy is mainly used to block and filter requests as a service
#      to the user, for example to block ads and other junk that clogs
#      the pipes.  Privoxy's configuration isn't perfect and sometimes
#      innocent pages are blocked. In this situation it makes sense to
#      allow the user to enforce the request and have Privoxy ignore
#      the block.
#
#      In the default configuration Privoxy's "Blocked" page contains
#      a "go there anyway" link to adds a special string (the force
#      prefix) to the request URL. If that link is used, Privoxy
#      will detect the force prefix, remove it again and let the
#      request pass.
#
#      Of course Privoxy can also be used to enforce a network
#      policy. In that case the user obviously should not be able to
#      bypass any blocks, and that's what the "enforce-blocks" option
#      is for. If it's enabled, Privoxy hides the "go there anyway"
#      link. If the user adds the force prefix by hand, it will not
#      be accepted and the circumvention attempt is logged.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      enforce-blocks 1
#
enforce-blocks 0
#
#
#  4.7. ACLs: permit-access and deny-access
#  =========================================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Who can access what.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      src_addr[/src_masklen] [dst_addr[/dst_masklen]]
#
#      Where src_addr and dst_addr are IP addresses in dotted decimal
#      notation or valid DNS names, and src_masklen and dst_masklen are
#      subnet masks in CIDR notation, i.e. integer values from 2 to 30
#      representing the length (in bits) of the network address. The
#      masks and the whole destination part are optional.
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Don't restrict access further than implied by listen-address
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Access controls are included at the request of ISPs and systems
#      administrators, and are not usually needed by individual
#      users. For a typical home user, it will normally suffice to
#      ensure that Privoxy only listens on the localhost (127.0.0.1)
#      or internal (home) network address by means of the listen-address
#      option.
#
#      Please see the warnings in the FAQ that Privoxy is not intended
#      to be a substitute for a firewall or to encourage anyone to
#      defer addressing basic security weaknesses.
#
#      Multiple ACL lines are OK. If any ACLs are specified, Privoxy
#      only talks to IP addresses that match at least one permit-access
#      line and don't match any subsequent deny-access line. In other
#      words, the last match wins, with the default being deny-access.
#
#      If Privoxy is using a forwarder (see forward below) for a
#      particular destination URL, the dst_addr that is examined is
#      the address of the forwarder and NOT the address of the ultimate
#      target. This is necessary because it may be impossible for the
#      local Privoxy to determine the IP address of the ultimate target
#      (that's often what gateways are used for).
#
#      You should prefer using IP addresses over DNS names, because
#      the address lookups take time. All DNS names must resolve! You
#      can not use domain patterns like "*.org" or partial domain
#      names. If a DNS name resolves to multiple IP addresses, only
#      the first one is used.
#
#      Denying access to particular sites by ACL may have undesired
#      side effects if the site in question is hosted on a machine
#      which also hosts other sites (most sites are).
#
#  Examples:
#
#      Explicitly define the default behavior if no ACL and
#      listen-address are set: "localhost" is OK. The absence of a
#      dst_addr implies that all destination addresses are OK:
#
#        permit-access  localhost
#
#
#      Allow any host on the same class C subnet as www.privoxy.org
#      access to nothing but www.example.com (or other domains hosted
#      on the same system):
#
#        permit-access  www.privoxy.org/24 www.example.com/32
#
#
#      Allow access from any host on the 26-bit subnet 192.168.45.64 to
#      anywhere, with the exception that 192.168.45.73 may not access
#      the IP address behind www.dirty-stuff.example.com:
#
#        permit-access  192.168.45.64/26 
#        deny-access   192.168.45.73  www.dirty-stuff.example.com
#
#
#
#  4.8. buffer-limit
#  ==================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Maximum size of the buffer for content filtering.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Size in Kbytes
#
#  Default value:
#
#      4096
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Use a 4MB (4096 KB) limit.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      For content filtering, i.e. the +filter and +deanimate-gif
#      actions, it is necessary that Privoxy buffers the entire document
#      body. This can be potentially dangerous, since a server could
#      just keep sending data indefinitely and wait for your RAM to
#      exhaust -- with nasty consequences.  Hence this option.
#
#      When a document buffer size reaches the buffer-limit, it is
#      flushed to the client unfiltered and no further attempt to filter
#      the rest of the document is made. Remember that there may be
#      multiple threads running, which might require up to buffer-limit
#      Kbytes each, unless you have enabled "single-threaded" above.
#
buffer-limit 4096
#
#
#  5. FORWARDING
#  ==============
#
#  This feature allows routing of HTTP requests through a chain of
#  multiple proxies.
#
#  Forwarding can be used to chain Privoxy with a caching proxy to
#  speed up browsing. Using a parent proxy may also be necessary if
#  the machine that Privoxy runs on has no direct Internet access.
#
#  Note that parent proxies can severely decrease your privacy
#  level. For example a parent proxy could add your IP address to the
#  request headers and if it's a caching proxy it may add the "Etag"
#  header to revalidation requests again, even though you configured
#  Privoxy to remove it. It may also ignore Privoxy's header time
#  randomization and use the original values which could be used by
#  the server as cookie replacement to track your steps between visits.
#
#  Also specified here are SOCKS proxies. Privoxy supports the SOCKS
#  4 and SOCKS 4A protocols.
#
#
#
#  5.1. forward
#  =============
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      To which parent HTTP proxy specific requests should be routed.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      target_pattern http_parent[:port]
#
#      where target_pattern is a URL pattern that specifies to which
#      requests (i.e. URLs) this forward rule shall apply. Use /
#      to denote "all URLs".  http_parent[:port] is the DNS name or
#      IP address of the parent HTTP proxy through which the requests
#      should be forwarded, optionally followed by its listening port
#      (default: 8080). Use a single dot (.) to denote "no forwarding".
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Don't use parent HTTP proxies.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      If http_parent is ".", then requests are not forwarded to
#      another HTTP proxy but are made directly to the web servers.
#
#      Multiple lines are OK, they are checked in sequence, and the
#      last match wins.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      Everything goes to an example parent proxy, except SSL on port
#      443 (which it doesn't handle):
#
#        forward   /      parent-proxy.example.org:8080 
#        forward   :443   .
#
#
#      Everything goes to our example ISP's caching proxy, except for
#      requests to that ISP's sites:
#
#        forward   /                  caching-proxy.isp.example.net:8000
#        forward   .isp.example.net   .
#
#
#
#
#  5.2. forward-socks4, forward-socks4a and forward-socks5
#  ========================================================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Through which SOCKS proxy (and optionally to which parent HTTP
#      proxy) specific requests should be routed.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      target_pattern socks_proxy[:port] http_parent[:port]
#
#      where target_pattern is a URL pattern that specifies to which
#      requests (i.e. URLs) this forward rule shall apply. Use / to
#      denote "all URLs".  http_parent and socks_proxy are IP addresses
#      in dotted decimal notation or valid DNS names (http_parent may
#      be "." to denote "no HTTP forwarding"), and the optional port
#      parameters are TCP ports, i.e. integer values from 1 to 65535
#
#  Default value:
#
#      Unset
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Don't use SOCKS proxies.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Multiple lines are OK, they are checked in sequence, and the
#      last match wins.
#
#      The difference between forward-socks4 and forward-socks4a
#      is that in the SOCKS 4A protocol, the DNS resolution of the
#      target hostname happens on the SOCKS server, while in SOCKS 4
#      it happens locally.
#
#      With forward-socks5 the DNS resolution will happen on the remote
#      server as well.
#
#      If http_parent is ".", then requests are not forwarded to another
#      HTTP proxy but are made (HTTP-wise) directly to the web servers,
#      albeit through a SOCKS proxy.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      From the company example.com, direct connections are made to all
#      "internal" domains, but everything outbound goes through their
#      ISP's proxy by way of example.com's corporate SOCKS 4A gateway
#      to the Internet.
#
#        forward-socks4a   /       socks-gw.example.com:1080    www-cache.isp.example.net:8080 
#        forward           .example.com        .
#
#
#      A rule that uses a SOCKS 4 gateway for all destinations but no
#      HTTP parent looks like this:
#
#        forward-socks4   /               socks-gw.example.com:1080  .
#
#
#      To chain Privoxy and Tor, both running on the same system,
#      you would use something like:
#
#        forward-socks4a   /               127.0.0.1:9050 .
#
#
#      The public Tor network can't be used to reach your local network,
#      if you need to access local servers you therefore might want
#      to make some exceptions:
#
#        forward         192.168.*.*/     .  
#        forward         10.*.*.*/        .  
#        forward         127.*.*.*/       .
#
#
#      Unencrypted connections to systems in these address ranges will
#      be as (un) secure as the local network is, but the alternative
#      is that you can't reach the local network through Privoxy at
#      all. Of course this may actually be desired and there is no
#      reason to make these exceptions if you aren't sure you need them.
#
#      If you also want to be able to reach servers in your local
#      network by using their names, you will need additional exceptions
#      that look like this:
#
#       forward           localhost/     .
#
#
#
#
#  5.3. forwarded-connect-retries
#  ===============================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      How often Privoxy retries if a forwarded connection request
#      fails.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Number of retries.
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Connections forwarded through other proxies are treated like
#      direct connections and no retry attempts are made.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      forwarded-connect-retries is mainly interesting for socks4a
#      connections, where Privoxy can't detect why the connections
#      failed. The connection might have failed because of a DNS timeout
#      in which case a retry makes sense, but it might also have failed
#      because the server doesn't exist or isn't reachable. In this
#      case the retry will just delay the appearance of Privoxy's
#      error message.
#
#      Note that in the context of this option, "forwarded connections"
#      includes all connections that Privoxy forwards through other
#      proxies. This option is not limited to the HTTP CONNECT method.
#
#      Only use this option, if you are getting lots of
#      forwarding-related error messages that go away when you try again
#      manually. Start with a small value and check Privoxy's logfile
#      from time to time, to see how many retries are usually needed.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      forwarded-connect-retries 1
#
forwarded-connect-retries  0
#
#
#  5.4. accept-intercepted-requests
#  =================================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Whether intercepted requests should be treated as valid.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      0 or 1
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Only proxy requests are accepted, intercepted requests are
#      treated as invalid.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      If you don't trust your clients and want to force them to use
#      Privoxy, enable this option and configure your packet filter
#      to redirect outgoing HTTP connections into Privoxy.
#
#      Make sure that Privoxy's own requests aren't redirected as well.
#      Additionally take care that Privoxy can't intentionally connect
#      to itself, otherwise you could run into redirection loops if
#      Privoxy's listening port is reachable by the outside or an
#      attacker has access to the pages you visit.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      accept-intercepted-requests 1
#
accept-intercepted-requests 0
#
#
#  5.5. allow-cgi-request-crunching
#  =================================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Whether requests to Privoxy's CGI pages can be blocked or
#      redirected.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      0 or 1
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Privoxy ignores block and redirect actions for its CGI pages.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      By default Privoxy ignores block or redirect actions for
#      its CGI pages.  Intercepting these requests can be useful in
#      multi-user setups to implement fine-grained access control,
#      but it can also render the complete web interface useless and
#      make debugging problems painful if done without care.
#
#      Don't enable this option unless you're sure that you really
#      need it.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      allow-cgi-request-crunching 1
#
allow-cgi-request-crunching 0
#
#
#  5.6. split-large-forms
#  =======================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Whether the CGI interface should stay compatible with broken
#      HTTP clients.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      0 or 1
#
#  Default value:
#
#      0
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      The CGI form generate long GET URLs.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Privoxy's CGI forms can lead to rather long URLs. This isn't
#      a problem as far as the HTTP standard is concerned, but it can
#      confuse clients with arbitrary URL length limitations.
#
#      Enabling split-large-forms causes Privoxy to divide big forms
#      into smaller ones to keep the URL length down. It makes editing
#      a lot less convenient and you can no longer submit all changes
#      at once, but at least it works around this browser bug.
#
#      If you don't notice any editing problems, there is no reason
#      to enable this option, but if one of the submit buttons appears
#      to be broken, you should give it a try.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      split-large-forms 1
#
split-large-forms 0
#
#
#  5.7. keep-alive-timeout
#  ========================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Number of seconds after which an open connection will no longer
#      be reused.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Time in seconds.
#
#  Default value:
#
#      None
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      Connections are not reused.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      This option has no effect if Privoxy has been compiled without
#      keep-alive support.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      Note that reusing connections doesn't necessary cause
#      speedups. There are also a few privacy implications you should
#      be aware of.
#
#      Outgoing connections are shared between clients (if there are
#      more than one) and closing the client that initiated the outgoing
#      connection does not affect the connection between Privoxy and
#      the server unless the client's request hasn't been completed
#      yet. If the outgoing connection is idle, it will not be closed
#      until either Privoxy's or the server's timeout is reached. While
#      it's open, the server knows that the system running Privoxy is
#      still there.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      keep-alive-timeout 300
#
keep-alive-timeout 300
#
#
#  5.8. socket-timeout
#  ====================
#
#  Specifies:
#
#      Number of seconds after which a socket times out if no data
#      is received.
#
#  Type of value:
#
#      Time in seconds.
#
#  Default value:
#
#      None
#
#  Effect if unset:
#
#      A default value of 300 seconds is used.
#
#  Notes:
#
#      For SOCKS requests the timeout currently doesn't start until
#      the SOCKS server accepted the request. This will be fixed in
#      the next release.
#
#  Examples:
#
#      socket-timeout 300
#
socket-timeout 300
#
#
#  6. WINDOWS GUI OPTIONS
#  =======================
#
#  Privoxy has a number of options specific to the Windows GUI
#  interface:
#
#
#  If "activity-animation" is set to 1, the Privoxy icon will animate
#  when "Privoxy" is active. To turn off, set to 0.
#
#activity-animation   1
#
#  If "log-messages" is set to 1, Privoxy will log messages to the
#  console window:
#
#log-messages   1
#
#  If "log-buffer-size" is set to 1, the size of the log buffer,
#  i.e. the amount of memory used for the log messages displayed in
#  the console window, will be limited to "log-max-lines" (see below).
#
#  Warning: Setting this to 0 will result in the buffer to grow
#  infinitely and eat up all your memory!
#
#log-buffer-size 1
#
#  log-max-lines is the maximum number of lines held in the log
#  buffer. See above.
#
#log-max-lines 200
#
#  If "log-highlight-messages" is set to 1, Privoxy will highlight
#  portions of the log messages with a bold-faced font:
#
#log-highlight-messages 1
#
#  The font used in the console window:
#
#log-font-name Comic Sans MS
#
#  Font size used in the console window:
#
#log-font-size 8
#
#  "show-on-task-bar" controls whether or not Privoxy will appear as
#  a button on the Task bar when minimized:
#
#show-on-task-bar 0
#
#  If "close-button-minimizes" is set to 1, the Windows close button
#  will minimize Privoxy instead of closing the program (close with
#  the exit option on the File menu).
#
#close-button-minimizes 1
#
#  The "hide-console" option is specific to the MS-Win console version
#  of Privoxy.  If this option is used, Privoxy will disconnect from
#  and hide the command console.
#
#hide-console
#
#

broch · 2009-08-27 12:34:40

your first post points to privoxy while you have problem with accessing web in general.
1) default firewall (hardware/router) settings will not block web access (but you would have to configure iptables firts if you are running it)
2) privoxy listen to localhost so it is not affected by firewall settings

forget for now about privoxy and configure network first.

I assume that your network card is
check if you can ping external IP address
check if you can ping web name
e.g.
ping 66.102.7.99
if succesful
ping www.google.com

If first is not working make sure that you can access AP, make sure that AP can access internet, If first is working (ping IP address) and second is not, configure DNS

Stalafin · 2009-08-27 13:57:11

Well, everything is working just fine.... I am writing this very post via my wireless network (as well as all the posts before). Privoxy is turned off, firefox is running without a proxy.

My network runs perfectly... Pacman, Firefox, Pidgin, Weechat, everything.

Stalafin · 2009-08-28 13:47:43

Bump...

brazzmonkey · 2009-08-28 15:19:54

I must say I'm clueless... Your config seems fine.
The only thing I would give a shot to is set accept-intercepted-requests to 1. I doubt this will help, though...

Change debug settings according to what's here, restart privoxy, use your browser and check for any relevant error in privoxy logfiles. This could lead us to something.

Last edited by brazzmonkey (2009-08-28 15:22:02)

Arch Linux

#1 2009-08-26 18:44:33

privoxy does not work

#2 2009-08-26 19:56:50

Re: privoxy does not work

#3 2009-08-26 20:17:02

Re: privoxy does not work

#4 2009-08-26 20:31:17

Re: privoxy does not work

#5 2009-08-27 02:05:25

Re: privoxy does not work

#6 2009-08-27 08:48:57

Re: privoxy does not work

#7 2009-08-27 10:11:46

Re: privoxy does not work

#8 2009-08-27 10:37:28

Re: privoxy does not work

#9 2009-08-27 12:34:40

Re: privoxy does not work

#10 2009-08-27 13:57:11

Re: privoxy does not work

#11 2009-08-28 13:47:43

Re: privoxy does not work

#12 2009-08-28 15:19:54

Re: privoxy does not work

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