The Privoxy Ecosystem
summary
Privoxy is an HTTP proxy that uses explicit filters and actions, list-based adblocking, and regular-expression substitutions to rewrite or remove page fragments, and it provides a web UI (no password by default) for status and limited edits. HTTPS filtering is limited because CONNECT/tunneled traffic mostly passes through unless complex interception is added, and practical integration options include using Privoxy with Tor via SOCKS5 or running it as a Tor-hidden-service frontend. Deployments report millions of users and sample logs showing around 34,000 requests with about 4,600 blocked (~13%).
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Proxy ecosystem intro
- 1:14What is Privoxy
- 9:07Privoxy browser config
- 15:14Privoxy web interface
- 20:11Privoxy actions and filters
- 26:26Privoxy 3.0.25 features
- 33:00Privoxy as transparent proxy
- 35:05Privoxy with Tor
- 40:27Privoxy for Onion Services
- 49:00Privoxy filter tests and logs
- 52:13User-Agent generator
- 1:05:44Reproducibility and issues
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