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Ifthere is an error in the file that looks like "Fatal error: can't bind to localhost:8118: The hostname is not resolvable" then change the listen-address in the privoxy configuration file /etc/privoxy/config.

In that case, you're affected by Launchpad bug #427625 which is fixed in 3.0.16-1, but Lucid is still shipped with 3.0.15-3. As a workaround, you can try the fix as described in How to get Opera work correctly with Privoxy?.

Thanks for the detail about the Internal connection. It was set to External, so I changed it to Internal. Unfortunately, this resulted in the privoxy service not being able to start at all, and it presumably broke some other stuff too, so I changed it back.

Using the software Privoxy, we are able to reduce even more javascript run ads. While pi-hole does block domains by their IP, it can not block scripts hosted on the legit domains. Take a moment to look over the enclosed details.

Macat12 I think you are right because the request is sent to the RPi which has an IPtables policy. The Pi-hole has always provided a fake domain response for ads. Due to IPtable listening for incoming packets on port 80 and forwarding them to Privoxy port 8118, it blocks even more ads. However, this does not use all Privoxys has to offer and only helps when the DNS trick is not working.

I am playing with pi-hole on my local network, and I find that even if I whitelist my local AD domain, setting the pi-hole to my primary dns still wreaks havoc on my PC with other programs. So, instead, I set up the pihole as a web proxy.

However, instead of using privoxy, I install tinyproxy. Then, I go into FireFox and configure http proxy to the IP of my pihole, the port (set for 8888), and setting the "use this proxy for all protocols", and checking off Remote DNS.

Oh, and a secret - my "pi-hole" device is really just a stock Debian 8 vm running under Hyper-V. The autoinstall script worked like a charm. So, even if you don't have a Raspberry PI, you can still have the same function of a virtual machine running in a hypervisor such as Hyper V or even Virtual Box.

That is a good way to force only Firefox to use pi-hole and avoid dns errors with other programs. And it not have much overhead, as you mentioned. However, Firefox already has a addon (adblock plus) that blocks ads and allow you to write your own rules. What do you get from pi-hole that you don't get from adblock plus?

@dan019 The main advantage Pi-hole has over browser-based addons is that it blocks ads network wide, so even Android, IOS, or Windows Phone devices can have ad blocking. It also blocks it at a DNS level, causing the ad to never even be downloaded.

Okay, so you have ipv4 forwarding enabled in /etc/sysctl.conf. You updated to say you were able execute the command correctly without any errors. Now, did you make it persistent after reboot by installing iptables-persistent and following their instructions?

Remember, in order for privoxy to intercept and remove ads from webpages that are not HTTPS, the gateway set on the router must be the IP of you RPi. You can check the status of privoxy using the command systemctl status privoxy.

The reason we do the search as above, is to find the fine that has the URL block list. A text based search inside privoxy config files should reveal the file. The file contents should look like this :

I did a search on privoxy docs and wasnt able to find anything related to user authentication, my question is: there's a way to archive this with privoxy? If not, can anyone suggest something easy to config and light privoxy?

These applications can use the proxy when downloading metadata, such as nzb or torrent files from index sites, as some ISP's

may block certain index sites this is an extremely useful.

Using Privoxy you can also route traffic from your LAN over the VPN tunnel and back again on your VMs and physical computers.

I then tried unchecking "also use global proxy setting for indexers (tvdb, xem, anidb, etc.)" and enter the privoxy value in the Proxy host field in SickRage and restart SickRage. I then get the following error:

I am trying to configure my Rpi as a privoxy protected access point for all devices connected to it. I was successful in configuring the Rpi as a wifi access point and I successfully installed and ran the privoxy on the Rpi. When I access the net from the Pi itself (with Midori) the traffic is re-routed through the private proxy. However, none of the devices that are connected through the wifi access point get to connect to the proxy.

I was wondering if anyone can suggest some resources that would help me configure the Pi so that any device that connects to the wifi access point will automatically access the net through the Privoxy? Is this even possible? Thanks

Privoxy is a filtering proxy for the HTTP protocol, frequently used in combination with Tor. 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, etc. It supports both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks.

This example uses the default port used by Tor. If you changed the port number modify the example accordingly. The same basic example is valid for other targets. If you plan on chaining to another proxy specify the method (here SOCKS5) and the port to suit your needs. Refer to section 5 of the manual inside /etc/privoxy/config for a complete list of options and examples.

Using an ad blocking extension in a web browser can increase page load time. Additionally, extensions like AdBlock Plus are not supported by all browsers. A useful alternative is to install system-wide ad blocking by setting a proxy address in your preferred browser.

You can use adblock plus filters. The privoxy blocklist script automatically downloads adblock plus filters, converts them to a privoxy friendly format, and edits privoxy's configuration file to include those filters:

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I've been using privoxy and its IJB ancestor for close to 25 years yet I don't know if I can be of much help. I've never gotten real deep in its capabilities and much/all of the HTML-rewriting features are of little use now that most traffic is going over HTTPS. I can tell you that I've never modified default.action - only user.action.

to apply that set of rules to this domain & sub-domains, and the devuan domain & sub-domains as well. Note that once an action is switched on in the config, it is active for all entries below it until switched off (with -standard.Cautious in this case).

that suggests match-all.action has the default settings. The actions defined in my match-all.action look the same as the standard.Medium definition in default.action so maybe you're already using medium.

Used to use it years back, but a lot of it's ad blocking features are better achieved at the browser level, via say ublock origin. You can also do a system wide adblock using the hosts files found at which I also tend to deploy as a more blanket effort against the ad companies.

Nowadays I find Ublock with all blocklists enabled gets rid of 95% of all ads, but some keep sneaking through (duckduckgo, facebook). In the grand scheme of things i don't use the products from FB much so it doesn't bother me.

I have been trying to get privoxy to work with the transparent tor i have going on but without success,

its a bit of a complicated situation i have but am hoping for it to remain transparent aswell and preferbly with a switch in openwrt gui to enable or disable privoxy if possible ie stop privoxy it will remain using tor.

This is the setup i got going

What i basically tried in setup privoxy socks5t to 192.168.0.198:8118 and 192.168.2.1:8118

same for the listening ports and messed around with forwarding ports but all without luck.

So the idea is since tor does not filter ads (i got adblock in) to have privoxy alter the websites and remove ads there aswell, im pretty sure this will break some sites thats why i nice stop of the service while tor remains intact would be perfect. With trying to get wifi over tor to work people already helped me as that wiki is aimed at people who use open-wrt as a router initially it was setup as a switch so now its sort of half a router (so tor over wifi works) and lan is handled by my other router that part is still in "switch" mode.

With trying to get wifi over tor to work people already helped me as that wiki is aimed at people who use open-wrt as a router initially it was setup as a switch so now its sort of half a router (so tor over wifi works) and lan is handled by my other router that part is still in "switch" mode.

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