![]() On Privoxy main configuration file /etc/privoxy/config, add a line like below with your host IP address. If you're setting Privoxy on a server in your LAN, make sure to replace 127.0.0.1 with the IP address of the server machine. This setting is usually located under preferences settings section. Configure Browser to use Privoxyīefore you start using privoxy service, you need to configure your browser(s) to use Privoxy as an HTTP and HTTPS (SSL) proxy. The default is 127.0.0.1 (or localhost) for the proxy address, and port 8118. Any browser that can be configured to use a proxy, which should be virtually all browsers, including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari among others. This way all the configuration is in one place, and you don't have to maintain a similar configuration for possibly many browsers or users. # ls -l /etc/privoxy/ | awk ''Įven though web browsers nowadays have built-in features similar to privoxy, the proxy is a good choice if you use multiple browsers, or have a LAN with multiple computers since Privoxy can run as a server application. $ sudo apt-get install privoxyĪll its configuration files will be located under /etc/privoxy directory. Privoxy package is available on upstream repositories for Ubuntu and it can be installed using apt-get package manager.
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