Privoxy Web Proxy

Privoxy is a free web proxy with advanced features.

Official website: www.privoxy.org

Installation on Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt install privoxy

After installation, you need to specify in the settings of any browser http and SSL proxy with the address:

localhost:8118

Performance and settings can be viewed at config.privoxy.org

The configuration files are located in the /etc/privoxy/directory

You can connect privoxy to TOR. To do this, add the following line to /etc/privoxy/config:

forward-socks4a / localhost:9050 .

or:

forward-socks5 / 127.0.0.1:9050 .

and restart privoxy:

sudo /etc/init.d/privoxy restart

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