[Privoxy-commits] [privoxy] 13/19: user-manual: Update limit-connect description
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commit 11ab91e712e7dd4e39891a53f7761421cc958817
Author: Fabian Keil <fk at fabiankeil.de>
AuthorDate: Mon Mar 16 06:24:01 2026 +0100
user-manual: Update limit-connect description
If the https-inspection action is enabled, Privoxy does filter
the transferred content even if the CONNECT action is being used.
---
doc/source/user-manual.sgml | 12 ++++++++----
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml
index 5e69c074..52b5e9f8 100644
--- a/doc/source/user-manual.sgml
+++ b/doc/source/user-manual.sgml
@@ -5537,7 +5537,7 @@ www.example.com</screen>
<varlistentry>
<term>Typical use:</term>
<listitem>
- <para>Prevent abuse of <application>Privoxy</application> as a TCP proxy relay or disable SSL for untrusted sites</para>
+ <para>Prevent abuse of <application>Privoxy</application> as a TCP proxy relay</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -5585,9 +5585,13 @@ www.example.com</screen>
This means CONNECT-enabled proxies can be used as TCP relays very easily.
</para>
<para>
- <application>Privoxy</application> relays HTTPS traffic without seeing
- the decoded content. Websites can leverage this limitation to circumvent &my-app;'s
- filters. By specifying an invalid port range you can disable HTTPS entirely.
+ If the CONNECT method is being used and the
+ <link linkend="https-inspection">https-inspection</link> action
+ is not enabled, &my-app; relays HTTPS or other traffic without
+ seeing the decoded content.
+ Websites can leverage this limitation to circumvent &my-app;'s filters.
+ By specifying an invalid port range you can disallow the CONNECT method
+ and prevent this.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
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