[Privoxy-devel] Privoxy 3.0.28 mirror

[Ian Silvester]

On Thu, 17 Dec 2020, at 08:31, Fabian Keil wrote:
> "Ian Silvester" <iansilvester at fastmail.fm> wrote on 2020-12-17:
> 
> > Odd - I did update the mirror on Saturday and it's working for me - caching issue? 
> 
> Sorry, I must admit that I only checked the "Sources" directory
> which still seems to show "3.0.28 (stable)" as latest
> release.
> 
> I just confirmed that "Windows" and "Debian" seem to
> be up to date.
> 
> Do you update the mirror manually instead of using rsync
> or something similar?

Ah, yes, mistake in a directory name in Sources - fixed now. I don't have shell access to the host so rsync is not an option unfortunately.

>  
> > Could you help me understand what 'completing a non-free capture'
> > means? I'm not a Tor user and some brief Web searching didn't turn
> > up any useful hits. I'll for sure disable it if I can! 
> 
> Here's a screenshot:
> https://www.fabiankeil.de/bilder/screenshots/firefox/silvester.org.uk-privoxy-mirror-capture.png
> 
> The "confirmation" requires non-free JavaScript,
> probably Cookies and a lot of patience.

Ouch. I apparently do have some configuration freedom for this though apparently limited to file-based attacks not 'suspicious' source IPs. Try it now?

Ian


> 
> Fabian
> 
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