[privoxy-users] Privoxy 3.0.2 is released

[Hal B. <ha...@bu...>]

The sources for 3.0.2 has been uploaded to Sourceforge. Binaries
should start appearing soon. 



NEWS! March 2003, Privoxy 3.0.2 is released. This is the first
maintenance release of Privoxy. There are no significant new features
in this release. Some bugs are fixed, and some existing features have
been enhanced. See ChangeLog for details. Upgrading from 3.0.0 is
recommended.


ChangeLog

*** Version 3.0.2 ***

- Fixed two memory leaks, one serious
- Fixed bug in pcrs which could cause crashes with user-defined
  filters
- Fixed bug in domain name matching
- Assorted small fixes (Win32 menu, CGI URL editor, ..) 
- Added basic support for the OPTIONS and TRACE http methods
- Added workaround for Bug in Max OSX that made Privoxy crash
  occasionally
- Refined the default action file through >400 items of user feedback
- Filter changes:
  - Assorted refinements, optimizations and fixes in the
    js-annoyances, img-reorder, banners-by-size, banners-by-link, 
    webbugs, refresh-tags,
    html-annoyances, content-cookies and fun filters
  - Replaced filter "popups" by choice between two modes:
    - "unsolicited-popups" tries to catch only the unsolicited ones
    - "all-popups" tries to kill them all (as before)
  - New filter "tiny-textforms" Help those tiny or hard-wrap
    textareas. 
  - New filter "jumping-windows" that prevents windows from resizing
    and moving themselves
  - New filter "demoronizer" which fixes MS's abuse of std charsets
    (common cases anyway).
  - Replaced "nimda" with more general "ie-exploits" filter in which
    all filters for exploits shall be collected
- Improved cookie logging
- Rewrote make install target. Added uninstall and install-strip
  targets.
- Fixed a potential (application-level, NOT OS-level!) security
  problem involving remote toggling and action file manipulation
  by mailicious websites.
- Added ability to chroot (thanks to Sviatoslav Sviridov)
- Added more action aliases for prehistoric action names
- Add Slackware support to Makefile.

-- 
Hal Burgiss