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  • Bug in folding code within the scanner

    The consumeFolding() method is only checking for a SPACE character (decimal 32) as an allowed folding character sequence. RFC 2445 states: a long line can be split between any two characters by inserting a CRLF immediately followed by a single linear white space character (i.e., SPACE, US-ASCII decimal 32 or HTAB, US-ASCII decimal 9). Regards Ian.

    2007-11-16 20:10:36 UTC in iCalendar .NET Parser

  • Comment: privoxy in the windows startup folder

    Have you installed privoxy as a windows service, and if so is it set to start automatically? This could be one of the sources for the dual instances. Ian.

    2007-04-02 15:19:00 UTC in Privoxy

  • Task bar icon will NOT be seen when run as service on Vista

    If you run Privoxy as a Windows Service on Vista you will not be able to see the little blue task bar icon any longer. This isn't so much a bug in Privoxy but is due to a change in behavior within the Windows OS, and is first seen in Windows Vista. There is a well known privilege elevation exploit known as the Win32 Shatter attack (initially raised on the developer list and further discussed...

    2007-03-20 21:57:37 UTC in Privoxy

  • Comment: filtering SSL / HTTPS

    Logged In: YES user_id=649219 I think the only way this could be achieved is if Privoxy because the end-point of the connection to the remote server, and was therefore able to decrypt the data coming back from the server. It would then have to re-encrypt the information between itself and the users web browser. I can see two immediate problems here. The first is that Privoxy would have...

    2006-09-19 22:45:51 UTC in Privoxy

  • Comment: Run as Windows service

    Logged In: YES user_id=649219 There is no such thing as a secure operating system, but lets not get into advocacy wars right now. One option is to open the Services console in the Administrative Tools and on the Logon tab enter the username as NT AUTHORITY\LocalService and make sure the password and confirm password fields are blank. This will allow the service to run as the...

    2006-08-16 00:21:29 UTC in Privoxy

  • Comment: Run as Windows service

    Logged In: YES user_id=649219 Any potential security issues can be reduced by making sure that the user account the service runs as is only a "limited user" (to use XP terms). For hardcore Windows 2000/2003 administrators, that means a user who is not a member of the Power Users or Administrators group. :-) Note: this will not eliminate the security risk associated in running as a...

    2006-08-15 21:02:17 UTC in Privoxy

  • Comment: WSAEINVAL. woln't load when windows starts

    Logged In: YES user_id=649219 If you are using windows XP then as David said you might be suffering from the fact that the network hasn't started when you login. There is an easy way to determine if this is the problem. Login to windows as an administrator user. The do Start, Run and type in gpedit.msc then press OK On the left hand side of the application, you will see some...

    2006-08-04 21:10:08 UTC in Privoxy

  • Comment: background service?

    Logged In: YES user_id=649219 I submitted a patch for privoxy ages ago that would allow it to run as a proper windows service, but at the time no-one seemed to either want to check it in to the main branch or give me CVS access to do it myself. Since that time its got more and more out of date and has remained untouched. I've been lurking on the devel-list since then and its pretty...

    2006-02-15 23:12:50 UTC in Privoxy

  • Comment: Run Privoxy as a native Win32 service

    Logged In: YES user_id=649219 Some people have contacted saying that the patches that they have downloaded are corrupt. Its been a while since I last posted to this project. I'm still here reading whats going on, but I'm not actively doing anything with Privoxy at the moment. To those who are still using this patch, I suggest that you might be better using the latest version, as...

    2004-08-28 10:53:26 UTC in Privoxy

  • Comment: Re-check for memory leaks

    Logged In: YES user_id=649219 Andreas Apologies for the long post :-} I've given that build a good few runs through purify, and while the memory allocated to the process grows each time, purify doesn't actually report any big memory leaks that I can trace. I think the reason for the growth is due to purify. Apparently when the application frees a block, purify moves it into...

    2003-05-17 23:04:48 UTC in Privoxy

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