[privoxy-users] Offline vs Online

[Anonymous <no...@pa...>]

I have worked with Privoxy for several months and also work
as a computer software engineer by trade.

There is one URL that I filter such that the request resolves
to a local file.  This filter works fine when I am online.
However when I am offline, there is no DNS, and Privoxy
reports that it can't resolve the original URL.  So it then
fails to apply the filter.

There should be no DNS activity on this URL regardless of online
or offline.  In either case, the filter should replace the URL
before DNS takes place.  Privoxy should recognize that the replaced
URL is a local file and forget about DNS.

I like to keep Privoxy always running whether online or offline.
But when I am offline, my browser thinks I am online because it
sees the Privoxy port open.  Fine, but since there is no DNS while
offline I get different behavior from this filter.

Jim T.