About Foxy

Foxy is a content filtering HTTP proxy server. It can modify content on the fly using its internal filters and external user-written scripts, block access to undesirable content, track users' online activity, generate traffic reports, forward requests to multiple proxies depending on the requested URL.

Foxy may be used as is, with no changes to the default configuration, but to fully leverage its potential some basic understanding of HTML language and HTTP protocol may be needed.

Features

Core features:

• May run on the same machine as your browser or as a server serving multiple clients.
• Proxies HTTP, SSL, and FTP protocols. Secure connections (https://) are tunneled without filtering (you don't want your secure data to be altered in any way). FTP traffic it also unfiltered.
• Can be used as a lightweigth HTTP server.
• Browser-based user interface; works with any browser running on any platform.
• Supports both HTTP/1.0 and HTTP/1.1.
• User authentication and IP address allow/deny lists for users and administrators.

Filters:

• Multiple instances of available filter types can be created and individually configured.
• Every filter may be configured for certain URL sets using wild cards and exception lists, can filter traffic of all or some users (or all users with a few exceptions), may be active only within certain time intervals and/or days of week.

Available filters can:

• Kill pop-up and pop-under windows preserving good pop-ups.
• Remove script converting script links to regular links.
• Remove cookies completely or convert them to session cookies.
• Analyze content on the fly using user-defined dictionaries and block access to undesirable content (porn, hate, gambling, etc.)
• Remove banners (by source, by size, width to height ratio) and tracking images (a.k.a. “web bugs”, “web beacons”).
• De-animate annoying GIF animations.
• Protect users' privacy by spoofing HTTP request headers (User-Agent, Referer, X-Forwarded-For, or any other header). Headers may be deleted or set to fixed or random values.
• Optimize major search engines' search results pages for faster surfing and privacy protection by blocking click tracking mechanisms. Sponsored links may be optionally removed, too.
• Block RedSheriff, WebsideStory, and other server-side spyware.
• Fill in HTML forms automatically using static user-defined entries or automatic learning.
• Filter content using external user-written programs or scripts. External filters may be written in any language.
• Block HTTP downloads of Windows executables.
• Define shortcuts for frequently visited URLs.
• Grab media (images, sound, etc.) and save it in files

Reports in HTML format:

• Traffic reports grouped by domain (optionally stripped to second-level domain) and sorted by domain or traffic volume.
• Hourly load analysis reports.
• Any report may be generated for specified date ranges or relative date ranges like “last month” or “this year”.
• Any report may be filtered by user or domain.

Forwarding:

• Can be chained with other proxies (for HTTP only).
• Flexible mapping of sets of target domain names to sets of proxy servers.
Available proxy server is selected automatically.

Comprehensive logging:

• General log with configurable verbosity level.
• HTTP log: logs original request headers, filtered request headers, response headers, filtered response headers.
• Filter log: every filter logs short description of changes made to the original content.
• Any of the three logs may be turned off.
• Ten-level log file rotation with gzipping of old files.

Foxy is shareware. A full-featured version may be downloaded for free from http://www.2-power-n.com and used for up to 45 days, then you will have to either pay for it, or remove it. Once you register it, you will get an activation code to activate your copy. See licensing for more details.

For more information please visit http://www.2-power-n.com.