News about CGIProxy

January 26, 2019

Released CGIProxy 2.2.4 . Major improvements include:

• The top form is now in its own HTML page with an <iframe> containing the fetched page, rather than being inserted into the page's HTML, and it behaves much better than before. Please tell me of any remaining display bugs you find.
• The starting page is a little more user-friendly, with language names and better button placement.
• Fixed various bugs, making most websites work again.

November 18, 2018

Released CGIProxy 2.2.3 . Major improvements include:

• Easy, automatic upgrades, with the new "upgrade" command.
• Can now uninstall itself with the "uninstall" command.
• There is now an optional mechanism to report simple usage statistics back to our server: hourly hit counts, hourly traffic in bytes, and monthly unique user counts, all sorted by language. It does not collect any private info, such as IP addresses or URLs visited. This helps CGIProxy development in multiple ways, but you don't have to report these numbers. It's the new $REPORT_USAGE config variable, set during the installation wizard. I think this is safe and uninvasive, but please email me if you have any concerns.
• Many bugs fixed and various new technologies supported, making most complex websites work again.

July 16, 2017

Released CGIProxy 2.2.2 . Major improvements include:

• A much-improved installation wizard for all platforms, thanks to great user feedback!
• All pages are now optimized for mobile viewing.
• Many bugs and potential privacy holes fixed-- security was a big focus of this release.

May 28, 2017

Released CGIProxy 2.2.1 . Major improvements include:

• an easy-to-use installation wizard for all platforms!
• a configuration menu-- no more editing nph-proxy.cgi to configure it
• rewritten installation instructions
• an external configuration file, which makes upgrading much easier
• many bugs fixed, making many sites work again

Hopefully, the installation wizard makes the installation process much easier, especially for non-technical users. Please tell me about any problems you have, so I can fix them! The more I hear about any problems, the better the installation wizard will work in future releases. Also, please tell me if anything is confusing or unclear about the installation.

June 11, 2016

Released CGIProxy 2.1.17, which fixes access to many major websites, including Gmail, YouTube, and facebook.

November 19, 2015

Released CGIProxy 2.1.16, which fixes some installation bugs. Also added Dutch localization. Please email me if you have any trouble installing CGIProxy, so I can fix any problems.

October 21, 2015

Released CGIProxy 2.1.15, which has many major bug fixes-- most popular websites now work again! Database support is much less error-prone, and for ease of installation SQLite is now the default database driver. Also making installation easier is the new "init" command, which installs the Perl modules and creates the database (the "install-modules" command is now obsolete). The installation instructions have been updated. As always, please report any bugs you find, so I can fix them!

November 13, 2014

Released CGIProxy 2.1.14, which has many bug fixes. Major sites are working again, and in all major browsers. Also, FastCGI support was fixed-- see the CHANGES file for details, and the updated installation instructions. Please report any bugs you find, so I can fix them!

October 6, 2014

Released CGIProxy 2.1.13, which includes a complete rewrite of the JavaScript-modifying code, for performance. YouTube videos now play again without much delay, and the load on the server CPU is much less. Several bugs were also fixed.

Please report any new problems you find in the JavaScript support! Thanks.

June 21, 2014

Released CGIProxy 2.1.12, a bug fix release which works again if you have an old Socket module. Also:

• IPv6 support has been tested and fixed, and now works. Requires at least version 1.94 of the Socket module, which normally means Perl 5.14.0 or later.
• several other bug fixes

June 5, 2014

OpenSSL, a tool used by CGIProxy and most other software for secure communications, has reported an important security bug. Please upgrade your OpenSSL installation to version 1.0.1h, released today. If you don't manage your own server, please ask your sysadmin to upgrade your OpenSSL!

May 31, 2014

Released CGIProxy 2.1.11, with these new features and fixes:

• added CORS support, which among other things makes YouTube work again
• added a page about security with CGIProxy-- please read it!
• added IPv6 support but couldn't test it-- if you have IPv6 access, please try it out and report any bugs, thanks!
• several bug fixes, making more sites work better

April 5, 2014

Released CGIProxy 2.1.10, with these new features and fixes:

• added Spanish and Polish messages, for a total of 14 languages-- see the translation page if you want other languages supported
• now supports LZMA-compressed SWF files, if you have the IO::Compress::Lzma Perl module installed-- install it by running "./nph-proxy.cgi install-modules" again
• many bug fixes, making many sites work better

January 27, 2014

Released CGIProxy 2.1.9, with these new features and fixes:

• added German, Italian, Javanese, and Sundanese messages, for a total of 12 languages-- see the translation page if you want other languages supported
• Content Security Policy (CSP) 1.0 is supported with Firefox and Chrome, for better privacy
• various bug fixes, making many sites work better

October 22, 2013

Released CGIProxy 2.1.8, with several new features and many fixes:

• added Chinese, French, and Indonesian messages, for a total of 8 languages-- see the translation page if you want other languages supported
• the full Gmail site now works
• YouTube once again works
• can now use a SOCKS 5 proxy, such as Tor
• database support improved
• once again works with Perl 5.6.1
• many bug fixes, making many sites work better

July 26, 2013

Released CGIProxy 2.1.7, with several new features and many fixes:

• language localization, with messages in Arabic, English, Farsi, Russian, or Turkish so far-- see the translation page if you want other languages supported
• full facebook support (see suggestions above %REDIRECTS if it's slow)
• resuming partial downloads is supported
• many bug fixes, making many sites work better

July 16, 2013

CGIProxy will soon be able to display its messages in Farsi, Russian, Arabic, Turkish, or English. Would you like it to support other languages? If so, see the translation page-- there you can download the file of messages (about 13K in size), and see the simple instructions to translate them. I'd love to add Chinese, Vietnamese, French, Spanish, and any others you think are important, i.e. any that are used in censored countries. Thanks!

February 4, 2013

Released CGIProxy 2.1.6, with much easier and more flexible installation:

• automated installation of Perl modules, by running "nph-proxy.cgi install-modules"
• FastCGI support
• an embedded secure server for environments without server software
• improved documentation, especially about Installation. Note that Options and News also have their own pages now.

November 10, 2012

In response to China blocking Gmail yesterday, released version 2.1.5b . The only change since 2.1.5 is that by default, visiting Gmail now redirects you to the HTML-only version of that site, which means it works well through CGIProxy. Note that I'm once again welcoming bug reports and fixing those bugs, so please use the "Report a bug" link in the top form when you see errors.

New features in 2.1.5 and 2.1.5b include:

• Now can use a server-side database to store cookies, thus avoiding "Bad Request" errors.
• 17 bugs fixed in JavaScript support, Flash support, and HTML support.

New features in the 2.1 series include:

• JavaScript support
• Flash support
• Many bug fixes and performance improvements