Re: privoxy refusing connections?

[Liam O'Toole <liam.p.otoole@gmail.com>]

On 2015-06-05, Kailash Kalyani <listskailash@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Came across privoxy and wanted to test it out so I installed it
>
> sudo apt-get install privoxy
>
> And configured my browser to use the proxy at
> 127.0.0.1 port 8118
>
> I keep getting the error: "The proxy server is refusing connections"
>
> I checked the privoxy config file and the log file. Log file's empty and 
> the config file has a line:
> listen-address  localhost:8118
>
> Would anyone have pointers on how to solve this?
>
> Regards,
> Kailash
>
>

Are you sure that privoxy is running?

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Liam