On Mon, 2010-02-08 at 13:23 -0500, Daniel J Walsh wrote:
squid_connect_any --> off
Probably not a good idea, the settings there as an aid to protect you against maliciousness. If you want to add exceptions, that's a better idea than just letting anything through.
I'd make an educated guess that the original poster hadn't tried to connect to an alternative port, while going through their proxy, before.