Allowed ports are usually configured by the Safe_ports
acl
. The configuration file should have an ACL configuring a ports list. This is used in an http_access
rule. My configuration has the rule http_access deny !Safe_ports
.
The Debian system may be running an iptables firewall which prevents outgoing access to port 4040.
EDIT: It may be easier to read the configuration if you strip comments and blank lines from it. This should reduce the number lines you are looking at to under 50 or so. Commands to strip down the file and extract the acl data are:
sudo grep -v -e '^#' -e '^$' /etc/squid3/squid.conf > ~/squid.txt
grep grep -i -e acl -e allow -e deny squid.txt
Significant lines for your problem are:
acl localnet src 192.168.0.0/16 # RFC1918 possible internal network
acl Safe_ports port 1025-65535 # unregistered ports
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access allow localnet
Problem would most likely occur if unregistered ports are missing. Connection will likely fail if HTTPS is being used on the port.