proxy port number

Greetings!
Could someone please tell me if the port number in Netscape Proxy
settings and in squid.conf;
> # TAG: http_port
> # The port number where Squid will listen for HTTP client
> # requests. Default is 3128, for httpd-accel mode use port 80.
> # May be overridden with -a on the command line.
> #
> # You may specify multiple ports here, but they MUST all be on
> # a single line.
>
> # changed http port from 3128 to 1080 as dhcp is listeneing to 3128
> http_port 3230

is an arbitrary number, so long as it corresponts to the same port
nuumber in the proxy [http] server, or, is it a specific number that
must be used.
My problem is that port 3130 is being used by another application, so I
have to choose a different port number;
> [pkuczyns@earth pkuczyns]$ netstat -na inet | grep 3130
> udp 0 0 0.0.0.0:3130 0.0.0.0:*

Thanks for your help in advance!

Pete

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DHL Airways
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