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	The maximum number of processes spawn to service ssl server.
	The maximum this may be safely set to is 32.
	
	The startup= and idle= options allow some measure of skew in your
	tuning.
	
		startup=N
	
	Sets the minimum number of processes to spawn when Squid
	starts or reconfigures. When set to zero the first request will
	cause spawning of the first child process to handle it.
	
	Starting too few children temporary slows Squid under load while it
	tries to spawn enough additional processes to cope with traffic.
	
		idle=N
	
	Sets a minimum of how many processes Squid is to try and keep available
	at all times. When traffic begins to rise above what the existing
	processes can handle this many more will be spawned up to the maximum
	configured. A minimum setting of 1 is required.
	
	You must have at least one ssl_crtd process.