ws</span>
    systems, they are also re-read whenever a new backend process is spawned
    for a new client connection.
   </p><p>
    If an error in these files is detected at server start, the server will
    refuse to start.  But if an error is detected during a configuration
    reload, the files are ignored and the old SSL configuration continues to
    be used.  On <span class="systemitem">Windows</span> systems, if an error in
    these files is detected at backend start, that backend will be unable 