[squid-users] slow https connection

i have extremely slow https connections that time out. what should i do ?

squid2.6 stable 1
sles 9

SQUID.CONF
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http_port 8080
hierarchy_stoplist cgi-bin ?
acl QUERY urlpath_regex cgi-bin \?
no_cache deny QUERY
cache_mem 100 MB
maximum_object_size 10240 KB
 maximum_object_size_in_memory 20 KB
cache_replacement_policy heap LFUDA
 cache_dir ufs /var/squid/cache 50000 16 256

 cache_access_log /var/squid/logs/access.log

 cache_log /var/squid/logs/cache.log

 cache_store_log /var/squid/logs/store.log
 pid_filename /var/run/squid.pid
auth_param ntlm program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-ntlmssp
auth_param ntlm children 200

auth_param basic program /usr/bin/ntlm_auth --helper-protocol=squid-2.5-basic
auth_param basic children 50
auth_param basic realm Squid proxy-caching web server
auth_param basic credentialsttl 2 hours
 authenticate_ip_ttl 3600 seconds

refresh_pattern ^ftp: 1440 20% 10080
refresh_pattern ^gopher: 1440 0% 1440
refresh_pattern . 0 20% 4320

acl all src 14.0.0.0/8
acl manager proto cache_object
acl localhost src 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.255
acl to_localhost dst 127.0.0.0/8
acl SSL_ports port 443 563 5050
acl CONNECT method CONNECT

acl mailprotocol proto ESMTP SMTP
acl password proxy_auth REQUIRED
acl purge method purge

http_access allow manager localhost
http_access deny manager
http_access deny !Safe_ports
http_access deny CONNECT !SSL_ports

http_access allow purge localhost
http_access allow password
http_access deny all

http_reply_access allow all
 forwarded_for off

always_direct allow local-servers
always_direct allow local-ips

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