A method and a system for improving Web hosting performance, enhancing
content distribution and security on the Internet and stabilizing WEB
Site connectivity, by means of creating a TCP terminating buffer around
subscriber WEB Sites. A DNS agent diverts client requests to WEB Sites to
a Virtual Host Accelerating (VHA) Site in closest proximity. The VHA Site
comprises a set of physically identical computer units and processing is
enhanced on those units by means of a hardware devise to accelerate
database searches. The VHA determines if the client request is of a
permitted type and if the request can be processed from recycled data.
Both static and dynamic requests can be serviced from recycled material
and only in certain circumstances are requests forwarded to the WEB Sites
by means of permanent open connections. In some cases SSL requests are
also served from recycled material. The client receives a response via
the VHA Site thereby severing all direct connectivity between the client
and the target WEB Sites.