An operating system is the set of basic programs and utilities that make your computer run. At the core of an operating system is the kernel. The kernel is the most fundamental program on the computer and does all the basic housekeeping and lets you start other programs.

The Debian Project is an association of individuals who have made common cause to create a free operating system. This operating system that we have created is called Debian GNU/Linux, or simply Debian for short.

pfSense packet filters are the most powerful firewalls available today. Built off of the FreeBSD core, pfSense combines a super lean base, ultra fast routing and a package system that covers just about anything you could want for security with an easy to use, graphical interface.

Secure computing is one of the most important things for us at Machbach. Over the years we've sampled dozens of firewall packages. Some good, others not so good. We are partial to BSD-flavored packet filters, cause quite frankly, they work the best.

Cherokee is a very fast, flexible and easy to configure Web Server. It supports the widespread technologies nowadays: FastCGI, SCGI, PHP, CGI, uWSGI, SSI, TLS and SSL encrypted connections, Virtual hosts, Authentication, on the fly encoding...

Load Balancing, Apache compatible log files, Data Base Balancing, Reverse HTTP Proxy, Traffic Shaper, Video Streaming and much more. Cherokee-Admin, a user friendly interface, provides a no-hassle configuration of the server.

OpenVPN Access Server is a full featured SSL VPN software solution that integrates OpenVPN server capabilities, enterprise management capabilities, simplified OpenVPN Connect UI, and OpenVPN Client software packages that accommodate Windows, MAC, and Linux.

OpenVPN Access Server supports a wide range of configurations, including secure and granular remote access to internal network and/ or private cloud network resources and applications with fine-grained access control.

Our Netatalk-powered Backup Servers expand on this allowing not one, but many... scratch that - EVERY Mac you own the ability to be backed up (Netatalk requires Mac OS X 10.5 and higher).

We love Macs. We use Macs. They're pretty and make us smile when we hear that comfortable chime during startup. Time Machine is great program, making backups as transparent as possible to the end user.