Key Goals of OSMT Design

• Very Unix centric

• Limit use of the tools to what is minimally and genericly available on plain Unix systems. Namely Korn Shell/Bash.

• Enforce policies based on consistent use of the tools (e.g., Heavy use of shell libraries and co-routines )

• Support consistent and simultaneous management of multiple domains. Detection of Sites, Domains and Hosts is an integral part of these tools.

• Abstract out dis-similar modules as one happy family (e.g., qmail, djbdns, uw-imap, imp, ezmlml, MHonARC)