Kermit (software)

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Kermit
Basic data

Publishing year 1981
operating system • Kermit 95: Windows , IBM OS / 2

• C-Kermit: Unix, VMS, VOS, OS-9, AOS / VS, others
• MS-DOS Kermit: MS-DOS , PC-DOS , Windows 3.x (not for 32-bit or 64-bit Windows)
• G-Kermit: Unix
• E-Kermit: various
• IBM Mainframe Kermit: VM / CMS, MVS / TSO, OS / 390, CICS, MUSIC
category Data transfer
Internet
presence of the current versions: www.kermitproject.org
Internet presence of the discontinued Kermit project:
www.columbia.edu/kermit

Kermit is a program package for transferring data between different computers. It was named after Kermit the frog from the Muppet Show . The program was developed at Columbia University in New York since 1981 and maintained there until June 30, 2011. Most of the software was released under an open source license . The original project has not been maintained since then, but there are Kermit 95 , C-Kermit and E-Kermit as active follow -up projects .

functionality

Kermit uses the Kermit protocol to transfer files . Similar to UUencode , in the basic setting all characters to be transmitted are encoded as 7-bit ASCII characters. Both the control characters (the first 32 characters of the ASCII code) and all characters outside of the character set are marked with a corresponding identifier. However, this can be configured so that 8-bit characters can also be transmitted on the corresponding lines.

In addition to pure data transfer, Kermit can also be used to log on to another computer - if Kermit is running in server mode there - and some of it can be operated.

Since Kermit is available for almost every operating system , the program is often used for cross-system data transfer.

The Kermit protocol was originally intended for peer-to-peer connections in order to achieve a high level of data security even with poor connections or lines.

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Kermit Project on Columbia University's website , last accessed on July 21, 2012.
  2. ↑ Kermit Project Transition Roadmap
  3. ^ The New Open-Source Kermit Project - Free, Portable, Scriptable, Transport-Independent Communications Software at www.kermitproject.org , accessed July 21, 2012.
  4. ↑ http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/iksd.html