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From: wakep@iglou2.iglou.com (J. Wakeley Purple)
Subject: Re: Why?
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In article <64ntvm$5vs@dragon.synet.edu.cn>, Eastern ������ wrote:
>I often hear kermit is very slow, but there also many people use it.
>Why??
>What's the Kermit good at??
>
Kermit is slow when it's set up with paranoid parameters like 97-byte
packets, etc. Usually this is a result of a non-columbia implementation
of the protocol or not reading the book.
Slow is a relative thing, too. Some file transfer protocols fail
completely (speed = 0) where kermit works fine when set up properly.
At best it performs as well or better than almost all competitors.
Check out the info at Columbia U.
It's _very_ good at communicating between different operating system
platforms and through routing/gateway situations where control chars
wreak havoc with most file transfers.
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J. Wakeley Purple - wakep@iglou.com