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From: jaltman@columbia.edu (Jeffrey Altman)
Subject: Re: What could Kermit implement from FTP?
Date: 21 Mar 2001 14:06:31 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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In article <3ab8aabf@news.iprimus.com.au>, DMC <devo_dave@hotmail.com> wrote:
: Hi again,
:
: Thanks for your replies to my previous post. I have come up with a large
: list of features that FTP could utilise from Kermit, but have only a handful
: that Kermit could borrow from FTP. Basically i have listed:
:
: Kermit might benefit from the following FTP features:
:
: ? Utilisation of a more comprehensive command-reply functionality
Can you provide some examples of command - reply pairs that you would
like to see in the Internet Kermit Service?
Remember, the Kermit protocol is not tied to a particular service.
: ? Support for the 'page' file structure in addition to the file and record
: structures
Can you describe what you mean by the "Page" file structure?
Have you looked at the OS specific LABELED modes which allow arbitrary
formatting and attribute information to be transfered with the file?
: Not a very comprehensive list :) but Kermit does implement a plethora of
: functionality not provided by FTP. So where else do i look?
I'm not sure what you are looking for?
: As for circumstances where a user might choose between Kermit or FTP, i have
: only really mentioned the relative robustness of Kermit for use on
: unreliable lines and/or LAN, X.25 connections, etc that are unsupported by
: FTP. I have also mentioned possibly the overheads of having to learn the
: Kermit interface as opposed to FTP are higher.
In what way are Kermit's commands more difficult to learn than FTP commands?
Remember, the proper comparision is not between "Kermit, the file transfer
protocol" and "FTP". The proper comparison is between "Internet Kermit Service"
and "FTP".
If you are attempting to compare a general purpose file transfer
protocol such as Kermit and an architecture specific service such as
FTP, you are comparing apples and tomatos. They both grow outside but
one is a fruit and the other is not.
: Thanks again for your help.
:
: Dave
Jeffrey Altman * Sr.Software Designer C-Kermit 7.1 Alpha available
The Kermit Project @ Columbia University includes Secure Telnet and FTP
http://www.kermit-project.org/ using Kerberos, SRP, and
kermit-support@kermit-project.org OpenSSL. SSH soon to follow.