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From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Subject: Re: Secure File transfer Please reply via email
Date: 23 Apr 2001 16:26:24 GMT
Organization: Columbia University
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To: kermit.misc@columbia.edu
In article <3AE4279A.267247FE@macrotex.net>,
Adam H. Lewenberg <adam@macrotex.net> wrote:
: I think (by now) we have got the message that some
: of the Kermit developers are not enamored with ssh
: and even have good technical reasons for holding their
: negative opinions of this product.
: ...
: So, I hope that the Kermit development folks can
: swallow their disappointment that VHS
: is prevailing over BETA and make the ssh client
: version of Kermit and Kermit95 available as soon as
: possible.
:
That is actually our plan, but not our top priority,
which, after all these years, must be the long-awaited
GUI version. Unfortunately we can't do both and have
something ready in a reasonable amount of time.
: The Kermit platform is unequalled
: in essenatially every other way (terminal emulation,
: scripting, etc.) and it would be a shame to see
: it languish because people are forced to use
: some inferior ssh client.
:
Or because it's not in GUI form. But thanks for the
"unequalled" comment. It would be helpful if more
people who felt this way would say so in public to help
get the word out, so we are not forced to beat our own
drum in the wilderness quite so much.
By the way, if it were not Kermit 95 you were interested
in, but C-Kermit, I would point out that you *can* have
ssh Kermit sessions, as described here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckermit2.html#x2.7.4.1
(This works better in C-Kermit 7.1 than 7.0, however.)
Windows, however, is not amenable to such techniques.
For old time's sake I'd also mention that there once was
a time when users would contribute code to Kermit programs.
Although K95 source is not open, C-Kermit source certainly
is, and anybody who really wants to help us make progress
on SSH integration is more than welcome to pitch in. This
is how the Internet used to work.
- Frank