home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
Columbia Kermit
/
kermit.zip
/
newsgroups
/
misc.20010921-20020314
/
000357_fdc@columbia.edu_Wed Feb 6 14:55:56 EST 2002.msg
< prev
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
2020-01-01
|
2KB
|
61 lines
Article: 13198 of comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Path: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu!news.columbia.edu!news-not-for-mail
From: fdc@columbia.edu (Frank da Cruz)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Kermit as SFTP replacement
Date: 6 Feb 2002 14:40:55 -0500
Organization: Columbia University
Lines: 45
Message-ID: <a3s0s7$na9$1@watsol.cc.columbia.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: watsol.cc.columbia.edu
X-Trace: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu 1013024462 2235 128.59.39.139 (6 Feb 2002 19:41:02 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: postmaster@columbia.edu
NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Feb 2002 19:41:02 GMT
Xref: newsmaster.cc.columbia.edu comp.protocols.kermit.misc:13198
Hi all. A few weeks ago (Jan 14) I announced here that there would be a
mini-re-release of C-Kermit 8.0 that fixed a few bugs and added two new
features: the SET LOCUS command (for pointing file management commands at
the local computer or the remote server) and a Caller ID feature for use
when answering incoming modem calls.
Since then several more bugs were fixed and an important new feature added:
C-Kermit is now installable as an SSH v2 subsystem
Yes folks, you're not stuck with SFTP any longer, with its "the whole
world is Unix" approach to file transfer, its lack of flexibility and
power, and its un-scriptability. The latest C-Kermit 8.0.201 build:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ckdaily.html
is needed on the server end, but any C-Kermit version, 7.0 or later,
as well as the latest Kermit 95 Beta, can serve as the client. The
details are here:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/skermit.html
There are also a couple other minor changes:
. If you have a Kermit customization file but no Kermit initialization
file, the customization file is now executed. Previously it depended
on the initialization file to execute it.
. You can now specify an 8-bit CONNECT-mode escape character.
. SHOW VARIABLES now accepts a list of variable names or patterns.
The SSH subsystem has been tested with the OpenSSH 3.0.2p1 server and
various clients. I'd appreciate getting reports back about other SSH v2
servers. And if you have any other comments, suggestions, bug reports,
etc, please send them quickly because we would like to release C-Kermit
8.0.201 within a few days.
By the way, the K95 Beta test is going well and proceeding quickly.
If you missed it but would like to join now, see:
http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/k95beta.html
- Frank