C-Kermit 7.0 Specifications

C-Kermit 7.0 is available for:

• Every known variety of UNIX
• VMS 4.4 and above on VAX or Alpha
• Data General AOS/VS
• Stratus VOS
• Microware OS-9
• QNX 4.21 and above
• The Commodore Amiga

• Apollo Aegis
• The Apple Macintosh
• The Atari ST

• Command-line options
• Interactive commands with:
  • Context-sensitive help (menu on demand)
  • Command recall
  • Filename completion and lists on demand
• Command files
• Command macros

• Direct serial connections
• Dialed serial connections
• TCP/IP Telnet (UNIX, VMS, AOS/VS, VOS, OS-9) and Rlogin (UNIX, VMS)
• X.25 (SunOS, Solaris, AIX, VOS)
• LAT (VMS)
• External communication program interface (for tn3270, ssh, ...) (UNIX)
• Dialing, Network, and Services directory for easy connections

• Built-in support for the following modems:
  • AT&T Dataport
  • AT&T Digital Terminal Data Module
  • AT&T ISN Network
  • AT&T Keepintouch Card Modem.
  • AT&T Secure Data STU III 1900 and 1910
  • AT&T switched-network modems
  • Atlas Newcom ixfC 33.6
  • Best Data Fax Modem
  • Boca modems
  • CCITT / ITU-T V.25bis Command Set
  • CCITT / ITU-T V.250 (V.25ter) Command Set
  • Cardinal V.34
  • Cermetek Info-Mate 212 A
  • Compaq Data+Fax Modem
  • Condor CDS 220 2400b
  • DEC DF03-AC
  • DEC DF100-series
  • DEC DF200-series
  • Diamond SupraSonic 288V+
  • Digitel DT-22 CCITT variant
  • Fujitsu Fax/Modem Adapter
  • Gateway 2000 Telepath
  • GeneralDataComm 212A/ED
  • Hayes 1200, 2400, and compatible modems
  • Hayes Accura, Optima, and Ultra
  • IBM Mwave
  • Intel Fastalk and Lifestyle
  • MaxTech modems
  • Megahertz AT&T V.34
  • Megahertz X-Jack
  • MicroLink 14.4, 28.8, 33.6, 56K
  • MicroLink V.250
  • Microcom DeskPorte FAST ES 28.8
  • Microcom modems in native SX mode
  • Microlink modems
  • Motorola Codex 326X Series
  • Motorola FasTalk II or Lifestyle
  • Motorola Montana
  • Multitech MT5634ZPX
  • Multitech modems
  • Penril modems
  • Practical Peripherals modems
  • QuickComm Spirit II
  • Racal Vadic VA4492E
  • Rockwell V.32
  • Rockwell V.32bis
  • Rockwell V.34 Data/Fax
  • Rockwell V.90
  • Rolm 8000, 9000, 9751 CBX DCM
  • Rolm data phone with AT command set
  • Supra Express V.90
  • Supra modems
  • Telebit modems, all models
  • USR Courier and Sportster
  • Ven-Tel modems
  • Zoltrix modems
  • Zoom modems
  • ZyXEL modems
• Easy configuration of additional modem types
• Dialing:
  • Dialing by directly connected modem or via reverse LAT or TELNET terminal servers
  • Intelligent dialing directory
    • Can consist of multiple distributed files
    • Travels well: understands country codes, area codes, PBXs, etc.
    • Unlimited alternative entries for same service with "cheapest-first" dialing
  • Automatic redial
  • Multistage dialing
  • Credit-card dialing
  • Dialing beepers, numeric pagers, and alpha pagers
  • Answering incoming modem calls
  • More built-in modem types
  • Flexible configuration of additional modem types
  • PPP dialing (UNIX only)

• Internet Kermit Service Daemon (client and server)
• Kerberos, SRP, and SSL/TLS security
• HTTP client commands
• TCP protocol controls
• TELNET and RLOGIN Client
  • Network directory
  • Numerous TELNET protocol and policy controls
  • Automatic TELNET and RLOGIN screen-size negotiation
  • Automatic TELNET echo and binary-mode negotiation
  • Connections to non-TELNET ports allowed
  • Scripting, file transfer, character-set translation on TELNET and RLOGIN connections
  • TELNET options debugging
• Network connections directory for easy access
• Incoming TCP/IP connections for file transfer and management, script execution, chat mode.

• Terminal emulation is not done by C-Kermit; rather, C-Kermit provides a semitransparent (or totally transparent) communications pipe between the remote host or service and your terminal, emulator, emulation window, or console screen.
• Selection of echo, 8-vs-7-bit, shift-in/shift-out, and newline modes.
• Session logging and debugging.
• Character-set translation.
• Automatic recognition of Kermit and ZMODEM file-transfer packets.

• The fastest and most advanced implementation of the Kermit protocol available anywhere:
  • Streaming
  • Long packets
  • Sliding windows with selective retransmission
  • Adaptive packet lengths and timeouts
  • Run-length compression
  • Control-character prefixing and unprefixing
  • Locking shifts for efficient transfer of 8-bit data on 7-bit connections
• Kermit protocol features:
  • Automatic per-file text/binary mode switching
  • Send or receive text or binary files singly or in groups
  • Cross-platform recursive directory-tree transfers
  • File-transfer interruption
  • Text-file record-format conversion
  • Text-file character-set translation
  • Automatic peer recognition
  • Automatic directory creation
  • Preservation of file timestamps and permissions
  • Numerous filename collision handling options, including "update"
  • File transfer recovery from the point of failure
  • File attribute transmission
  • Logging of file transfers
  • Numerous controls for tuning and troubleshooting
• Support for external protocols such as X-, Y-, and ZMODEM.
• "Unguarded" text-file file capture and transmission.

In which all actions are controlled by the client... The server can be configured (optionally) to require login and password, and all services and access can be enabled or disabled individually.

• Transfer files
• Change/Query directory
• Change/Query settings
• Change/Query variables
• Redirect query results
• Get directory listings
• Delete, rename, copy files
• Execute host commands
• Send files as mail
• Send files for printing

• Can be done in terminal mode and as part of file transfer
• West European, East European, Greek, Cyrillic, Hebrew, and Japanese character-sets supported
• Cyrillic/Roman transliteration
• Language-specific conversions
• Unicode
• CLICK HERE for a list of C-Kermit's character sets

• "kerbang" scripts can be run just like shell scripts (UNIX)
• Macros with parameters
• User-defined variables
• Built-in variables
• Environment variables
• Arrays
• Associative arrays
• Built-in character, string, arithmetic, file-info, and other functions
• Floating-point arithmetic
• User-defined functions
• File open, read/write/seek/append, close
• Block structure with local automatic variables
• Nestable FOR loops, WHILE loops, SWITCH, IF-ELSE
• Complex compound IF / WHILE conditions
• Recursion
• Communications input / output
• Search communications input for multiple simultaneous targets
• Search communications input for patterns
• Numerous login and other sample scripts provided
• Scripts are portable to hundreds of different platforms
• Scripts are portable between serial and network connections

C-Kermit 6.0 is fully documented in the second edition of the Digital Press book, Using C-Kermit. There are also numerous online text files as well as built-in help. A third edition is in preparation for C-Kermit 7.0; until it is ready, the new features of C-Kermit 7.0 are described in the C-Kermit 7.0 Update Notes.

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