Subj : Re: kermit protocol in sy
To   : paulie420
From : Nightfox
Date : Fri Aug 18 2023 10:24 am

  Re: Re: kermit protocol in sy
  By: paulie420 to Christian Sacks on Thu Aug 17 2023 08:09 pm

 CS>> Kermit is about 6 times faster than Zmodem for me =)
 CS>> It's working flawlessly, and I just wish every BBS now had Kermit.

 pa> Same here; I believe this has to do with current hardware, OS and
 pa> softwares that we all run - neat that protocols perform differently 30
 pa> years later, but kermit flies for me over telnet/ssh in terminal.

I think they're performing differently because we're using them on an internet connection rather than a serial/modem connection. File transfer protcools such as Kermit, X/Y/Zmodem etc. were designed for serial connections (with considerations for dialup modems) and as such, they were designed for raw data connections. But all the software that works with an internet connection uses network protocols such as TCP/IP & such, which already have software mechanisms for transferring data back & forth. As such, adding another file transfer protocol such as Zmodem or Kermit onto that is redundant. A file transfer protocol that has minimal overhead (which I think is true for Kermit) probably is faster over the internet than something like Zmodem.

Nightfox

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