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C-Kermit 11 released
The release addresses long‑standing security shortcomings and revises the default character set and line‑ending handling that previously caused confusion and occasional data corruption. It reflects a year of patch work by the Debian maintainer to bring the tool in line with modern expectations for binary‑identical transfers. Engineers maintaining legacy systems now have a maintained version with safer defaults for file movement.
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John Goerzen, the Debian maintainer of Kermit, announced C-Kermit 11 after a 15‑year hiatus.
The update focuses on security improvements and changes to character set/line‑ending conversion defaults that previously caused data corruption.
Patches developed over the past year align the utility with current expectations for binary‑identical file transfers.
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