ckermit: ckermit (program implementing the kermit file-transfer protocol) ckermit: ckermit: Kermit is the name of a file-transfer protocol and a suite of computer ckermit: programs that implement that protocol as well as other communication ckermit: functions. The software is transport-independent, operating over ckermit: TCP/IP connections in traditional clear-text mode or secured by SSH, ckermit: SSL/TLS, or Kerberos, as well as over serial-port connections, modems, ckermit: and other communication methods. ckermit: ckermit: ckermit home: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ ckermit: