Kermit is one of those things I’m fond of that’s really hard to describe. It is: A file transfer protocol for running over serial lines, Modems, or TCP/IP. The protocol is quite flexible, supporting everything from tiny embedded devices with 90-byte packets to streaming over ssh. A FTP- or SFTP-like system-agnostic protocol for looking at directories of files on remote systems, renaming files, deleting them, etc. with a standard process. Capable of operating under extremely challenging co...