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From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip.ibmpc
Subject: Re: RE-RE: FTP via modem, or fast kermit
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Date: 30 Nov 89 17:50:22 GMT
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In article <30492@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>, hughes@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (larry
hughes) writes:
> Some old versions of kermit only permit small packet sizes; newer
> versions permit up to 1K, I believe, which dramatically increases
> throughput (far fewer ack/naks) unless the line is noisy.

Modern kermits also support sliding windows, which is another nice
performance win.

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Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
amanda@intercon.com