--- title: C-Kermit 11 released | daily.dev description: C-Kermit 11 has been released, marking the first new version of this classic file-transfer utility in 15 years. John Goerzen, its Debian maintainer, drove the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/c-kermit-11-released-wqdlobew7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: C-Kermit 11 released | daily.dev og:description: C-Kermit 11 has been released, marking the first new version of this classic file-transfer utility in 15 years. John Goerzen, its Debian maintainer, drove the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/c-kermit-11-released-wqdlobew7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/wqDlOBeW7.png og:image:alt: C-Kermit 11 released og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # C-Kermit 11 released **[LWN.net](https://daily.dev/sources/lwn)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary C-Kermit 11 has been released, marking the first new version of this classic file-transfer utility in 15 years. John Goerzen, its Debian maintainer, drove the release after identifying issues with modern security expectations and outdated character set/line-ending conversion defaults that could cause data corruption. The new release addresses these concerns and brings the decades-old C codebase up to contemporary standards. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Celebrating 45 Years of Kermit with the First New C-Kermit Release in 15 Years](https://daily.dev/posts/celebrating-45-years-of-kermit-with-the-first-new-c-kermit-release-in-15-years-yavvlkcot) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Bye bye Kerberos FTP](https://daily.dev/posts/bye-bye-kerberos-ftp-4xwfcxtfm) · daniel.haxx.se · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [OpenSSH 10.3 released](https://daily.dev/posts/openssh-10-3-released-krgsb6m3v) · LWN.net · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#security](https://daily.dev/tags/security), [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/c-kermit-11-released-wqdlobew7) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"C-Kermit 11 released","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/c-kermit-11-released-wqdlobew7","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/c-kermit-11-released-wqdlobew7"},"datePublished":"2026-08-03T18:16:35.010Z","dateModified":"2026-08-03T18:16:48.772Z","description":"C-Kermit 11 has been released, marking the first new version of this classic file-transfer utility in 15 years. John Goerzen, its Debian maintainer, drove the...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--58gMhC4P--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2012","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"LWN.net","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"LWN.net","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--4jjE7GIK--/f_auto,q_auto/v1774960833/logos/lwn?_a=BAMAMiWQ0","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/lwn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/c-kermit-11-released-wqdlobew7","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"security,open-source","timeRequired":"PT1M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"LWN.net","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/lwn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"C-Kermit 11 released"}]} ```