What's the problem with the CVS repository?

[Christian Kurz]

On 19/12/01, Damien Miller wrote:
> On Tue, 18 Dec 2001, Kevin Steves wrote:

> > On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> > :at least for three days now I can't update my sources from CVS.
> > :When connecting to the CVS server I'm getting a
> > :
> > :cvs [update aborted]: connect to bass.directhit.com:2401 failed: Connection refused
> > :
> > :message.  I'd like to make a `cvs diff' since I have an important
> > :patch related to a SEGV in the Cygwin sshd.
> > :
> > :What's the problem with bass.directhit.com?

> > well, Rob Hagopian <rob at hagopian.net> said he would look into it.  i don't
> > think anyone else can do much.

> There is a new anoncvs server which has just become active. Details 
> are at http://www.openssh.com/portable.html

Hm, according to the website description it now uses SSH? Doesn't this
have the implication that only people who's ssh key is included in the
authorized_keys file are able to do a checkout? If not, how is it then
supposed to work? And why was it changed from pserver to ssh now? 

Christian
-- 
If you live long enough, you'll see that every victory turns into a defeat.
                -- Simone de Beauvoir