What's the problem with the CVS repository?

[Markus Friedl]

On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 01:42:26PM +0100, Christian Kurz wrote:
> 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?

no.

> If not, how is it then
> supposed to work?

no password.

> And why was it changed from pserver to ssh now? 

different provider, different service. what's wrong with ssh?