miss-parsing id_rsa file

[Andreas Schuldei]

i get this error when connecting to hosts, using key exchange
authentification:

andreas at lukas:~$ ssh -2 -vvv andi at www.schuldei.org
OpenSSH_3.6.1p2 Debian 1:3.6.1p2-11, SSH protocols 1.5/2.0,
OpenSSL 0x0090703f
debug1: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config
debug1: Rhosts Authentication disabled, originating port will not
be trusted.
debug2: ssh_connect: needpriv 0
debug1: Connecting to www.schuldei.org [195.37.106.41] port 22.
debug1: Connection established.
debug3: Not a RSA1 key file /home/andreas/.ssh/id_rsa.
debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----BEGIN'
debug3: key_read: missing keytype
debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type 'Proc-Type:'
debug3: key_read: missing keytype
debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type 'DEK-Info:'
debug3: key_read: missing keytype
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug3: key_read: missing whitespace
debug2: key_type_from_name: unknown key type '-----END'
debug3: key_read: missing keytype
debug1: identity file /home/andreas/.ssh/id_rsa type 1
debug1: identity file /home/andreas/.ssh/id_dsa type -1
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
debug1: Calling cleanup 0x80623b0(0x0)


andreas at lukas:~$ ls -al .ssh/id_rsa*
-rw-------    1 andreas  andreas       951 Aug  2  2003 .ssh/id_rsa
-rw-r--r--    1 andreas  andreas       223 Aug  2  2003 .ssh/id_rsa.pub


andreas at lukas:~$ head -n3 .ssh/id_rsa
-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
Proc-Type: 4,ENCRYPTED
DEK-Info: DES-EDE3-CBC,483908A29B0FB1E5


first i believed in a subtily broken binary but i got the same
error when deinstalling, purging and reinstalling a newly
downloaded package. 

i have not found a similar error with google.

please advice.