[Python-Dev] SourceForge SSH silliness

[Tim Peters]

Starting last night, I get this msg whenever I update Python code w/
CVSROOT=:ext:tim_one@cvs.python.sourceforge.net:/cvsroot/python:

"""
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@       WARNING: HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!         @
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IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY!
Someone could be eavesdropping on you right now (man-in-the-middle attack)!
It is also possible that the host key has just been changed.
Please contact your system administrator.
Add correct host key in C:\Code/.ssh/known_hosts to get rid of this message.
Password authentication is disabled to avoid trojan horses.
"""

This is SourceForge's doing, and is permanent (they've changed keys on their
end).  Here's a link to a thread that may or may not make sense to you:

http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=52867

Deleting the sourceforge entries from my .ssh/known_hosts file worked for
me.  But everyone in the thread above who tried it says that they haven't
been able to get scp working again (I haven't tried it yet ...).