[boost] Can't access repositories using :ssh:

From: Victor A. Wagner Jr. (vawjr_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-30 01:42:15

Starting yesterday (it's still Thursday here) I started getting errors in 
my update and build scripts.
When I chased it down, I was getting:
WARNING - POTENTIAL SECURITY BREACH!
The server's host key does not match the one PuTTY has
cached in the registry. This means that either the
server administrator has changed the host key, or you
have actually connected to another computer pretending
to be the server.
The new key fingerprint is:
ssh-dss 1024 4c:68:03:d4:5c:58:a6:1d:9d:17:13:24:14:48:ba:99
If you were expecting this change and trust the new key,
hit Yes to update PuTTY's cache and continue connecting.
If you want to carry on connecting but without updating
the cache, hit No.
If you want to abandon the connection completely, hit
Cancel. Cancel is the ONLY guaranteed safe choice.1¦

I tried it manually a few times, then surrendered and said yes.... that 
didn't solve the problem

now I get:
C:\Projects\boost>cvs update -dPA
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE 
Protocol error: 'Directory' missingE Cannot access /cvsroot/boost/CVSROOT
No such file or directory

I get this behavio(u)r on both boost and boost-sandbox

a simpler command yields (logging in just to make sure...):
C:\Projects\boost>cvs login
Logging in to :ssh:vawjr_at_[hidden]:22:/cvsroot/boost
CVS password: *******

C:\Projects\boost>cvs co -c
Cannot access /cvsroot/boost/CVSROOT
No such file or directory

Victor A. Wagner Jr.      http://rudbek.com
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               "There oughta be a law"