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Hello Everyone,
The branches supported by the FreeBSD Security Officer have
been
updated to reflect recent EoL (end-of-life) events. The new
list is
below and at <URL: http://www.freebsd.o
rg/security/ >. FreeBSD 4.10
has `expired' and is no longer supported effective June 1,
2006.
Also note that FreeBSD 5.3 and FreeBSD 5.4 will cease to be
supported
at the end of October 2006, and FreeBSD 6.0 will cease to be
supported
at the end of November 2006.
If you are running FreeBSD 4.x for x less than 11, it is
strongly
recommended that you upgrade to FreeBSD 4.11 as soon as
possible.
If you are running FreeBSD 5.3, FreeBSD 5.4, or FreeBSD 6.0,
it is
strongly recommended that you make plans to upgrade to
FreeBSD 5.5 or
FreeBSD 6.1 in the next five months.
[Excerpt from http://www.freebsd.o
rg/security/ follows]
FreeBSD Security Advisories
The FreeBSD Security Officer provides security advisories
for
several branches of FreeBSD development. These are the
-STABLE
Branches and the Security Branches. (Advisories are not
issued for
the -CURRENT Branch.)
* There is usually only a single -STABLE branch,
although during
the transition from one major development line to
another
(such as from FreeBSD 5.x to 6.x), there is a time
span in
which there are two -STABLE branches. The -STABLE
branch tags
have names like RELENG_6. The corresponding builds
have names
like FreeBSD 6.1-STABLE.
* Each FreeBSD Release has an associated Security
Branch. The
Security Branch tags have names like RELENG_6_1. The
corresponding builds have names like FreeBSD
6.1-RELEASE-p1.
Isses affecting the FreeBSD Ports Collection are covered
in the
FreeBSD VuXML document.
Each branch is supported by the Security Officer for a
limited
time only, and is designated as one of `Early adopter',
`Normal',
or `Extended'. The designation is used as a guideline
for
determining the lifetime of the branch as follows.
Early adopter
Releases which are published from the -CURRENT branch
will be
supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 6
months
after the release.
Normal
Releases which are published from a -STABLE branch
will be
supported by the Security Officer for a minimum of 12
months
after the release.
Extended
Selected releases will be supported by the Security
Officer
for a minimum of 24 months after the release.
The current designation and estimated lifetimes of the
currently
supported branches are given below. The Estimated EoL
(end-of-life)
column gives the earliest date on which that branch is
likely to be
dropped. Please note that these dates may be extended
into the
future, but only extenuating circumstances would lead to
a branch's
support being dropped earlier than the date listed.
+-----------------------------------------------------------
---------+
| Branch | Release | Type | Release date |
Estimated EoL |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_4 |n/a |n/a |n/a
|January 31, 2007 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_4_11|4.11-RELEASE|Extended|January 25,
2005|January 31, 2007 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_5 |n/a |n/a |n/a |May
31, 2008 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_5_3 |5.3-RELEASE |Extended|November 6, 2004 ctober
31, 2006 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_5_4 |5.4-RELEASE |Normal |May 9, 2005 ctober
31, 2006 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_5_5 |5.5-RELEASE |Extended|May 25, 2006 |May
31, 2008 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_6 |n/a |n/a |n/a |May
31, 2008 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_6_0 |6.0-RELEASE |Normal |November 4,
2005|November 30, 2006|
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+--------
---------|
|RELENG_6_1 |6.1-RELEASE |Extended|May 9, 2006 |May
31, 2008 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------
---------+
[End excerpt]
Colin Percival
FreeBSD Security Officer
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