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.org/security/ >. FreeBSD 5.2.1
has `expired' and is no longer supported effective January 1, 2005.
Also note that FreeBSD 4.9 ceased to be supported on November 1, 2004,
while FreeBSD 4.8 will continue to be supported until March 31, 2005.
If you are running FreeBSD 4.9, it is recommended that you upgrade to
FreeBSD 4.10 or to the soon-to-be-released FreeBSD 4.11.
If you are running FreeBSD 5.2.1, it is recommended that you upgrade to
FreeBSD 5.3.
[Excerpt from http://www.freebsd.org/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 4.x to 5.x), there is a time span in
which there are two -STABLE branches. The -STABLE branch tags
have names like RELENG_4. The corresponding builds have names
like FreeBSD 4.10-STABLE.
* Each FreeBSD Release has an associated Security Branch. The
Security Branch tags have names like RELENG_4_10. The
corresponding builds have names like FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p5.
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 the -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_8 |4.8-RELEASE |Extended|April 3, 2003 |March 31, 2005 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+----------------|
|RELENG_4_10|4.10-RELEASE|Extended|May 27, 2004 |May 31, 2006 |
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+----------------|
|RELENG_5 |n/a |n/a |n/a |October 31, 2006|
|-----------+------------+--------+----------------+----------------|
|RELENG_5_3 |5.3-RELEASE |Extended|November 6, 2004|October 31, 2006|
+-------------------------------------------------------------------+
Older releases are not maintained and users are strongly
encouraged to upgrade to one of the supported releases mentioned
above.
[End excerpt]
Cheers,
--
Jacques A Vidrine / NTT/Verio
nectar@celabo.org / jvidrine@verio.net / nectar@FreeBSD.org
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