At the end of March, the RELENG_4_8 (sometimes called 4.8-SECURITY) branch will reach its designated End of Life and cease to be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. Released in April 2003, FreeBSD 4.8 was the first release designated for "extended" two-year security support instead of the normal one-year support. Over this time, 27 security advisories have been issued which have affected FreeBSD 4.8. It is recommended that all FreeBSD 4.8 users upgrade their systems to FreeBSD 4.11 before the end of the month. FreeBSD 4.11 has also been designated for extended support, and will be supported until at least the end of January 2007. After FreeBSD 4.8, the next release End of Life will be for FreeBSD 4.10, which will cease to be supported at the end of May 2006. Colin Percival
On Fri, 2005-03-04 at 23:43 -0800, Colin Percival wrote:> At the end of March, the RELENG_4_8 (sometimes called 4.8-SECURITY) > branch will reach its designated End of Life and cease to be supported > by the FreeBSD Security Team. > Released in April 2003, FreeBSD 4.8 was the first release designated > for "extended" two-year security support instead of the normal one-year > support. Over this time, 27 security advisories have been issued which > have affected FreeBSD 4.8. > It is recommended that all FreeBSD 4.8 users upgrade their systems to > FreeBSD 4.11 before the end of the month. FreeBSD 4.11 has also been > designated for extended support, and will be supported until at least > the end of January 2007. > > After FreeBSD 4.8, the next release End of Life will be for FreeBSD > 4.10, which will cease to be supported at the end of May 2006. > > Colin PercivalColin, Is it possible to use freebsd-update to update my 4.8-SECURITY system to your 4.11 build? --Devon
Colin Percival wrote:> At the end of March, the RELENG_4_8 (sometimes called 4.8-SECURITY) > branch will reach its designated End of Life and cease to be supported > by the FreeBSD Security Team. > Released in April 2003, FreeBSD 4.8 was the first release designated > for "extended" two-year security support instead of the normal one-year > support. Over this time, 27 security advisories have been issued which > have affected FreeBSD 4.8. > It is recommended that all FreeBSD 4.8 users upgrade their systems to > FreeBSD 4.11 before the end of the month. FreeBSD 4.11 has also been > designated for extended support, and will be supported until at least > the end of January 2007. > > After FreeBSD 4.8, the next release End of Life will be for FreeBSD > 4.10, which will cease to be supported at the end of May 2006. > > Colin Percival > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-security@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-security-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"thanks for holding 4.8 as long as you have..