Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 07:28:09 -0400 From: FreeBSD Security Officer <cperciva@freebsd.org> To: freebsd security <freebsd-security@freebsd.org> Subject: HEADS UP: FreeBSD 4.10 EoL Message-ID: <44631FC9.7060805@freebsd.org>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello Everyone, On June 1st, 21 days from now, FreeBSD 4.10 will have reached its two year End of Life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. While some security fixes may be merged to the RELENG_4_10 security branch after the EoL date, the Security Team will only investigate new issues if they affect supported branches; consequently, the FreeBSD Security Team strongly recommends upgrading existing systems running FreeBSD 4.10 to a newer release. FreeBSD 5.4 had been planned to expire at the same time, but in light of delays in the FreeBSD 5.5 release schedule, the FreeBSD 5.4 EoL has been extended to October 2006, in order to allow time for users to upgrade to FreeBSD 5.5. Again, we strongly recommend upgrading all FreeBSD 5.3 and 5.4 systems to FreeBSD 5.5 (once it is released, later this month) or FreeBSD 6.1 (now). The current supported branches and expected EoL dates are: +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Branch | Release | Type | Release date | Estimated EoL | |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_4 |n/a |n/a |n/a |January 31, 2007 | |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_4_10|4.10-RELEASE|Extended|May 27, 2004 |May 31, 2006 | |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |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|October 31, 2006 | |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_5_4 |5.4-RELEASE |Normal |May 9, 2005 |October 31, 2006 | |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6 |n/a |n/a |n/a |May 2008 or later| |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |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 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ Once it is released, FreeBSD 5.5 will be supported until May 31, 2008. Colin Percival FreeBSD Security Officer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFEYx/IFdaIBMps37IRAqCsAJ9ZEZ5Wt21Rm/QiBJw8rTog6cQL2QCbB4p5 3BF7GjLQhelz0DxH3irEA0M= =y/6b -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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