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(127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:40:16 +0000 Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:40:15 -0800 From: FreeBSD Security Officer To: freebsd security , FreeBSD Stable Message-id: <4548414F.7070107@freebsd.org> Organization: FreeBSD Project MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.94.0.0 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (X11/20060416) Cc: Subject: Security Officer-supported branches update X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: security-officer@freebsd.org List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:40:26 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 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 . FreeBSD 5.3 and FreeBSD 5.4 have `expired' and are no longer supported effective November 1, 2006. The end-of-life date for FreeBSD 6.0 has been delayed by two months in order to allow time for users to upgrade after FreeBSD 6.2 is released. As a result, FreeBSD 6.0 and FreeBSD 4.11 will both reach their respective EoLs and cease to be supported at the end of January 2007. [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 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_5 |5.5-RELEASE |Extended|May 25, 2006 |May 31, 2008 | |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6_0 |6.0-RELEASE |Normal |November 4, 2005|January 31, 2007 | |-----------+------------+--------+----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6_1 |6.1-RELEASE |Extended|May 9, 2006 |May 31, 2008 | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [End excerpt] Colin Percival FreeBSD Security Officer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFFSEFPFdaIBMps37IRAhBAAJ9lFlIZMMW/h0/Xg2HypcCv460dVwCcCUfu jm+Fc5s534tUHVJxNObfQB0= =V/7g -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----