From owner-freebsd-security-notifications@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 03:32:38 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security-notifications@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14B3E106567A; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (freefall.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::28]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 055AC8FC1F; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (cperciva@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m533WbOB091818; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:37 GMT (envelope-from cperciva@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from cperciva@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m533Wbtf091817; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:37 GMT (envelope-from cperciva) Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:37 +0000 From: FreeBSD Security Officer To: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org, freebsd-security-notifications@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20080603033237.GC90341@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:44:03 +0000 Cc: Subject: FreeBSD supported branches update X-BeenThere: freebsd-security-notifications@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: security-officer@freebsd.org List-Id: "Moderated Security Notifications \[moderated, low volume\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:32:38 -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 5.5, FreeBSD 6.1, and FreeBSD 6.2 have `expired' and are no longer supported effective June 1, 2008. Users of these releases are advised to upgrade promptly to FreeBSD 6.3 or FreeBSD 7.0, either by downloading an updated source tree and building updates manually, or (for i386 and amd64 systems) using the FreeBSD Update utility as described in the FreeBSD 6.3 and FreeBSD 7.0 release announcements. This marks the end of support by the FreeBSD Security Team for the FreeBSD 5-STABLE branch, and at this time support for running software from the ports tree on FreeBSD 5.x is also ceasing: Packages for binary installations will no longer be built for FreeBSD 5.5, building ports from source on FreeBSD 5.x will no longer be supported, and the ports INDEX will no longer be built and made available via portsnap or the 'make fetchindex' target. Patches for individual ports specific for their functioning on FreeBSD 5.5 may still be accepted at the discretion of the port maintainer. [Excerpt from http://security.freebsd.org/ 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_6 |n/a |n/a |n/a |January 31, 2010 | |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6_3 |6.3-RELEASE|Extended|January 18, 2008 |January 31, 2010 | |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7_0 |7.0-RELEASE|Normal |February 27, 2008|February 28, 2009| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [End excerpt] Colin Percival FreeBSD Security Officer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhEe5MACgkQFdaIBMps37IXoQCbB3RkY/s2CA+o/OFkuC/1YvUV rY8An1JawL1x8DdUOlVUL0b2+9N4XZ2v =X+Zm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- From owner-freebsd-security-notifications@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 3 04:26:05 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security-notifications@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4D1911065673 for ; 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Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@FreeBSD.org) Received: from freefall.freebsd.org (cperciva@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m533WbOB091818; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:37 GMT (envelope-from cperciva@freefall.freebsd.org) Received: (from cperciva@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.14.2/8.14.1/Submit) id m533Wbtf091817; Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:37 GMT (envelope-from cperciva) Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 03:32:37 +0000 From: "FreeBSD Security Officer" To: , Message-ID: <20080603033237.GC90341@freefall.freebsd.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 03:43:52 +0000 X-BeenThere: freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Sender: owner-freebsd-announce@freebsd.org Errors-To: owner-freebsd-announce@freebsd.org X-Antivirus: AVG for E-mail 8.0.93 [269.24.4/1478] X-GFI-P2E: CATFISH X-OriginalArrivalTime: 03 Jun 2008 03:52:34.0133 (UTC) FILETIME=[4163F850:01C8C52D] X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 05:40:09 +0000 Cc: Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] FreeBSD supported branches update X-BeenThere: freebsd-security-notifications@freebsd.org Reply-To: security-officer@freebsd.org List-Id: "Moderated Security Notifications \[moderated, low volume\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 03 Jun 2008 04:26:05 -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 5.5, FreeBSD 6.1, and FreeBSD 6.2 have `expired' and are no longer supported effective June 1, 2008. Users of these releases are advised to upgrade promptly to FreeBSD 6.3 or FreeBSD 7.0, either by downloading an updated source tree and building updates manually, or (for i386 and amd64 systems) using the FreeBSD Update utility as described in the FreeBSD 6.3 and FreeBSD 7.0 release announcements. This marks the end of support by the FreeBSD Security Team for the FreeBSD 5-STABLE branch, and at this time support for running software from the ports tree on FreeBSD 5.x is also ceasing: Packages for binary installations will no longer be built for FreeBSD 5.5, building ports from source on FreeBSD 5.x will no longer be supported, and the ports INDEX will no longer be built and made available via portsnap or the 'make fetchindex' target. Patches for individual ports specific for their functioning on FreeBSD 5.5 may still be accepted at the discretion of the port maintainer. [Excerpt from http://security.freebsd.org/ 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_6 |n/a |n/a |n/a |January 31, 2010 | |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_6_3 |6.3-RELEASE|Extended|January 18, 2008 |January 31, 2010 | |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7 |n/a |n/a |n/a |last release + 2y| |-----------+-----------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| |RELENG_7_0 |7.0-RELEASE|Normal |February 27, 2008|February 28, 2009| +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ [End excerpt] Colin Percival FreeBSD Security Officer -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkhEe5MACgkQFdaIBMps37IXoQCbB3RkY/s2CA+o/OFkuC/1YvUV rY8An1JawL1x8DdUOlVUL0b2+9N4XZ2v =X+Zm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ freebsd-announce@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-announce To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-announce-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"