From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 2 19:38:43 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 618811065756 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:38:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kesl0001@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.250]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EB848FC25 for ; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 19:38:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kesl0001@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so767939anc.13 for ; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:38:42 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; bh=VbbWfUBV8BWQzEwFpEynVlMkwWK1ECZnVMFJVisiGtc=; b=WeipFNEZaMz4M2QZndKEE8InM/QLJnCE5Y2YC85MhR9SV52BPPNdzPcV/zqAPDew9Kfx5xXD4mUd4eN/l92pL8w8ehTsfTj1C87qToO3pbk/t+B8qer7zvBVrXgsbMZ7+3FNT/b8JdryhGovvx31QpNOAtSC2Wb88/hENJVnmGo= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=ZGaVu1WzTE/esZnbHlwhrIV4BOSHrV0ZUE1FBt+r/R2UZX7l8nlVNlKna6WjQt8K6jkk53PBbCw6/cAeDPlkkVx4fUPKED/WabzAijo/p5md7YW014ZWi+VzbtG5xCRcuXN/mDkztsLK0E6Nr8d2H04Cbebgjd1eqT9239R+/7Y= Received: by 10.100.251.18 with SMTP id y18mr23414271anh.94.1207163501165; Wed, 02 Apr 2008 12:11:41 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.248.18 with HTTP; Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:11:41 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 14:11:41 -0500 From: "Chris Kesler" Sender: kesl0001@gmail.com To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <20080402120028.9A2F3106568D@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080402120028.9A2F3106568D@hub.freebsd.org> X-Google-Sender-Auth: db7c13b6ac15bd8f Subject: Re: freebsd-security Digest, Vol 246, Issue 1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Security issues \[members-only posting\]" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 19:38:43 -0000 Here's another project for us. We'll want to upgrade to 6.3-RELEASE in May. On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 7:00 AM, wrote: > Send freebsd-security mailing list submissions to > freebsd-security@freebsd.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-security > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > freebsd-security-request@freebsd.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > freebsd-security-owner@freebsd.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of freebsd-security digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2 EoLs coming soon > (FreeBSD Security Officer) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: FreeBSD Security Officer > To: freebsd security , FreeBSD Stable > Date: Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:47:06 -0400 > Subject: HEADS UP: FreeBSD 5.5, 6.1, and 6.2 EoLs coming soon > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hello Everyone, > > On May 31st, FreeBSD 5.5, FreeBSD 6.1, and FreeBSD 6.2 will have reached > their End of Life and will no longer be supported by the FreeBSD Security > Team. Since FreeBSD 5.5 is the last remaining supported release from the > FreeBSD 5.x stable branch, support for the FreeBSD 5.x stable branch will > also cease at the same point. Users of any of these FreeBSD releases are > strongly encouraged to upgrade to either FreeBSD 6.3 or FreeBSD 7.0 before > that date. > > Please note that the End of Life dates for FreeBSD 5.5 and FreeBSD 6.1 > were announced in May 2006; and the End of Life for FreeBSD 6.2, which > was originally announced as January 31, 2008, has been extended by four > months in order to allow time for users to upgrade. > > The FreeBSD Ports Management Team wishes to inform users that May 31st (the > security team's End-Of-Support date for FreeBSD 5.x) will also be the end > of support for the Ports Collection on both 5.5-RELEASE and the 5-STABLE > branch. Neither the infrastructure nor individual ports are guaranteed to > work on these FreeBSD versions after that date. A CVS tag will be created > for users who cannot upgrade for some reason; as of that commit, these users > are advised to stop tracking the latest ports CVS repository and instead > stay with the version as of that tag. > > The current supported branches and expected EoL dates are: > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Branch | Release | Type | Release date | Estimated EoL | > |-----------+------------+--------+-----------------+-----------------| > |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_1 |6.1-RELEASE |Extended|May 9, 2006 |May 31, 2008 | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > |RELENG_6_2 |6.2-RELEASE |Normal |January 15, 2007 |May 31, 2008 | > |---------------------------------------------------------------------| > |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| > +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ > > Colin Percival > FreeBSD Security Officer > > P.S. For clarity, this is NOT an April Fool's joke. > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) > > iD8DBQFH8mcKFdaIBMps37IRAjHXAJ9d8S7/4jP67tYi3Xei50lAaLKOdgCdEzk7 > g/0WMldtV+8+zNySWP55/YQ= > =osJi > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > _______________________________________________ > 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" >