From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 19 01:10:02 2007 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 3FEE816A419 for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:10:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mo2so.prod.shaw.ca (idcmail-mo1so.shaw.ca [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E6CBD13C44B for ; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:09:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cperciva@freebsd.org) Received: from pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr1so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.110]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0JQ400I42WIOEB20@l-daemon> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:08:48 -0600 (MDT) Received: from pn2ml10so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.80]) by pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun Java System Messaging Server 6.2-7.05 (built Sep 5 2006)) with ESMTP id <0JQ4003DEWIO2H30@pd2mr1so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:08:48 -0600 (MDT) Received: from hexahedron.daemonology.net ([24.82.201.197]) by l-daemon (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with SMTP id <0JQ400GOAWINGW81@l-daemon> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Thu, 18 Oct 2007 19:08:47 -0600 (MDT) Received: (qmail 2260 invoked from network); Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:08:33 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO hexahedron.daemonology.net) (127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:08:33 +0000 Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 18:08:32 -0700 From: FreeBSD Security Officer To: freebsd security , FreeBSD Stable Message-id: <47180390.8000606@freebsd.org> Organization: FreeBSD Project MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20070812) Cc: Subject: FreeBSD 6.2 EoL =~ s/January/May/ 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: Fri, 19 Oct 2007 01:10:02 -0000 Hello Everyone, In light of the longer-than-expected window between 6.2-RELEASE and 6.2-RELEASE, the End-of-Life date for FreeBSD 6.2 has been adjusted from January 31st, 2008 to May 31st, 2008. As a result, FreeBSD 5.5, FreeBSD 6.1, and FreeBSD 6.2 will all cease to be supported at the end of May 2008. FreeBSD users should plan on upgrading to either FreeBSD 6.3 or FreeBSD 7.0 once those have been released (hopefully by the end of December). FreeBSD 6.3 will be supported until the end of 2009, while FreeBSD 7.0 will be supported until the end of 2008. Colin Percival FreeBSD Security Officer