From owner-freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Mar 5 07:43:32 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 79D2716A4CE for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:43:32 +0000 (GMT) Received: from pd4mo3so.prod.shaw.ca (shawidc-mo1.cg.shawcable.net [24.71.223.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBAAC43D39 for ; Sat, 5 Mar 2005 07:43:31 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from colin.percival@wadham.ox.ac.uk) Received: from pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (pd2mr8so-qfe3.prod.shaw.ca [10.0.141.11])2004))freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:43:29 -0700 (MST) Received: from pn2ml7so.prod.shaw.ca ([10.0.121.151]) by pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca (Sun ONE Messaging Server 6.0 HotFix 1.01 (built Mar 15 2004)) with ESMTP id <0ICV004HJC4H7L10@pd2mr8so.prod.shaw.ca> for freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:43:29 -0700 (MST) Received: from [192.168.0.60] (S0106006067227a4a.vc.shawcable.net [24.87.209.6]) by l-daemon (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 1.18 (built Jul 28 2003)) freebsd-security@freebsd.org; Sat, 05 Mar 2005 00:43:29 -0700 (MST) Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2005 23:43:28 -0800 From: Colin Percival To: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Message-id: <42296320.4080303@wadham.ox.ac.uk> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit X-Accept-Language: en-us, en X-Enigmail-Version: 0.90.1.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0 (X11/20050302) Subject: Heads up: End of RELENG_4_8 support X-BeenThere: freebsd-security@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Security issues [members-only posting] List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 07:43:32 -0000 At the end of March, the RELENG_4_8 (sometimes called 4.8-SECURITY) branch will reach its designated End of Life and cease to be supported by the FreeBSD Security Team. Released in April 2003, FreeBSD 4.8 was the first release designated for "extended" two-year security support instead of the normal one-year support. Over this time, 27 security advisories have been issued which have affected FreeBSD 4.8. It is recommended that all FreeBSD 4.8 users upgrade their systems to FreeBSD 4.11 before the end of the month. FreeBSD 4.11 has also been designated for extended support, and will be supported until at least the end of January 2007. After FreeBSD 4.8, the next release End of Life will be for FreeBSD 4.10, which will cease to be supported at the end of May 2006. Colin Percival