Date: Mon, 20 May 2002 05:08:56 -0500 From: David Syphers <dsyphers@uchicago.edu> To: Maxim Sobolev <sobomax@FreeBSD.ORG>, developers@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: security@FreeBSD.ORG, nectar@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is 4.3 security branch officially "out of commission"? Message-ID: <200205201008.g4KA8uKl000787@midway.uchicago.edu> In-Reply-To: <3CE8C3E2.EBF4EC8F@FreeBSD.org> References: <3CE8C3E2.EBF4EC8F@FreeBSD.org>
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On Monday 20 May 2002 04:37 am, Maxim Sobolev wrote: > Folks, > > I was notified by the members of the local FreeBSD community (we have > a very strong presence of FreeBSD in ISP circles here) that seemingly > 4.3 security branch isn't supported anymore, even though there was no > official announcement about decommissioning. See http://www.freebsd.org/security/index.html. I quote --- At this time, security advisories are being released for: FreeBSD 4.4-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.5-STABLE Older releases are not maintained and users are strongly encouraged to upgrade to one of the supported releases mentioned above. --- As Kris Kennaway mentioned on May 8 (security@ archives...), the official lifetimes of the security branches are not long, although the security team may choose to extend support longer as a courtesy, presumably if they have the manpower and interest. -David -- Everyone who believes in telekinesis, raise my hand... Center for Cosmological Physics The University of Chicago To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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