[Ryedale] Debian (Etch) security info

[Al Girling]

Hi folks,

Just came across this and though others would be interested.

"Security Support for Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 to be terminated on February
15th

One year after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny and
nearly three years after the release of Debian GNU/Linux 4.0 alias etch
the security support for the old distribution (4.0 alias etch) is coming
to an end next month. The Debian project is proud to be able to support
its old distribution for such a long time and even for one year after a
new version has been released.

The Debian project released Debian GNU/Linux 5.0 alias lenny on the 15th
of February 2009. Users and distributors have been given a one-year
timeframe to upgrade their old installations to the current stable
release. Hence, the security support for the old release of 4.0 is going
to end in February 2010 as previously announced.

Previously announced security updates for the old release will continue
to be available on security.debian.org."

I know that Paul T is, like me, still running an Etch box, so it looks
like it's time to take the plunge and upgrade.

Toodle pip,

Al


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Alistair Girling

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