-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Effective Monday, December 10th 2001, after a lifespan of two years, SuSE will discontinue support for the successful SuSE Linux distribution SuSE Linux 6.3. SuSE puts much effort into adding security improvements (patches) to the software instead of publishing a new version; the same program with a fix for a specific problem promises to work just as reliable as the original version from the distribution, whereas new versions introduce new functionality which changes the behaviour. In some cases however, especially if the security leak is based on problematic design decisions or when the fix(es) are fairly large, the only reasonable fix for a security problem is to update to a newer version of the software. These newer versions tend to become incompatible with our older distribution releases because of missing features in the operating system environment. This forces us to focus on the distributions of a newer release date. The remaining distributions SuSE Linux 6.4 SuSE Linux 7.0 SuSE Linux 7.1 SuSE Linux 7.2 SuSE Linux 7.3 for the IA-32, IA-64, AXP Alpha, SPARC, S/390 as well as the PowerPC platforms will continue to be supported for a two-year period after the release of the respective product. Due to different maintenance terms, the SuSE Linux Enterprise Server and other products based on the Enterprise Server Edition are not affected by this notice. The freshly released SuSE Linux 7.3 distribution is a stable, robust and secure product that sets new standards in the Free and Open Source Software world. We encourage our usership to make the transition to a newer version of the SuSE Linux distribution. Regards, Roman Drahtmüller, SuSE Security. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://www.suse.de/ iEYEARECAAYFAjvyxWUACgkQnkDjEAAKq6SfxACeL86Gc8Fe9W7NFGqlXSQH9MmN +1kAoJFvvm6pERQ+YsPzsCJUq9k+5KH6 =f6Vw -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----