linux-kernel - Re: currently active Linux kernel versions

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-Id: <1202851526.6697.2.camel@bip.parateam.prv>
Date:	Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:25:26 +0100
From:	Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>
To:	Ferenc Wagner <wferi@...f.hu>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: currently active Linux kernel versions


On mar, 2008-02-12 at 22:18 +0100, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr> writes:
> 
> > On mar, 2008-02-12 at 21:27 +0100, Wagner Ferenc wrote:
> > 
> >> which are the "currently active Linux kernel versions" at any point in
> >> time?  The quote is taken from http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/29.
> >> Or more precisely: which are the "stable" versions I can depend on for
> >> a more or less critical server, those that have active security
> >> support or receive at least critical bugfixes?  I know about the
> >> 2.6.2[34].y stable git trees, but I wonder how long will those receive
> >> attention (that is, security fixes).  Can I find a written policy
> >> somewhere?
> >
> > The answer is at http://kernel.org/
> 
> Not quite, at least I can't find 2.6.23.y there, even though that
> branch seems to be maintained...

Ah yes, sorry.
Maybe you should monitor ftp://ftp.eu.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/
then.

	Xav


--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/