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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Low: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support 1-Month Notice
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2013:0996-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0996.html
Issue date:        2013-06-27
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1. Summary:

This is the 1-Month notification for the retirement of Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.6 Extended Update Support (EUS).

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64

3. Description:

In accordance with the Red Hat Enterprise Linux Errata Support Policy,
Extended Update Support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6 will be retired
on July 31, 2013, and support will no longer be provided. Accordingly,
Red Hat will no longer provide updated packages, including critical impact
security patches or urgent priority bug fixes, for Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.6 EUS after that date. In addition, after July 31, 2013, technical
support through Red Hat's Global Support Services will no longer be
provided.

Note: This notification applies only to those customers subscribed to the
Extended Update Support (EUS) channel for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.6.

We encourage customers to plan their migration from Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5.6 to a more recent version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6. As
a benefit of the Red Hat subscription model, customers can use their
active subscriptions to entitle any system on a currently supported Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 release (5.9, for which EUS is available) or Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 release (6.2, 6.3, or 6.4, for which EUS is available).

Details of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux life cycle can be found here:
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

4. Solution:

This erratum contains an updated redhat-release package, that provides a
copy of this retirement notice in the "/usr/share/doc/" directory.

5. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS (v. 5.6 server):

Source:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.7.src.rpm

i386:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.7.i386.rpm

ia64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.7.ia64.rpm

ppc:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.7.ppc.rpm

s390x:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.7.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
redhat-release-5Server-5.6.0.7.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

6. References:

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/

7. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>.  More contact
details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.
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