From rhelv6-announce at redhat.com Tue Mar 21 14:14:53 2017 From: rhelv6-announce at redhat.com (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (Santiago) announcement mailing-list) Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 10:14:53 -0400 Subject: [rhelv6-announce] Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Now Available Message-ID: We are pleased to announce the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9, the latest version of our Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 builds upon more than six years of enterprise-proven success, offering a stable, proven, and predictable foundation for organizations seeking to build and deploy large, complex IT projects with confidence. While emphasizing stability for existing IT investments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 also delivers: * New hardware support developed in collaboration with Red Hat partners which helps to provide a smooth transition of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 production deployments to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 environments. * Updates to TLS 1.2 to further enhance secure communications and provide broader support for the latest PCI-DSS standards, better equipping enterprises to offer more secure online transactions. * Access to an updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 base image which enables customers to migrate their existing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 workloads into container-based applications - suitable for deployment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host, and Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform. Note that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 enters Production Phase 3 on May 10, 2017, meaning that subsequent updates to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 will be limited to qualified critical security fixes and business-impacting urgent issues. More information on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux lifecycle can be found at: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 6.9 AVAILABILITY Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 is now available in the Red Hat Customer Portal to all customers with an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription. To access and download Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9, please visit: https://access.redhat.com/downloads ADDITIONAL RESOURCES To access documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux, including the release notes, visit: https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/ Sincerely, The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team