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<p class=MsoNormal>Hi.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I have had an enquiry from the Network and Security guy. He
wants to know why CentOS 5.5 /RHEL 5 is using a very old version of bind “bind-chroot-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_5.3”
when the latest release that has many security fixes is on 9.7.3 . I understand
that its to maintain a known stable platform by in introducing new elements etc
.. Is there an official explanation / document that I can direct him to.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
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color:#003366'>Greg Machin</span></b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:
"Arial CYR","sans-serif";color:#008C9A'><br>
</span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR","sans-serif";
color:#008C9A'>Systems Administrator - Linux</span></b><span style='font-size:
9.0pt;font-family:"Arial CYR","sans-serif";color:#008C9A'><br>
Infrastructure Group, Information Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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