Re: [CentOS] Is every CentOS release supported for 7 years?

Aniruddha wrote:

Thanks for the quick replies. I understand now that CentOS 5 and all 5.? versions are supported until 2014. How does this work with security updates? Does each point release gets itś own security updates? In other words is it possible to install CentOS 5.5 on a server and only apply security updates for 7 years? Or is it required to upgrade to each point release in order to continue receiving security updates?

there is no distinction between bug fixes and security updates (Indeed, many bugs lead to potential security exploits). centos 5.5 is just a snapshot of centos 5 at a particular point in time. updates will take that to 5.6 or 5.7 or whatever state is released, but its all still CentOS 5