Redhat 6.9 Beta

eva2000 · Jan 6, 2017

Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.9 beta is out now. Which means CentOS 6.9 should follow

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Hits Beta

Red Hat today released a beta of its Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.9 platform, providing a preview of the next incremental update for the company's older supported release. RHEL 6 first debuted in November of 2010 and was superseded in June 2014 by RHEL 7 as the leading-edge edition of Red Hat's enterprise Linux platform.

"Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is a fully-supported release and customers will continue to receive the same award-winning support they have received for the platform since its introduction in November 2010," Steve Almy, senior product manager, Red Hat Enterprise Linux at Red Hat, told ServerWatch.

Perhaps the biggest change in RHEL 6.9 is a new base image. Almy explained that simply put, a base image is an image that has no parent layer. The base image is also the foundation for a potential Linux container deployment.

"The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 base image enables customers to run Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 applications in a container-based deployment on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Atomic Host, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Server, or Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform," Almy said.

"The updated base image provided with the 6.9 beta delivers the equivalent base operating system functions from Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 beta for these container host environments, and allows customers to choose the appropriate deployment model for each application and Red Hat Enterprise Linux instance," continued Almy.
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Transport Layer Security 1.2 Support Added in RHEL 6.9
Among the incremental new features added in the RHEL 6.9 beta is Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.2 support for all system components.

"Several modern standards such as PCI-DSS v3.1 recommend the latest TLS protocol, which is currently TLS 1.2," the RHEL 6.9 Beta release notes state. "This addition allows you to use Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 with future revisions of security standards, which may require TLS 1.2 support."
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eva2000 · Jan 6, 2017

From Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Beta now available

We are pleased to announce the beta release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9, the latest version of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 platform. With more than six years of field-proven success, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 offers a more secure, stable and reliable foundation for the modern enterprise.

While prioritizing ongoing stability and security features for critical platform deployments, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Beta also supports the next generation of cloud-native applications through an updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 base image. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Beta base image 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.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 beta is now available to all customers with an active Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscription.

In addition, as Red Hat Enterprise Linux subscriptions are not tied to a particular release, existing customers may also elect to update their Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 infrastructure to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 at any time, free of charge, to take advantage of recent upstream innovations. Red Hat simplifies the upgrade to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, through the Preupgrade Assistant and Red Hat Update Tool.

To review a full list of what has been updated with the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 beta, please visit: Product Documentation for Red Hat Enterprise Linux - Red Hat Customer Portal
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6.9 Beta Release Notes

6.9 Beta Technical Notes

Cryptographic protocols and algorithms, such as MD5, SHA0, RC4, or 512-bit DH, which are considered insecure, have been deprecated. For details, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.9 Technical Notes.
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