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5 <p>Samba is the standard Windows interoperability suite of programs
6 for Linux and Unix.</p>
8 <p>Samba is <a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">Free
9 Software</a> licensed under the <a href="/samba/docs/GPL.html">GNU
10 General Public License</a>, the Samba project is a member of the
11 <a href="http://conservancy.softwarefreedom.org/">Software Freedom
14 <p>Since <a href="/samba/docs/10years.html">1992</a>, Samba has
15 provided secure, stable and fast file and print services
16 for <em>all</em> clients using the SMB/CIFS protocol, such as all
17 versions of DOS and Windows, OS/2, Linux and many others.</p>
19 <p>Samba is an important component to seamlessly integrate Linux/Unix
20 Servers and Desktops into Active Directory environments using the
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27 <h4><a name="latest">24 February 2010</a></h4>
28 <p class="headline">Samba 3.4.6 Available for Download</p>
30 <p>This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.4 series.</p>
32 <p>The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
33 using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be
34 <a href="/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.4.6.tar.gz">downloaded now</a>.
35 See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.6.html">the release notes
36 for more info</a>.</p>
37 A <a href="/samba/ftp/patches/patch-3.4.5-3.4.6.diffs.gz">patch against Samba 3.4.5</a>
38 is also available. See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.6.html">
39 the release notes for more info</a>.</p>
41 <h4>19 February 2010</h4>
42 <p class="headline">Samba 3.5.0rc3 Available for Download</p>
44 <p>Samba 3.5.0rc3 is now available for download. This the third
45 release candidate of the next upgrade production release version of Samba.
46 It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and
47 <a href="https://bugzilla.samba.org/">report any bugs that you
48 find</a>. Please read the changes in the
49 <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-5-0rc3.txt">Release Notes</a>
50 for details on new features and difference in behavior from
51 previous releases.</p>
53 <p>Plans are to ship the final 3.5.0 release on March 1 if there
54 are no major issues with 3.5.0rc3. Please see
55 <a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_3.5">
56 Samba 3.5 Release Planning</a> for more information on the current release
59 <h4>5 February 2010</h4>
60 <p class="headline">Samba response to reported security hole</p>
62 <p>The Samba Team has <a href="/samba/news/symlink_attack.html">posted a
63 response</a> to the widely reported symlink attack.</p>
65 <h4>26 January 2010</h4>
66 <p class="headline">Samba 3.5.0rc2 Available for Download</p>
68 <p>Samba 3.5.0rc2 is now available for download. This the second
69 release candidate of the next upgrade production release version of Samba.
70 It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and
71 <a href="https://bugzilla.samba.org/">report any bugs that you
72 find</a>. Please read the changes in the
73 <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-5-0rc2.txt">Release Notes</a>
74 for details on new features and difference in behavior from
75 previous releases.</p>
77 <p>Plans are to ship the final 3.5.0 release on February 16 if there
78 are no major issues with 3.5.0rc2. Please see
79 <a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_3.5">
80 Samba 3.5 Release Planning</a> for more information on the current release
83 <p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.5.0rc2.tar.gz">Samba 3.5.0rc2
84 source code</a> can be downloaded now. The <a
85 href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.5.0rc2.tar.asc">GnuPG
86 signature is for the for the <em>un</em>compressed tarball</a>.
88 href="/samba/ftp/rc/patch-3.5.0rc1-3.5.0rc2.diffs.gz">patch
89 file against Samba 3.5.0rc1</a>
90 (<a href="/samba/ftp/rc/patch-3.5.0rc1-3.5.0rc2.diffs.asc">GnuPG
91 signature</a>) is also available for download.
92 Please read these <a href="/samba/download/">instructions on
93 how to verify the gpg signature</a>. Precompiled packages will
94 be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the
95 <a href="/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/">Binary_Packages download area</a>.</p>
97 <h4>19 January 2010</h4>
98 <p class="headline">Samba 3.4.5 Available for Download</p>
100 <p>This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.4 series.</p>
102 <p>The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
103 using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be
104 <a href="/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.4.5.tar.gz">downloaded now</a>.
105 See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.5.html">the release notes
106 for more info</a>.</p>
107 A <a href="/samba/ftp/patches/patch-3.4.4-3.4.5.diffs.gz">patch against Samba 3.4.4</a>
108 is also available. See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.5.html">
109 the release notes for more info</a>.</p>
111 <h4>14 January 2010</h4>
112 <p class="headline">Samba 3.3.10 Available for Download</p>
114 <p>This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 series</p>
116 <p>The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
117 using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be
118 <a href="/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.3.10.tar.gz">downloaded now</a>.
119 A <a href="/samba/ftp/patches/patch-3.3.9-3.3.10.diffs.gz">patch against Samba 3.3.9</a>
120 is also available. See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.3.10.html">
121 the release notes for more info</a>.</p>
123 <h4>07 January 2010</h4>
124 <p class="headline">Samba 3.5.0rc1 Available for Download</p>
126 <p>Samba 3.5.0rc1 is now available for download. This the first
127 release candidate of the next upgrade production release version of Samba.
128 It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and
129 <a href="https://bugzilla.samba.org/">report any bugs that you
130 find</a>. Please read the changes in the
131 <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-5-0rc1.txt">Release Notes</a>
132 for details on new features and difference in behavior from
133 previous releases.</p>
135 <p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.5.0rc1.tar.gz">Samba 3.5.0rc1
136 source code</a> can be downloaded now. The <a
137 href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.5.0rc1.tar.asc">GnuPG
138 signature is for the for the <em>un</em>compressed tarball</a>.
139 If you prefer, the <a
140 href="/samba/ftp/rc/patch-3.5.0pre2-3.5.0rc1.diffs.gz">patch
141 file against Samba 3.5.0pre2</a>
142 (<a href="/samba/ftp/rc/patch-3.5.0pre2-3.5.0rc1.diffs.asc">GnuPG
143 signature</a>) is also available for download.
144 Please read these <a href="/samba/download/">instructions on
145 how to verify the gpg signature</a>. Precompiled packages will
146 be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the
147 <a href="/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/">Binary_Packages download area</a>.</p>
149 <h4>07 January 2010</h4>
150 <p class="headline">Samba 3.4.4 Available for Download</p>
152 <p>This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.4 series.</p>
154 <p>The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
155 using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be
156 <a href="/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.4.4.tar.gz">downloaded now</a>.
157 See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.4.html">the release notes
158 for more info</a>.</p>
159 A <a href="/samba/ftp/patches/patch-3.4.3-3.4.4.diffs.gz">patch against Samba 3.4.3</a>
160 is also available. See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.4.html">
161 the release notes for more info</a>.</p>
163 <h4>25 December 2009</h4>
165 <p class="headline">Samba Team Blog #3</p>
167 <p>The latest Samba Team Blog can be read <a href="http://news.samba.org/developers/Samba_Team_Blog_3/">
168 here.</a>It includes advice on using Samba in your file serving product, news
169 about Samba 4 and an explaination of how our release schedules work.</p>
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