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+<h5><a name="4.17.0rc1">08 August 2022</a></h5>
+<p class=headline>Samba 4.17.0rc1 Available for Download</p>
+<p>
+This is the first release candidate of the upcoming Samba 4.17 release series.
+</p>
+<p>
+The uncompressed tarball has been signed using GnuPG (ID AA99442FB680B620).
+The source code can be <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/samba-4.17.0rc1.tar.gz">downloaded now</a>.
+See <a href="https://download.samba.org/pub/samba/rc/samba-4.17.0rc1.WHATSNEW.txt">the release notes for more info</a>.
+</p>
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+<li> 08 August 2022 <a href="#4.17.0rc1">Samba 4.17.0rc1 Available for Download</a></li>
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