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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>19 February 2010</h4>
28 <p class="headline">Samba 3.5.0rc3 Available for Download</p>
30 <p>Samba 3.5.0rc3 is now available for download. This the third
31 release candidate of the next upgrade production release version of Samba.
32 It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and
33 <a href="https://bugzilla.samba.org/">report any bugs that you
34 find</a>. Please read the changes in the
35 <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-5-0rc3.txt">Release Notes</a>
36 for details on new features and difference in behavior from
37 previous releases.</p>
39 <p>Plans are to ship the final 3.5.0 release on March 1 if there
40 are no major issues with 3.5.0rc3. Please see
41 <a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_3.5">
42 Samba 3.5 Release Planning</a> for more information on the current release
45 <h4>5 February 2010</h4>
46 <p class="headline">Samba response to reported security hole</p>
48 <p>The Samba Team has <a href="/samba/news/symlink_attack.html">posted a
49 response</a> to the widely reported symlink attack.</p>
51 <h4>26 January 2010</h4>
52 <p class="headline">Samba 3.5.0rc2 Available for Download</p>
54 <p>Samba 3.5.0rc2 is now available for download. This the second
55 release candidate of the next upgrade production release version of Samba.
56 It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and
57 <a href="https://bugzilla.samba.org/">report any bugs that you
58 find</a>. Please read the changes in the
59 <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-5-0rc2.txt">Release Notes</a>
60 for details on new features and difference in behavior from
61 previous releases.</p>
63 <p>Plans are to ship the final 3.5.0 release on February 16 if there
64 are no major issues with 3.5.0rc2. Please see
65 <a href="http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Release_Planning_for_Samba_3.5">
66 Samba 3.5 Release Planning</a> for more information on the current release
69 <p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.5.0rc2.tar.gz">Samba 3.5.0rc2
70 source code</a> can be downloaded now. The <a
71 href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.5.0rc2.tar.asc">GnuPG
72 signature is for the for the <em>un</em>compressed tarball</a>.
74 href="/samba/ftp/rc/patch-3.5.0rc1-3.5.0rc2.diffs.gz">patch
75 file against Samba 3.5.0rc1</a>
76 (<a href="/samba/ftp/rc/patch-3.5.0rc1-3.5.0rc2.diffs.asc">GnuPG
77 signature</a>) is also available for download.
78 Please read these <a href="/samba/download/">instructions on
79 how to verify the gpg signature</a>. Precompiled packages will
80 be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the
81 <a href="/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/">Binary_Packages download area</a>.</p>
83 <h4><a name="latest">19 January 2010</a></h4>
84 <p class="headline">Samba 3.4.5 Available for Download</p>
86 <p>This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.4 series.</p>
88 <p>The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
89 using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be
90 <a href="/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.4.5.tar.gz">downloaded now</a>.
91 See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.5.html">the release notes
92 for more info</a>.</p>
93 A <a href="/samba/ftp/patches/patch-3.4.4-3.4.5.diffs.gz">patch against Samba 3.4.4</a>
94 is also available. See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.5.html">
95 the release notes for more info</a>.</p>
97 <h4>14 January 2010</h4>
98 <p class="headline">Samba 3.3.10 Available for Download</p>
100 <p>This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.3 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-3.3.10.tar.gz">downloaded now</a>.
105 A <a href="/samba/ftp/patches/patch-3.3.9-3.3.10.diffs.gz">patch against Samba 3.3.9</a>
106 is also available. See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.3.10.html">
107 the release notes for more info</a>.</p>
109 <h4>07 January 2010</h4>
110 <p class="headline">Samba 3.5.0rc1 Available for Download</p>
112 <p>Samba 3.5.0rc1 is now available for download. This the first
113 release candidate of the next upgrade production release version of Samba.
114 It is intended for testing purposes only. Please test and
115 <a href="https://bugzilla.samba.org/">report any bugs that you
116 find</a>. Please read the changes in the
117 <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/WHATSNEW-3-5-0rc1.txt">Release Notes</a>
118 for details on new features and difference in behavior from
119 previous releases.</p>
121 <p>The <a href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.5.0rc1.tar.gz">Samba 3.5.0rc1
122 source code</a> can be downloaded now. The <a
123 href="/samba/ftp/rc/samba-3.5.0rc1.tar.asc">GnuPG
124 signature is for the for the <em>un</em>compressed tarball</a>.
125 If you prefer, the <a
126 href="/samba/ftp/rc/patch-3.5.0pre2-3.5.0rc1.diffs.gz">patch
127 file against Samba 3.5.0pre2</a>
128 (<a href="/samba/ftp/rc/patch-3.5.0pre2-3.5.0rc1.diffs.asc">GnuPG
129 signature</a>) is also available for download.
130 Please read these <a href="/samba/download/">instructions on
131 how to verify the gpg signature</a>. Precompiled packages will
132 be made available on a volunteer basis and can be found in the
133 <a href="/samba/ftp/Binary_Packages/">Binary_Packages download area</a>.</p>
135 <h4>07 January 2010</h4>
136 <p class="headline">Samba 3.4.4 Available for Download</p>
138 <p>This is the latest stable release of the Samba 3.4 series.</p>
140 <p>The uncompressed tarballs and patch files have been signed
141 using GnuPG (ID 6568B7EA). The source code can be
142 <a href="/samba/ftp/stable/samba-3.4.4.tar.gz">downloaded now</a>.
143 See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.4.html">the release notes
144 for more info</a>.</p>
145 A <a href="/samba/ftp/patches/patch-3.4.3-3.4.4.diffs.gz">patch against Samba 3.4.3</a>
146 is also available. See <a href="/samba/history/samba-3.4.4.html">
147 the release notes for more info</a>.</p>
149 <h4>25 December 2009</h4>
151 <p class="headline">Samba Team Blog #3</p>
153 <p>The latest Samba Team Blog can be read <a href="http://news.samba.org/developers/Samba_Team_Blog_3/">
154 here.</a>It includes advice on using Samba in your file serving product, news
155 about Samba 4 and an explaination of how our release schedules work.</p>
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