Red Hat is pleased to announce the availability of the latest beta update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, release 5.6 (with kernel-2.6.18-229.el5) for a family of products including:

- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Advanced Platform for x86,
AMD64/Intel(r) 64, Itanium Processor Family, Power Systems and System z
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Server for x86,
AMD64/Intel(r) 64, Itanium Processor Family, Power Systems and System z
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Desktop for x86 and AMD64/Intel(r) 64

Enhancements
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The Beta Release Notes are available on the media as well as online as part of the general documentation. The online version of the Beta Release Notes will contain the latest data. The Beta Technical Notes are only available online. Please see the Documentation section in this announcement for locating the online Release Notes and Technical Notes.

The following list summarizes improvements to this release:

* System
- bind 9.7 – improved DNSsec support
- PHP 5.3 – support for namespaces
- ebtables – Ethernet layer firewall
- dropwatch – network stack packet analysis
- IPA fonts – Japan JIS X 0213:2004 support
- sssd – offline credential caching

Additional Information
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Additional information is provided below on Accessing the Software, Documentation, Support, and Mailing Lists.

Enjoy the latest Beta update to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

The Red Hat Enterprise Linux Team