[RHN Outage Announcement] RHN SSL CA Certificate Renewal August 12, 2013 - older rhn client pkgs need updating [REF:6364213805]

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Date of CA Certificate Renewal: Monday, August 12, 2013
People/Groups Impacted: Customers using *.rhn.redhat.com sites
Sites Affected: rhn.redhat.com

The Red Hat Network (RHN Classic) SSL CA certificate is distributed with products that connect to the Red Hat Network, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and is used to verify the product's secure connection to the service.

The CA certificate contained in older rhn client packages (prior to erratas listed on https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/353033) expires in August 2013 and will result in connection failures after RHN Classic renews the certificate on August 12th, 2013.

Please make sure your systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions 5 or earlier [1] have updated rhn client packages which contain the new CA certificate in order to continue to connect to RHN Classic after August 12th, 2013 - refer to this solution https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/353033 for affected rhn client packages/versions and for instructions on updating the packages.

If the CA certificate is not updated, your Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems will no longer be able to securely connect to RHN Classic and receive updates. Systems running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 or above, and/or using Red Hat Subscription Management, are not impacted.

[1] This also includes Red Hat Satellite and Proxy servers in connected mode, and client systems in RHEL client->Red Hat Proxy Server->RHN Classic configurations.

If you have questions about this certificate change, please contact a regional Customer Service representative: https://access.redhat.com/customerservice

For technical assistance please contact: https://access.redhat.com/support/contact/technicalSupport.html