The LCOS promise
Secure, reliable and sustainable
LCOS is developed at our headquarters in a maximum security zone that is certified by the BSI (the German Federal Office for Information Security). Several times a year LCOS benefits from software updates with new features and enhancements. Moreover, the quality seal "IT Security Made in Germany" (ITSMG) from an independent authority guarantees that LCOS is free from backdoors. LCOS constantly undergoes quality testing so that it offers the highest degree of reliability for professional network infrastructures. Thanks to hardware that is dimensioned for the future, LANCOM products are designed for a long service life and support of the latest versions of LCOS. Even our older devices that no longer support current versions of LCOS are, when necessary, provided with bug fixes that are based on the latest available firmware. LANCOM offers unbeatable safeguarding of your investment.
Overview current maintenance
| LCOS version | Status | Software maintenance | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| LCOS 10.20 Release | active | Free updates for bug fixes and updates via release updates | Current release version with new features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 10.12 RU10 | active | Free updates for bug fixes and updates via release updates | Recommended stable release version for project applications |
| LCOS 10.10 RU2 | concluded | No further maintenance | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 10.00 RU3 | concluded | No further maintenance | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 9.24 SU9 | active | Free updates for bug fixes and updates via release updates | Update to LCOS 10.12 recommended |
| LCOS 9.20 RU4 | concluded | No further maintenance | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 9.18 RU3 | concluded | No further maintenance | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 9.10 SU10 | passive | Bug fixes only for urgent security updates | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 9.04 SU9 | concluded | No further maintenance | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 9.00 SU6 | passive | Bug fixes only for urgent security updates | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 8.84 SU10 | passive | Bug fixes only for urgent security updates | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
| LCOS 8.82 and smaller | concluded | No further maintenance | Version level without current features and bug fixes |
Firmware Lifecycle Management
Our free operating system LCOS (LANCOM Operating System) is constantly undergoing further development. The following information explains our notation of the development status and version names.
Glossary
Release Candidate (RC)
A Release Candidate has been extensively tested by LANCOM and includes new LCOS features. It is suitable for testing and is not recommended for use in productive environments.
Release Version (REL)
The release has been extensively and successfully tested in practice. It contains new features and improvements over previous LCOS versions. Recommended for use in productive environments.
Release Update (RU)
This is a further development of an initial release version and contains minor improvements, bug fixes and smaller features.
Security Update (SU)
Contains important security fixes for the respective LCOS version and ensures that your security level remains very high on an ongoing basis.
Structure of a version number
To help make our publishing process more transparent, the following explains the structure of our version numbers based on the example of the release candidate LCOS 10.12.0034 RC1:
LCOS: LCOS: Name of the operating system
10.12: Major version name of the firmware version. The designation has no fixed pattern but is always in ascending order.
0034: Four-digit build number, which increases as development progresses. The numbering is reset for each new LCOS version, with higher numbers indicating a more recent stage of development.
RC1: Indicates the type of the LCOS version and has an ascending number. For each major version of LCOS the count is restarted.
The next step for this firmware is “RC2”, generally followed by the actual release, which is continuously tested and further developed. This leads to the designations “RU1” or “SU2”, and so on.
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