To: Symantec VIP Customers

From: The Symantec VIP Product Team

Subject: Symantec VIP Integrations 2026.01 - Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) Certification Update Announcement.

Dear Symantec VIP customers,

On behalf of Symantec, a Division of Broadcom, we appreciate your business and the opportunity to provide you with high-quality, innovative software and services.  As part of our ongoing commitment to customer success, we regularly release updated versions of our products. 

Today, we are pleased to announce a certification update to the Symantec VIP Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) plugin. This update expands platform compatibility and helps customers align with the latest operating system environments.

Newly certified operating systems:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.x
• Oracle Linux 9.x and 10.x
• Ubuntu Server 22 and 24

Deprecation notice:
With this release, support is being deprecated for the following operating system versions:

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 (32-bit and 64-bit)
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 / 6.3 (64-bit)

Customers are encouraged to plan upgrades to supported platforms to ensure continued compatibility, security updates, and product support.

For more information about this release, refer to the product documentation at Symantec VIP Integrations Release Notes 2026.01 Release.

We also encourage you to visit the Symantec VIP information page at https://www.broadcom.com/products/identity/vip.

If you have any questions or require assistance, please contact Customer Support at +1-800-225-5224 in North America or see https://support.broadcom.com/contact-support.html for the local number in your country.

Your success is very important to us, and we look forward to continuing our successful partnership with you.

Thank you for your business.