FreeBSD 4.9 Released Today

FreeBSD 4.9 was released today. Because I may use this OS as the platform for all tools in my Tao of Network Security Monitoring book, I bought a four-CD set from FreeBSD Mall that contains packages for the OS. It's also a small way to support the development of this free, open source OS. I'm hoping FreeBSD 5.2 will be released before the end of the year, since I'd prefer to write the book using that as my platform.