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ICANN Extends New Domain Deadline Because of Bug

Posted by samzenpus on from the can-I-get-an-extension dept.

judgecorp writes "ICANN has extended the deadline for applications for new generic top level domains until Friday 20th April. ICANN says it observed 'unusual behavior' in the system, which has now been fixed, but has extended the deadline to make sure everyone (with $185,000) gets a chance. From the article: 'ICANN’s technical staff have been working on a fix to a problem with the TLD Application System (TAS) but it was now working again, an ICANN spokesman in Europe told TechWeekEurope. “I don’t yet have all the details, but here is what I do know,” Brad White, ICANN’s director of media affairs told TechWeekEurope. “There was not a cyber-attack of any type.”'"

7 of 41 comments (clear)

  1. Their official statement... by solarissmoke · · Score: 5, Informative

    is here.

    We have learned of a possible glitch in the TLD application system software that has allowed a limited number of users to view some other users' file names and user names in certain scenarios.

    Out of an abundance of caution, we took the system offline to protect applicant data. We are examining how this issue occurred and considering appropriate steps forward.

  2. TLDs? by aaaaaaargh! · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Personally, I don't see a need for top level domains at all. Yes, the might be needed for technical purposes, but the domain name system needs to be overhauled anyway and TLDs are mostly meaningless except for allowing some educated guesses about the location of servers (which often turn out to be wrong).

    I'm quite confident that a censor-free distributed DNS system is coming soon, and then TLDs will be obsolete.

    1. Re:TLDs? by rapiddescent · · Score: 3, Informative

      it's quite a news story here in Scotland because it looks like Scotland is to at long last get .scot after a long campaign -- unfortunately, when the treaty of the union of the parliaments between the kingdom of England and the kingdom of Scotland (this is what UK actually means) was produced in 1706, they forgot to add a clause in the articles of union about internet TLD rights for the country. I wonder why.

      UK isn't really a country you see; it's just an agreement to unify the political structure of two kingdoms and work as one. It's an artefact that could well change when Scotland goes to the vote to decide whether to remove that union and operate as a self-governed country, or operate as a more devolved parliament with greater powers than currently (not unlike a state in the USA), or indeed stay as-is.

        funnily enough,. the nerds here in Scotland weren't too happy about getting .sco and have requested .scot instead!

  3. Re:An ICANN watchdog website? by benedictaddis · · Score: 3, Informative

    Does anyone know of a new site to post criticism of ICANN besides slashdot?

    At ICANN 43 I found three sites useful for keeping track of ICANN's moves :

  4. Understandable by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Internet security can be tough, and you can't expect them to have experts available.

  5. Re:We're not that stupid! by Theophany · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I can imagine the calls from elderly relatives already - "I keep typing in www.amazon.com.amazon and nothing is happening!"

  6. How much? by bmo · · Score: 3, Funny

    >185,000

    How exactly did they come up with that number?

    I can see the meeting now.

    "Guys...

    guys.

    Guys listen

    I have the best ide...

    guys listen

    I have the best idea ever

    Guys...

    We'll tie....

    Guys

    DOLLARS

    We'll tie the DOLLARS

    guys, listen here...

    We'll tie the DOLLARS to the speed of PACKETS in MILES PER SECOND.

    --
    BMO