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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.”'"

4 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.

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

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

  4. 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!"