Matias Vangsnes

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ICANN gTLD application system back in action

Thursday, May 24th, 2012

“During the last few weeks, we have fixed the technical glitch that caused us to take the system offline,” Atallah said. “Also, to address user feedback, we have improved the overall system performance and the HTML preview function.” ICANN had earlier reported that system response had slowed down before TAS was taken down because of [...]

Website address ‘revolution’ back in motion

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2012

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) had put the process on hold after discovering a flaw that let some aspiring applicants peek at unauthorized information at the registration website. “During the last few weeks, we have fixed the technical glitch that caused us to take the system offline,” ICANN chief operating officer [...]

ICANN Blames Attachment Snafu for Domain Application Shutdown

Tuesday, May 15th, 2012

The Internet’s governing body said this week that a glitch with the handling of attachments was the culprit behind the takedown of its domain name application system. The problem, however, also allowed some applicants to view other applicants’ file and user names. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) domain name application system [...]

ICANN targets reopening generic top-level domain system

Sunday, May 13th, 2012

IDG News Service – Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hopes to reopen on May 22 its system that will allow people to apply for a variety of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The TAS (TLD application system) was brought down on April 12 by the organization after it found a software glitch [...]

ICANN targets May 22 for reopening gTLD application system

Saturday, May 12th, 2012

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hopes to reopen on May 22 its system that will allow people to apply for a variety of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The TAS (TLD application system) was brought down on April 12 by the organization after it found a software glitch in the way the [...]

ICANN targets May 22 for reopening gTLD application system

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hopes to reopen on May 22 its system that will allow people to apply for a variety of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The TAS (TLD application system) was brought down on April 12 by the organization after it found a software glitch in the way the [...]

ICANN data breach exposes gTLD applicant data, leads to deadline extension

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

The group that oversees the Internet’s address system has extended the application deadline for new generic top level domains (TLDs) and warned that a glitch in its processing system exposed potentially sensitive applicant information to competitors. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers confirmed the data breach in a brief advisory published on Thursday. [...]

ICANN targets May 22 for reopening gTLD application system

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hopes to reopen on May 22 its system that will allow people to apply for a variety of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The TAS (TLD application system) was brought down on April 12 by the organization after it found a software glitch in the way the [...]

ICANN Targets May 22 for Reopening GTLD Application System

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) hopes to reopen on May 22 its system that will allow people to apply for a variety of new generic top-level domains (gTLDs). The TAS (TLD application system) was brought down on April 12 by the organization after it found a software glitch in the way the [...]

ICANN to Re-Open Domain Application System May 22

Thursday, May 10th, 2012

The Internet’s governing body is set to re-open its application system for new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) on May 22. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers’ (ICANN) TLD Application System (TAS) will remain open for five business days and close on May 30, taking into account the May 28 Memorial Day holiday in [...]

ICANN Releases new TLD Application System Security Issue Update

Thursday, May 3rd, 2012

ICANN has just emailed another updated regarding the interruption of the new gTLD Application process availability caused by a security hole in the TLD Application System (TAS). According to the report by Akram Atallah, COO of ICANN, they are still planning to complete the currently ongoing notification of applicants affected by the breach by May [...]

Nothing Revealed on “Reveal Day”: New gTLD Application System Remains Suspended

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

[author: Geri Haight] The much anticipated “Reveal Day” — so dubbed by ICANN itself — has now come and gone without fanfare.  May 1st was to be the day when ICANN was scheduled to publish the list of all applied-for new generic top level domains (gTLDs) as part of the roll-out of the new Internet [...]

ICANN to inform domain name applicants of data breaches

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has said that it will be notifying those who applied for their own unique generic top-level domains (gTLD), such as .London or .Apple, as to whether or not their data has been viewed by other applicants. Notification of the data breaches will be made directly to [...]

ICANN to reveal extent of data breach

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012

ICANN has said it will tell gTLD applicants by early next week whether their information was exposed by a security glitch in ICANN’s application system. Internet address coordinator ICANN said on Friday that it would tell applicants for generic top level domains (gTLDs) whether their application details had been exposed by the glitch. Read this [...]

ICANN to inform domain name applicants of data breaches

Tuesday, May 1st, 2012

May 01, 2012, 2:08 PM — The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has said that it will be notifying those who applied for their own unique generic top-level domains (gTLD), such as .London or .Apple, as to whether or not their data has been viewed by other applicants. Notification of the data [...]

New gTLD Update: All Systems Are…Suspended?

Wednesday, April 25th, 2012

As part our continuing coverage of ICANN’s New gTLD Program, we had planned a post regarding the close of the gTLD application window and the imminent unveiling of the new top-level domain applicants and their respective applications on April 30 — colloquially known as “Reveal Day.” However, due to an unfortunate glitch in ICANN’s TLD [...]

Will ICANN’s New gTLD Application System Downtime Effect Web Hosts?

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

ICANN chief security officer Jeff Moss says that there is no evidence that the technical glitch was caused by a cyberattack, in this video on ICANN’s website In an statement on Monday, ICANN chief operating officer Akram Atallah said that while it continues to investigate the technical glitch that forced it to take the new [...]

ICANN Says No gTLD Data Was Compromised

Tuesday, April 24th, 2012

Internet management body ICANN has said no applicant information was compromised in the glitch which led to the new top-level domain application system being taken offline, but has as yet given no date when it will be reinstated. The registration system, with which organisations can apply for £185,000 top level “dot-brand” domains such as .google [...]

Security bug stalls new dot-word TLD land grab AGAIN

Monday, April 23rd, 2012

Domain name overlord ICANN has been forced to delay its new top-level domain (TLD) expansion by another week as its techies attempt to analyse the fallout of an embarrassing security vulnerability. Its TLD Application System (TAS), which companies worldwide have been using since January to confidentially apply for gTLDs such as .gay, .london and .blog, [...]

ICANN: Domain Delay Not a Hack

Friday, April 20th, 2012

ICANN’s chief security officer said Friday that the issue that forced the organization to shut down its generic TLD application process was a bug, but not a hack. In a staged video interview between Brad White, ICANN’s director of global media affairs, and ICANN chief security officer Jeff Moss, Moss said there was no evidence [...]

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