According to one report ICANN will re-open the TAS system and start accepting new gTLD applications on Tueday.
According to the Guardian.co.uk, ICANN will re-open the TAS system to accept applications for new gTLD’s at “23.59 GMT on Tuesday for three days, and finally close on Friday 20 April at 23.59 GMT. ”
GMT is the same time as UTC.
Although I haven’t read or heard any “official” word on what happened to the TAS system or what the current status is, this report makes sense.
The question has been asked why the system which crashed with a few hours to go, had to be extended for 8 days.
This seems to be a valid answer.
Of course it would all be a lot easier if ICANN would make some announcements.
It appears ICANN is taking a few days off to get its system back up and then will accept application only for three days.
You can read the whole story here.
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Seems like a stunt to create the perception of high demand. There may have been a minor glitch and they probably realized that this would give the appearance that applications were just flooding the system. Then they get the benefit of all the free press coverage so they push back the deadline to see if they can reel in any more suckers willing to fill their coffers.
Without any real answers, one can only speculate. You never know with this organization as you had directors with one foot out the door ready to cash in as they were implementing this program.
OK, according to Domain Incite, it was a serious security hole. So, there is a legitimate reason for such a delay in reopening the system. They have a big mess to sort out.
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Asking ICANN for a REFUND ??- The .GAME was rigged
If ICANN has already given your money to their insiders then those insiders can now use your money to apply next week to get in line in front of you.
As Bernie Madoff said – “Everyone had to know”
Hmm, something seems fishy. In light of certain reports, new questions must be raised.
When did ICANN first learn of the potential for this system vulnerability?
Was it just discovered on the day that the application period was set to close?
Assuming that they knew of the issue before Thursday and if it was serious enough to cause them to shut the system down for 5 days why did they wait so long to take action and in particular why shut it down with only hours left.
Why didn’t ICANN reveal the nature of the “glitch” when the system was shut down and only reveal that it was a security issue late in the evening?
Ok, now I’m again leaning towards this being a stunt to generate publicity and extend the application period. ICANN waited all day to disclose the true nature of the issue and allowed the press and others to speculate that demand had overloaded the system.
Who knows what actually transpired but I wouldn’t bet against ICANN pulling something to drum up some coverage and draw attention to this program that has been largely ignored by media outside of the domain world. ICANN likely expected that everyone would be watching as they launched their beloved program when in reality it has been greeted with apathy by the Internet community. People are talking about Instagram and Facebook not about this lousy program. Maybe poor ICANN is just craving some attention.
“Ok, now I’m again leaning towards this being a stunt to generate publicity and extend the application period.”
Stunt or Head.Fake ? or TROLL ?
Will class-action lawsuits be filed next week on behalf of all Applicants to prevent FURTHER leaks ?
Is ICANN testing how far they can go before the U.S. Government shuts them down ?
ICANN now has a new war.chest of (your) money to litigate for years while the ISOC heads to their party in Geneva.
Thanks for playing.
“Who knows what actually transpired but I wouldn’t bet against ICANN pulling something to drum up some coverage and draw attention to this program that has been largely ignored…”
People may want to review previous ICANN fiascos. Mike Roberts the first CEO of ICANN stated (long after the fact) that law enforcement agencies were given a chance to screen out Applicants who were quietly dropped, forgotten, etc.
Apparently, some Applicants were (quietly) given 100% refunds to just go away.
There are other theories. One is that Applicants may have been using a FAKE TAS. Their Applications did not go anywhere. In the early days of domain debates it was common to have mailing lists where certain people’s emails were never sent to others.
Others are reporting that the “strangeness” was detected because different Applicants had the same materials. ICANN may have to choose who the real Applicant is.
There is another small club of people who apparently now hold court in the ICANN parking lot in Marina Del Rey. For them, that is where the truth is based and discovered. Beyond that parking lot the Internet twists things so nothing can be trusted.
Applicants may someday discover that their expensive gTLDs also do not mean much beyond the ICANN parking lot. The Internet Community is moving way beyond ICANN.
Applicants should prepare for years or decades of delays.
ICUNN
“”Who knows what actually transpired but I wouldn’t bet against ICANN pulling something to drum up some coverage and draw attention to this program that has been largely ignored by media outside of the domain world””
Doesn’t make sense.
The TAS system slots are closed so if you don’t have one already the extension isn’t going to help.
The mainstream coverage of the program actually has been pretty good and this only hurts, not helps ICANN
“The mainstream coverage of the program actually has been pretty good and this only hurts, not helps ICANN”
One can imagine all the ICANN insiders swimming in .CASH screaming “Hurt.Me Hurt.Me”
ICANN now has an ample number of “excuses” to do as they please – in the name of “getting it right” – they get to choose the “right people”
ICANN has always thrived on the ability to do as they please – with other people’s money
Michael,
Domain Incite is reporting that slots are still available. Applications were not filed with all the slots claimed.
I would imagine that some groups had claimed many more slots than they were certain they would use to apply for strings in anticipation of companies who missed registering with the service themselves. Also, entities likely registered slots in anticipation of demand from companies wishing to apply for their .brand but perhaps a final decision had not been made and they would at least have the option to do so.
Also, how could ICANN give a firm time for reopening the system when they purportedly didn’t even have a full grasp of the problem at the time.
Now, their most recent statement indicates that they are not sure whether opening the system at that time will be possible.
They must have realized how absurd it sounded to be able to give a firm time to reopening the system when they publicly are stating that they are still investigating the problem.
Let’s see but this whole thing seems strange to me.
ICUUN
Well we seriously thought about grabbing 10 slots for resale after the deadline, we decided not to do it, although it doesn’t surprise me at all that others did.
If you look at a later story you will see ICANN says they will let everyone know at 23:59 Monday if the system will open on Tuesday.
Yes it sounds like a 1 minute notice.
http://www.thedomains.com/2012/04/14/icann-knew-about-the-tas-problem-on-march-19th/
I’m no expert but I would imagine granting rights and restricting access to certain files and directories on a server is not that complicated an issue to resolve.
If they learned of the issue in mid March, how was it that they couldn’t manage to fix it until the day of the closing of the application period.
This is rather puzzling. Maybe they could hold their next party in DC to coincide with a hearing before a congressional panel convened to get to the bottom of this security issue.
Perhaps, they’re just not very good at setting up these types of systems. They should just stick to what they do best, throwing shindigs around the globe, and outsource this sort of program to a more competent group.
ICUUN
“”If they learned of the issue in mid March, how was it that they couldn’t manage to fix it until the day of the closing of the application period.””
They were notified of the problem in mid march, that is not to say the read and understood, believed or took any action on it then.
So the question is if they were notified of the problem in mid-March why didn’t they suspend the system then and then take the time to fix it
My understanding is the system wasn’t fixed on April 12th it was still broken, taken down to give it time to fix it
FX
This has always been a very high risk, high reward proposition and I would say for ICANN as well.
If this thing winds up in total disaster, ICANN is also on the line
ICANN’s on the line, anyway. Please.
I wonder if ICANN will be forthcoming in revealing what percentage of total slots registered had yet to see a completed application associated with them at the time they decided that the security issue was serious enough to cause them to shut down the system and schedule a three day extension of the application window.
Perhaps, the government would be interested making this inquiry.
ICUNN
I don’t expect any additional numbers to be given out by ICANN until the great reveal which as I said last week looks more like a May 5-7 thing than an April 29 thing