Starting today, 13 March 2014, all Statement of Interest (SOI) templates created prior to v4 are being systematically upgraded to eliminate a previously used macro that has been identified in causing data loss whenever the Page History is viewed (from the Tools menu). Fortunately, there have been very few cases documented where anyone has actually lost any original content most probably because the Page History function is seldom needed or exercised. Given this potential vulnerability, Staff is in the process of updating over 100+ SOI pages initially created in 2012. One of the necessary elements of this upgrade is the removal of all prior versions of the SOI containing the defective macro. As a result, for those affected, there will only be the current version remaining until subsequent edits are made. Thereafter, we do not anticipate any further problems associated with having employed the template capability.
Each page that is updated will receive a short email note explaining that an upgrade was performed and referring to this blog entry.
Systematic Upgrade of GNSO SOI Templates Begins 13 March 2014
Starting today, 13 March 2014, all Statement of Interest (SOI) templates created prior to v4 are being systematically upgraded to eliminate a previously used macro that has been identified in causing data loss whenever the Page History is viewed (from the Tools menu). Fortunately, there have been very few cases documented where anyone has actually lost any original content most probably because the Page History function is seldom needed or exercised. Given this potential vulnerability, Staff is in the process of updating over 100+ SOI pages initially created in 2012. One of the necessary elements of this upgrade is the removal of all prior versions of the SOI containing the defective macro. As a result, for those affected, there will only be the current version remaining until subsequent edits are made. Thereafter, we do not anticipate any further problems associated with having employed the template capability.
Each page that is updated will receive a short email note explaining that an upgrade was performed and referring to this blog entry.
Ken Bour
ICANN Consultant
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