PHP Cybersecurity Issue

In common with many other organisations, including the BBC and the States of Guernsey, we have been assessing the potential impact of the Recent PHP Security Advisory.

See also this BBC News Report on the issue.

Our main registry systems do not use PHP and are unaffected - so no downtime has been needed.

This, our public website at www.channelisles.net, was using a content management system that has a dependence on PHP - so we took it down as a precautionary measure in the early evening of 21st October 2026. Our engineers were able to carry out an assessment, deploy an updated site without PHP, and restore normal service at approximately 10 am, Island time on 22nd October.

During the 22nd we also carried out a complete re-install of the system we used for direct registrations (“My Channel Isles”) which uses a well-known system that relies on PHP. That system remains temporarily unavailable for the time being. (It only affects you if your domain is one of the - less than 3% of domain names - that are registered direct.)

If your domain is one of those that registered directly, and you need to make any changes during this security audit and maintenance window, for the time being we would ask you to email our Support Desk at the address you have, or if urgent, call 07781 426912 and we will be pleased to assist in making the changes. We expect to complete this remaining piece of work within the next 24-48 hours.

For all other enquiries please contact us via web-enquiries (at) channelisles.net