.africa SLA Compliance

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	121ms	282ms	78
7d	98.98%	98.98%	121ms	294ms	1182
30d	93.09%	93.09%	117ms	294ms	1589

RDAP

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	726ms	830ms	20
7d	100%	99.47%	718ms	982ms	188
30d	100%	99.63%	728ms	998ms	272

DNSSEC Validation Metrics

Registry Agreement Spec 6

DNSSEC is required by the Registry Agreement (Specification 6) but is not part of the Spec 10 SLA. We monitor DNSSEC validation independently.

Period	Validation Rate	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	46ms	61ms	12
7d	100%	47ms	63ms	230
30d	100%	46ms	62ms	344

Unlike Spec 10 services, DNSSEC has no formal availability SLA. Thresholds shown are operational guidelines.

Current Check Status

Reported by Any53 Probes

Type	AF	RTT	Last Check	Source	Details	Status
`DNS`	v4	111ms	16 minutes ago	local	NSID: u1.stu	OK
`DNS`	v6	104ms	16 minutes ago	local	NSID: u1.stu	OK
`DNSSEC`	v4	61ms	18 hours, 55 minutes ago	local	Key: 51115	OK
`DNSSEC`	v6	46ms	18 hours, 55 minutes ago	local	Key: 51115	OK
`RDAP`	v4	774ms	1 hour, 49 minutes ago	local	TLS 1.3	OK
`RDAP`	v6	697ms	1 hour, 49 minutes ago	local	TLS 1.3	OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

697ms total

DNS Lookup

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TCP Connect

226ms

TLS Handshake

237ms

Time to First Byte

696ms

TLS 1.3 / TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256

Nameservers

6 IPs tested

Hostname	IP Address	AF
`coza1.dnsnode.net`	`194.146.106.74`	v4
`coza1.dnsnode.net`	`2001:67c:1010:18::53`	v6
`ns.coza.net.za`	`206.223.136.200`	v4
`ns.coza.net.za`	`2001:43f8:30::200`	v6
`ns4.dns.net.za`	`77.72.229.251`	v4
`ns4.dns.net.za`	`2a01:3f0:0:314::53`	v6

Per ICANN Spec 10, we test all delegated nameserver IPs independently.

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @coza1.dnsnode.net africa. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID

drill -D africa. SOA @coza1.dnsnode.net Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

RDAP

curl -sS "https://rdap.nic.africa/rdap/domain/nic.africa" | jq . Fetch RDAP JSON (positive lookup)

curl -I -sS "https://rdap.nic.africa/rdap/domain/nic.africa" Headers only (check TLS, timing)

Open in Browser View RDAP response directly

Registry Information

Active

TLD .africa

Operator ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa

RDAP Server https://rdap.nic.africa/rdap/ RDAP Client

ICANN SLA Requirements

Per ICANN Registry Agreement Specification 10:

DNS SLA UDP RTT ≤ 500ms for 95% of queries. Availability: 99% (max 432 min/month downtime).

RDAP SLA RTT ≤ 4000ms for 95% of queries. Availability: 98% (max 864 min/month downtime).

API Access

JSON API

Access .africa compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

GET /any53/api/v1/compliance/africa/

curl -H "X-API-Key: ${YOUR_API_KEY}" \
  "https://www.any53.com/any53/api/v1/compliance/africa/"

Example Response

{
  "tld": "africa",
  "display_name": ".africa",
  "operator": "ZA Central Registry NPC trading as Registry.Africa",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-31T12:00:00Z",
  "dns": {
    "availability_24h": 99.99,
    "rtt_p50_ms": 12,
    "rtt_p95_ms": 42,
    "sla_threshold_ms": 500
  },
  "rdds": {
    "protocol": "RDAP",
    "availability_24h": 99.95,
    "rtt_p50_ms": 180,
    "rtt_p95_ms": 412,
    "sla_threshold_ms": 4000
  },
  "servers": {
    "rdap_url": "https://rdap.nic.africa/rdap/"
  },
  "spec10_compliant": true
}

Generate API Key

Get a free API key to start making requests. Provide an email to upgrade to the verified tier (600 requests/hour).

Endpoints

Endpoint	Description	Tier
`GET /compliance/`	List all monitored TLDs	All
`GET /compliance/{tld}/`	Current metrics for a TLD	All
`GET /compliance/{tld}/history/`	Historical time-series data	Organization
`GET /compliance/{tld}/probes/`	Per-probe breakdown	Organization
`POST /compliance/keys/`	Generate a new API key	No auth

Rate Limits

Tier	Rate Limit	Features
Anonymous	100/hour	Current snapshot, hourly aggregates
Verified	600/hour	Current snapshot, hourly aggregates
Organization	6000/hour	Historical data, per-minute resolution, per-probe breakdown