.africa SLA Compliance

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	137ms	265ms	165
7d	100%	100%	136ms	264ms	900
30d	100%	100%	137ms	510ms	5013

RDAP

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	724ms	806ms	40
7d	100%	100%	725ms	812ms	240
30d	100%	99.85%	729ms	848ms	1332

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%	48ms	64ms	88
7d	100%	46ms	61ms	480
30d	100%	53ms	67ms	2668

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	112ms	9 minutes ago	local	NSID: u1.stu	OK
`DNS`	v6	104ms	56 days, 18 hours ago	local	NSID: u1.sub	OK
`DNSSEC`	v4	61ms	9 minutes ago	local	Key: 51115	OK
`DNSSEC`	v6	45ms	9 minutes ago	local	Key: 51115	OK
`RDAP`	v4	779ms	42 minutes ago	local	TLS 1.3	OK
`RDAP`	v6	697ms	42 minutes ago	local	TLS 1.3	OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

697ms total

DNS Lookup

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TCP Connect

226ms

TLS Handshake

236ms

Time to First Byte

697ms

TLS 1.3 / TLS_CHACHA20_POLY1305_SHA256

Nameservers

3 IPs tested

Hostname	IP Address	AF	ASN	RPKI
`coza1.dnsnode.net`	`194.146.106.74`	v4	AS8674
`ns.coza.net.za`	`206.223.136.200`	v4	—	—
`ns4.dns.net.za`	`77.72.229.251`	v4	AS8674

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