.africa

TLD SLA Compliance Monitoring

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 186ms 248ms 99
7d 95.69% 95.69% 181ms 339ms 516
30d 99.10% 99.10% 186ms 882ms 2994

RDAP

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 743ms 1299ms 20
7d 93.10% 93.10% 1412ms 1900ms 116
30d 98.80% 98.80% 852ms 1279ms 668

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 Status
24h 100% 44ms 237ms 44
7d 96.97% 40ms 217ms 198
30d 99.08% 48ms 302ms 1298

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 TSLAC
DNS v4 108ms 41 minutes ago local NSID: u1.stu OK
DNS v6 104ms 205 days, 8 hours ago local NSID: u1.sub OK
DNSSEC v4 232ms 1 hour, 58 minutes ago local Key: 51115 OK
DNSSEC v6 37ms 1 hour, 58 minutes ago local Key: 51115 OK
RDAP v4 755ms 1 hour, 46 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK
RDAP v6 722ms 1 hour, 46 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

722ms total
DNS Lookup
0.23ms
TCP Connect
237ms
TLS Handshake
243ms
Time to First Byte
722ms

TLS 1.3 / TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Nameservers

3 IPs tested
Hostname IP Address AF ASN RPKI Status
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

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