.apple SLA Compliance

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	1.0ms	1.0ms	72
7d	100%	100%	1.0ms	123ms	1014
30d	95.67%	95.67%	1.0ms	123ms	1346

RDAP

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	307ms	330ms	12
7d	100%	100%	306ms	405ms	228
30d	100%	100%	307ms	392ms	312

EPP *

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	45ms	50ms	2
7d	100%	100%	42ms	47ms	8
30d	100%	100%	32ms	35ms	18

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%	19ms	19ms	8
7d	100%	19ms	19ms	190
30d	100%	19ms	19ms	262

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	1.3ms	10 minutes ago	local	NSID: 1.ord.pch	OK
`DNS`	v6	1.2ms	10 minutes ago	local	NSID: 1.ord.pch	OK
`DNSSEC`	v4	20ms	5 minutes ago	local	Key: 35642	OK
`DNSSEC`	v6	19ms	5 minutes ago	local	Key: 35642	OK
`EPP *`	v4	50ms	17 hours, 56 minutes ago	local	Tudor EPP (Mock) v2.0	OK
`EPP *`	v6	46ms	17 hours, 56 minutes ago	local	Tudor EPP (Mock) v2.0	OK
`RDAP`	v4	287ms	1 hour, 58 minutes ago	local	TLS 1.3	OK
`RDAP`	v6	317ms	1 hour, 58 minutes ago	local	TLS 1.3	OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

317ms total

DNS Lookup

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TCP Connect

99ms

TLS Handshake

104ms

Time to First Byte

316ms

TLS 1.3 / TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384

Nameservers

6 IPs tested

Hostname	IP Address	AF
`apple-ns.pch.net`	`203.119.88.1`	v4
`apple-ns.pch.net`	`2001:dd8:7:6001:dc::1`	v6
`c.ns.apple.com`	`204.19.119.1`	v4
`c.ns.apple.com`	`2620:171:800:714::1`	v6
`d.ns.apple.com`	`204.26.57.1`	v4
`d.ns.apple.com`	`2620:171:801:714::1`	v6

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @apple-ns.pch.net apple. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID

drill -D apple. SOA @apple-ns.pch.net Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

RDAP

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

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

Open in Browser View RDAP response directly

Registry Information

Active

TLD .apple

Operator Apple Inc.

RDAP Server https://rdap.nic.apple/ 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).

EPP SLA RTT ≤ 4000ms for 95% of commands (Spec 10 §5). Availability: 98% (max 864 min/month downtime). (Demo mode)

API Access

JSON API

Access .apple compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

GET /any53/api/v1/compliance/apple/

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "apple",
  "display_name": ".apple",
  "operator": "Apple Inc.",
  "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.apple/"
  },
  "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