.aq

TLD SLA Compliance Monitoring

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 95ms 182ms 54
7d 99.42% 99.42% 97ms 244ms 1038
30d 92.89% 92.89% 97ms 270ms 1449

Current Check Status

Reported by Any53 Probes
Type AF RTT Last Check Source Details Status TSLAC
DNS v4 182ms 51 minutes ago local NSID: ns99 OK
DNS v6 182ms 51 minutes ago local NSID: ns99 OK

Nameservers

6 IPs tested
Hostname IP Address AF Status
fork.sth.dnsnode.net 77.72.229.254 v4
fork.sth.dnsnode.net 2a01:3f0:0:306::53 v6
ns1.anycast.dns.aq 204.61.216.132 v4
ns1.anycast.dns.aq 2001:500:14:6132:ad::1 v6
ns99.dns.net.nz 202.46.190.131 v4
ns99.dns.net.nz 2001:dce:2000:2::131 v6

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @fork.sth.dnsnode.net aq. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID
drill -D aq. SOA @fork.sth.dnsnode.net Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

Registry Information

Active
TLD .aq
Operator Antarctica

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).

API Access

JSON API

Access .aq compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "aq",
  "display_name": ".aq",
  "operator": "Antarctica",
  "updated_at": "2026-01-31T12:00:00Z",
  "dns": {
    "availability_24h": 99.99,
    "rtt_p50_ms": 12,
    "rtt_p95_ms": 42,
    "sla_threshold_ms": 500
  },
  "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