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TLD SLA Compliance Monitoring

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 27ms 95ms 336
7d 100% 100% 27ms 88ms 1920
30d 100% 100% 27ms 167ms 6480

RDAP

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 309ms 413ms 20
7d 100% 100% 289ms 354ms 120
30d 99.75% 99.75% 307ms 485ms 408

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% 37ms 103ms 40
7d 100% 38ms 103ms 240
30d 99.63% 38ms 171ms 816

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 1.3ms 53 minutes ago local NSID: u-ci-nominet2.uschi1. OK
DNS v6 1.5ms 160 days, 4 hours ago local NSID: u-ci-nominet2.uschi1. OK
DNSSEC v4 38ms 1 hour, 9 minutes ago local Key: 4690 OK
DNSSEC v6 103ms 1 hour, 9 minutes ago local Key: 4690 OK
RDAP v4 299ms 10 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK
RDAP v6 273ms 10 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

273ms total
DNS Lookup
—
TCP Connect
86ms
TLS Handshake
96ms
Time to First Byte
273ms

TLS 1.3 / TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Nameservers

8 IPs tested
Hostname IP Address AF ASN RPKI Status
dns1.nic.author 213.248.218.60 v4 — —
dns2.nic.author 103.49.82.60 v4 — —
dns3.nic.author 213.248.222.60 v4 — —
dns4.nic.author 43.230.50.60 v4 — —
dnsa.nic.author 156.154.100.3 v4 AS12008
dnsb.nic.author 156.154.101.3 v4 AS12008
dnsc.nic.author 156.154.102.3 v4 AS12008
dnsd.nic.author 156.154.103.3 v4 AS12008

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @dns1.nic.author author. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID
drill -D author. SOA @dns1.nic.author Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

RDAP

curl -sS "https://rdap.nominet.uk/author/domain/nic.author" | jq . Fetch RDAP JSON (positive lookup)
curl -I -sS "https://rdap.nominet.uk/author/domain/nic.author" Headers only (check TLS, timing)
Open in Browser View RDAP response directly

Registry Information

Active
TLD .author
Operator Amazon Registry Services, Inc.
RDAP Server https://rdap.nominet.uk/author/ 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 .author compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "author",
  "display_name": ".author",
  "operator": "Amazon Registry Services, 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.nominet.uk/author/"
  },
  "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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