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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% 28ms 86ms 616
7d 100% 100% 29ms 110ms 3296
30d 100% 100% 28ms 612ms 18704

RDAP

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 279ms 319ms 64
7d 100% 100% 280ms 402ms 356
30d 99.90% 99.90% 280ms 362ms 2004

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% 38ms 102ms 88
7d 100% 38ms 102ms 472
30d 99.96% 38ms 110ms 2680

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 18 minutes ago local NSID: u-ci-nominet2.uschi1. OK
DNS v6 1.5ms 105 days, 6 hours ago local NSID: u-ci-nominet2.uschi1. OK
DNSSEC v4 38ms 21 minutes ago local Key: 4690 OK
DNSSEC v6 103ms 21 minutes ago local Key: 4690 OK
RDAP v4 279ms 1 hour, 35 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK
RDAP v6 281ms 1 hour, 35 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

281ms total
DNS Lookup
—
TCP Connect
85ms
TLS Handshake
94ms
Time to First Byte
281ms

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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