.bcg

TLD SLA Compliance Monitoring

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 71ms 123ms 288
7d 100% 100% 70ms 168ms 1508
30d 99.92% 99.92% 72ms 173ms 8548

RDAP

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 96ms 139ms 64
7d 100% 100% 98ms 127ms 360
30d 100% 100% 99ms 133ms 2016

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% 140ms 154ms 44
7d 99.15% 141ms 236ms 236
30d 99.33% 142ms 221ms 1336

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 122ms 40 minutes ago local NSID: app4.nrt1.hosts.meta.re… OK
DNS v6 135ms 105 days, 6 hours ago local NSID: app10.nrt1.hosts.meta.r… OK
DNSSEC v4 142ms 24 minutes ago local Key: 10891 OK
DNSSEC v6 155ms 24 minutes ago local Key: 10891 OK
RDAP v4 88ms 3 hours, 19 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK
RDAP v6 199ms 3 hours, 19 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

199ms total
DNS Lookup
TCP Connect
2.0ms
TLS Handshake
15ms
Time to First Byte
199ms

TLS 1.3 / TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Nameservers

4 IPs tested
Hostname IP Address AF ASN RPKI Status
a0.nic.bcg 65.22.216.25 v4
a2.nic.bcg 65.22.219.25 v4
b0.nic.bcg 65.22.217.25 v4
c0.nic.bcg 65.22.218.25 v4

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @a0.nic.bcg bcg. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID
drill -D bcg. SOA @a0.nic.bcg Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

RDAP

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

Registry Information

Active
TLD .bcg
Operator The Boston Consulting Group, Inc.
RDAP Server https://rdap.identitydigital.services/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 .bcg compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "bcg",
  "display_name": ".bcg",
  "operator": "The Boston Consulting Group, 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.identitydigital.services/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