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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 85ms 176
7d 99.17% 99.17% 27ms 87ms 960
30d 99.75% 99.75% 28ms 165ms 3240

RDAP

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 299ms 486ms 48
7d 100% 100% 296ms 495ms 240
30d 99.38% 98.89% 317ms 770ms 808

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 103ms 44
7d 100% 38ms 103ms 240
30d 99.75% 38ms 128ms 814

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 1.4ms 26 minutes ago local NSID: u-ci-nominet2.uschi1. OK
DNS v6 1.3ms 160 days, 15 hours ago local NSID: u-ci-nominet1.uschi1. OK
DNSSEC v4 38ms 1 hour, 12 minutes ago local Key: 24446 OK
DNSSEC v6 103ms 1 hour, 12 minutes ago local Key: 24446 OK
RDAP v4 301ms 2 hours, 10 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK
RDAP v6 288ms 2 hours, 9 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

288ms total
DNS Lookup
0.36ms
TCP Connect
87ms
TLS Handshake
99ms
Time to First Byte
288ms

TLS 1.3 / TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Nameservers

8 IPs tested
Hostname IP Address AF ASN RPKI Status
dns1.nic.free 213.248.218.67 v4 AS43519
dns2.nic.free 103.49.82.67 v4 AS43519
dns3.nic.free 213.248.222.67 v4 AS43519
dns4.nic.free 43.230.50.67 v4 AS43519
dnsa.nic.free 156.154.100.3 v4 AS12008
dnsb.nic.free 156.154.101.3 v4 AS12008
dnsc.nic.free 156.154.102.3 v4 AS12008
dnsd.nic.free 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.free free. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID
drill -D free. SOA @dns1.nic.free Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

RDAP

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

Registry Information

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

Quick Start

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "free",
  "display_name": ".free",
  "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/free/"
  },
  "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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