.io SLA Compliance

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	70ms	122ms	168
7d	100%	100%	70ms	151ms	960
30d	100%	100%	71ms	157ms	5320

WHOIS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	115ms	269ms	88
7d	100%	100%	115ms	287ms	480
30d	99.89%	99.89%	116ms	315ms	2648

EPP *

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	45ms	49ms	20
7d	100%	100%	44ms	47ms	120
30d	100%	100%	44ms	47ms	670

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
24h	100%	142ms	156ms	44
7d	100%	139ms	153ms	240
30d	99.93%	141ms	162ms	1340

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
`DNS`	v4	122ms	31 minutes ago	local	NSID: app21.nrt1.hosts.meta.r…	OK
`DNS`	v6	138ms	56 days, 22 hours ago	local	NSID: app7.nrt1.hosts.meta.re…	OK
`DNSSEC`	v4	140ms	1 hour, 22 minutes ago	local	Key: 57355	OK
`DNSSEC`	v6	156ms	1 hour, 22 minutes ago	local	Key: 57355	OK
`EPP *`	v4	43ms	31 minutes ago	local	Tudor EPP (Mock) v2.0	OK
`EPP *`	v6	39ms	31 minutes ago	local	Tudor EPP (Mock) v2.0	OK
`WHOIS`	v4	114ms	1 hour, 9 minutes ago	local	—	OK
`WHOIS`	v6	115ms	1 hour, 9 minutes ago	local	—	OK

Nameservers

4 IPs tested

Hostname	IP Address	AF	ASN	RPKI
`a0.nic.io`	`65.22.160.17`	v4	—	—
`a2.nic.io`	`65.22.163.17`	v4	—	—
`b0.nic.io`	`65.22.161.17`	v4	—	—
`c0.nic.io`	`65.22.162.17`	v4	—	—

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @a0.nic.io io. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID

drill -D io. SOA @a0.nic.io Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

WHOIS

whois -h whois.nic.io nic.io Query WHOIS server directly

echo "nic.io" | nc whois.nic.io 43 Raw TCP query (see exact response)

Registry Information

Active

TLD .io

Operator British Indian Ocean Territory

WHOIS Server whois.nic.io

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).

WHOIS SLA RTT ≤ 4000ms for 95% of queries. Availability: 98% (max 864 min/month downtime).

EPP SLA RTT ≤ 4000ms for 95% of commands (Spec 10 §5). Availability: 98% (max 864 min/month downtime). (Demo mode)

API Access

JSON API

Access .io compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

GET /any53/api/v1/compliance/io/

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "io",
  "display_name": ".io",
  "operator": "British Indian Ocean Territory",
  "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": "WHOIS",
    "availability_24h": 99.95,
    "rtt_p50_ms": 180,
    "rtt_p95_ms": 412,
    "sla_threshold_ms": 4000
  },
  "servers": {
    "whois_host": "whois.nic.io"
  },
  "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