.ng SLA Compliance

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	111ms	443ms	112
7d	100%	100%	93ms	447ms	1728
30d	94.97%	94.97%	86ms	447ms	2296

WHOIS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	0.00%	0.00%	5001ms	10019ms	8
7d	0.00%	0.00%	2004ms	10050ms	212
30d	0.00%	0.00%	1431ms	10057ms	268

Current Check Status

Reported by Any53 Probes

Type	AF	RTT	Last Check	Source	Details	Status
`DNS`	v4	183ms	2 hours, 6 minutes ago	local	—	OK
`DNS`	v6	2037ms	2 hours, 6 minutes ago	local	—	FAIL
`WHOIS`	v4	10034ms	4 hours ago	local	—	FAIL
`WHOIS`	v6	0.34ms	4 hours ago	local	—	FAIL

Nameservers

8 IPs tested

Hostname	IP Address	AF
`ns2.nic.net.ng`	`204.61.216.40`	v4
`ns2.nic.net.ng`	`2001:500:14:6040:ad::1`	v6
`ns3.nic.net.ng`	`185.38.108.108`	v4
`ns3.nic.net.ng`	`2a00:fea0:dead::beef`	v6
`ns4.nic.net.ng`	`185.28.194.194`	v4
`ns5.nic.net.ng`	`196.216.168.41`	v4
`ns5.nic.net.ng`	`2001:43f8:120::41`	v6
`nsa.nic.net.ng`	`41.222.79.3`	v4

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @ns2.nic.net.ng ng. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID

drill -D ng. SOA @ns2.nic.net.ng Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

WHOIS

whois -h whois.nic.net.ng nic.ng Query WHOIS server directly

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

Registry Information

Active

TLD .ng

Operator Nigeria

WHOIS Server whois.nic.net.ng

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).

API Access

JSON API

Access .ng compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

GET /any53/api/v1/compliance/ng/

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "ng",
  "display_name": ".ng",
  "operator": "Nigeria",
  "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.net.ng"
  },
  "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