.protection SLA Compliance

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	92ms	229ms	176
7d	100%	100%	92ms	234ms	960
30d	100%	100%	55ms	234ms	3240

RDAP

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	419ms	516ms	40
7d	100%	100%	423ms	518ms	240
30d	99.75%	99.50%	426ms	777ms	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
24h	100%	43ms	88ms	44
7d	100%	42ms	87ms	240
30d	100%	42ms	72ms	816

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	18ms	8 minutes ago	local	NSID: WVQS-AQ5DSO-L6ZRS7	OK
`DNS`	v6	18ms	159 days, 4 hours ago	local	NSID: WVQS-AQ5DSO-L6ZRS7	OK
`DNSSEC`	v4	85ms	13 minutes ago	local	Key: 42842	OK
`DNSSEC`	v6	42ms	13 minutes ago	local	Key: 42842	OK
`RDAP`	v4	443ms	3 hours, 58 minutes ago	local	TLS 1.2	OK
`RDAP`	v6	398ms	3 hours, 57 minutes ago	local	TLS 1.2	OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

398ms total

DNS Lookup

0.52ms

TCP Connect

95ms

TLS Handshake

194ms

Time to First Byte

398ms

TLS 1.2 / TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Nameservers

4 IPs tested

Hostname	IP Address	AF	ASN	RPKI
`a.nic.protection`	`194.169.218.67`	v4	—	—
`b.nic.protection`	`185.24.64.67`	v4	—	—
`e.nic.protection`	`212.18.248.67`	v4	—	—
`f.nic.protection`	`212.18.249.67`	v4	—	—

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @a.nic.protection protection. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID

drill -D protection. SOA @a.nic.protection Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

RDAP

curl -sS "https://rdap.centralnic.com/protection/domain/nic.protection" | jq . Fetch RDAP JSON (positive lookup)

curl -I -sS "https://rdap.centralnic.com/protection/domain/nic.protection" Headers only (check TLS, timing)

Open in Browser View RDAP response directly

Registry Information

Active

TLD .protection

Operator XYZ.COM LLC

RDAP Server https://rdap.centralnic.com/protection/ 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 .protection compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

GET /any53/api/v1/compliance/protection/

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "protection",
  "display_name": ".protection",
  "operator": "XYZ.COM LLC",
  "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.centralnic.com/protection/"
  },
  "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