.science SLA Compliance

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	100%	100%	7.0ms	57ms	84
7d	100%	100%	7.0ms	63ms	2580
30d	94.95%	94.95%	7.0ms	73ms	3423

RDAP

Period	Availability	RTT Compliance	RTT p50	RTT p95	Checks
24h	No data available
7d	100%	100%	87ms	105ms	92
30d	90.48%	100%	86ms	111ms	168

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%	32ms	33ms	6
7d	100%	33ms	36ms	108
30d	98.70%	35ms	148ms	154

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	11ms	4 hours, 26 minutes ago	local	NSID: Auth_Host2.Toronto_Node1	OK
`DNS`	v6	11ms	4 hours, 26 minutes ago	local	NSID: Auth_Host3.Toronto_Node1	OK
`DNSSEC`	v4	33ms	4 hours, 42 minutes ago	local	Key: 10030	OK
`DNSSEC`	v6	33ms	4 hours, 42 minutes ago	local	Key: 10030	OK
`RDAP`	v4	80ms	1 day, 2 hours ago	local	TLS 1.2	OK
`RDAP`	v6	84ms	1 day, 2 hours ago	local	TLS 1.2	OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

84ms total

DNS Lookup

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TCP Connect

18ms

TLS Handshake

41ms

Time to First Byte

83ms

TLS 1.2 / TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Nameservers

12 IPs tested

Hostname	IP Address	AF
`a.nic.science`	`37.209.192.10`	v4
`a.nic.science`	`2001:dcd:1::10`	v6
`b.nic.science`	`37.209.194.10`	v4
`b.nic.science`	`2001:dcd:2::10`	v6
`c.nic.science`	`37.209.196.10`	v4
`c.nic.science`	`2001:dcd:3::10`	v6
`ns1.dns.nic.science`	`156.154.169.41`	v4
`ns1.dns.nic.science`	`2610:a1:1071::1:29`	v6
`ns2.dns.nic.science`	`156.154.170.41`	v4
`ns2.dns.nic.science`	`2610:a1:1072::1:29`	v6
`ns3.dns.nic.science`	`156.154.171.41`	v4
`ns3.dns.nic.science`	`2610:a1:1073::1:29`	v6

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

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

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

RDAP

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

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

Open in Browser View RDAP response directly

Registry Information

Active

TLD .science

Operator dot Science Limited

RDAP Server https://rdap.nic.science/ 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 .science compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

GET /any53/api/v1/compliance/science/

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "science",
  "display_name": ".science",
  "operator": "dot Science Limited",
  "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.nic.science/"
  },
  "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