.ups

TLD SLA Compliance Monitoring

TLD SLA Compliance Metrics

Spec 10

DNS

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 70ms 138ms 616
7d 100% 100% 70ms 375ms 3360
30d 99.85% 99.85% 72ms 473ms 18584

RDAP

Period Availability RTT Compliance RTT p50 RTT p95 Checks TSLAC
24h 100% 100% 167ms 185ms 60
7d 100% 100% 168ms 202ms 360
30d 100% 100% 169ms 208ms 1980

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% 141ms 154ms 54
7d 100% 138ms 153ms 300
30d 99.82% 140ms 155ms 1652

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 122ms 6 minutes ago local NSID: app30.nrt1.hosts.meta.r… OK
DNS v6 137ms 6 minutes ago local NSID: app10.nrt1.hosts.meta.r… OK
DNSSEC v4 45ms 1 hour, 46 minutes ago local Key: 2002 OK
DNSSEC v6 61ms 1 hour, 46 minutes ago local Key: 2002 OK
RDAP v4 168ms 18 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK
RDAP v6 164ms 18 minutes ago local TLS 1.3 OK

RDAP HTTPS Timing

164ms total
DNS Lookup
TCP Connect
47ms
TLS Handshake
53ms
Time to First Byte
164ms

TLS 1.3 / TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256

Nameservers

8 IPs tested
Hostname IP Address AF ASN RPKI Status
a0.nic.ups 65.22.240.1 v4
a0.nic.ups 2a01:8840:ea::1 v6
a2.nic.ups 65.22.243.1 v4
a2.nic.ups 2a01:8840:ed::1 v6
b0.nic.ups 65.22.241.1 v4
b0.nic.ups 2a01:8840:eb::1 v6
c0.nic.ups 65.22.242.1 v4
c0.nic.ups 2a01:8840:ec::1 v6

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

Test With Your Computer

DNS

dig @a0.nic.ups ups. SOA +dnssec +nsid Query SOA with DNSSEC validation and NSID
drill -D ups. SOA @a0.nic.ups Alternative using drill with DNSSEC trace

RDAP

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

Registry Information

Active
TLD .ups
Operator UPS Market Driver, Inc.
RDAP Server https://rdap.identitydigital.services/rdap/ 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 .ups compliance metrics programmatically via our REST API.

Quick Start

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

Example Response

{
  "tld": "ups",
  "display_name": ".ups",
  "operator": "UPS Market Driver, 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.identitydigital.services/rdap/"
  },
  "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