SIDN Labs has launched a new platform, rssac002.sidnlabs.nl, to publish daily traffic metrics for the .nl domain using the RSSAC002 format. While root server operators have long utilized this specification from ICANN’s Root Server System Advisory Committee, .nl is believed to be the first top-level domain to adopt it. The data, which is also hosted on GitHub, provides standardized metrics such as query volumes, response codes, and unique sources, enabling direct comparisons between .nl traffic and the internet's r…
Key points
Researchers can use the standardized metrics to detect infrastructure anomalies such as c…: Researchers can use the standardized metrics to detect infrastructure anomalies such as cyberattacks, misconfigurations, and network outages.
Adapting the RSSAC002 specification allows operators to measure national top-level domain…: Adapting the RSSAC002 specification allows operators to measure national top-level domain traffic alongside core internet root servers.
SIDN Labs plans to automate the data pipeline and encourages other top-level domain regis…: SIDN Labs plans to automate the data pipeline and encourages other top-level domain registries to adopt the open-source platform.
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Recently, we at SIDN Labs launched rssac002.sidnlabs.nl, a new website where we publish daily statistics on the DNS traffic that reaches the authoritative nameservers for .nl. All the data is also available on GitHub.
What we publish
Every day, the .nl nameservers answer billions of DNS queries from all over the world. We summarize that traffic into a small set of daily metrics, such as query and response volumes, response codes and the number of unique sources.
Publishing DNS traffic statistics is not new in itself. We have shared .nl figures on stats.sidnlabs.nl since 2015, CZ.NIC publishes statistics for cz, and .ie includes traffic figures in its annual reports. But every registry uses its own metrics, definitions, and formats, so the numbers can’t be compared with each other or with the root servers.
That is why we now publish in the same format the Root Server Operators use: RSSAC002, a specification from ICANN’s Root Server System Advisory Committee (RSSAC). Root server operators have published these files for years. To our knowledge, .nl is the first Top-Level Domain (TLD) to publish…
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