NCC NCC NETWORK CHANGE COMPLETION
Network changes a third party can verify

Network changes: from “we did it” to “anyone can check”.

NCC observes the state before and after a network change under one fixed plan, evaluates it with deterministic rules, and issues one NCC certificate per change — signed, backed by trusted time and a transparency proof. The recipient verifies it without registering.

CERTIFICATE CHAIN One certificate per change
Fix target and terms 01

The domain is authenticated, and the before/after conditions, observation window and pass criteria are bound to the request.

Observe before and after 02

Under a signed job, DNS, TCP, TLS and HTTP are observed strictly within the approved scope.

Evaluate by fixed rules 03

Version-pinned rules return PASS, FAIL or INCONCLUSIVE. Only PASS proceeds to issue.

Sign, time, transparency 04

The certificate is digitally signed and bound to a verified timestamp and a transparency record.

Recipient verifies 05

Anyone can check tampering and authenticity via the public URL or an offline package.

Before/after under one plan Verdict decided by rules Signature and trusted time No registration to verify

Entry points: Portal, API, OAuth and MCP — the same authorisation and limits apply everywhere. Trusted time is provided by PP-TSA from the same series.

A certificate instead of a report

In place of “change completed” plus screenshots, you hand over one verifiable NCC certificate.

No discretion in the verdict

Pass or fail is decided only by the plan and rules fixed in advance. AI is limited to explaining results and plays no part in the verdict.

The receiving side can check

Recipients verify signature, time and transparency at a public URL, without an NCC account.

01 / The problem

“Change completed” is not proof.

Completion reports lean on the operator's own logs and screenshots. The receiving side has no way to confirm that it was really checked, at that time, under those conditions.

01
Work logs belong to the worker

Logs and captures can be fixed up afterwards by whoever made them. What clients and auditors want is confirmation independent of the operator.

An independent observer checks before and after.
02
The check conditions are vague

“We confirmed it connects” leaves no record of when, from where, what was checked or against which criteria.

Fix conditions and criteria before observing.
03
Recipients cannot verify

A report you cannot verify pushes trust back onto the individual who wrote it.

Hand over a format anyone can verify.
02 / How it proves

What an NCC certificate shows

Each row states one claim and its limit. Click a row to open the detail.

01 The target is genuine That the certificate's domain was confirmed to be under the applicant's control.
What it establishes

The target domain is authenticated by an HTTPS challenge. The certificate binds to the authenticated target and to the conditions, window and criteria fixed at request time.

What it prevents

Issuing about someone else's domain, and later disputes over which target the check concerned.

02 Observation actually happened That the before and after states were really observed under a signed job.
What it establishes

Observation covers DNS, TCP, TLS and HTTP, strictly within the approved scope. The executing node, times and fingerprints of raw evidence are recorded.

What it prevents

Claims about results never observed, probing outside the approved scope, and after-the-fact swapping of observation records.

03 The verdict came from rules That pass or fail was a deterministic evaluation by version-pinned rules.
What it establishes

Normalised observations are evaluated by fixed rules, returning PASS, FAIL or INCONCLUSIVE. The same input yields the same result. AI is limited to explanation.

What it prevents

Verdicts at an operator's discretion, ambiguous results waved through, and verdicts that change on re-evaluation.

04 The certificate is untampered That any edit after issue is detectable by signature verification.
What it establishes

The canonical certificate carries a digital signature (ES256 detached JWS). Changing a single character makes verification fail.

What it prevents

Post-issue edits, forged certificates, and disputes over what was actually issued.

05 The issue time is trustworthy That the moment of issue is backed by a verified timestamp.
What it establishes

A signed timestamp from PP-TSA, the same series, is bound in. The time is not the issuer's own claim.

What it prevents

Backdating, and relying on the issuer's word for when the check happened.

06 Issuance is on public record That the issue is entered in an append-only transparency log and cannot quietly vanish.
What it establishes

The certificate ships as seven artefacts — canonical JSON, signature, time response, transparency proof, manifest, offline package and PDF — and verifies in a browser from the public ID alone.

What it prevents

Silent withdrawal or replacement of issued certificates, and verification that depends on asking the issuer.

What this does and does not establish

An NCC certificate shows that observation ran against an approved target under approved conditions, was evaluated by fixed rules, and was issued in a tamper-evident form. It does not automatically warrant that the change itself was appropriate, that future availability holds, or that audit or certification standards are met. INCONCLUSIVE is never treated as PASS.

03 / How to use

Sign up and you are issuing

STEP 01
Sign up

Register with an email address and an environment for your organisation is created on the spot.

STEP 02
Choose a plan

Pick one to match how many certificates you issue. You can change it later.

STEP 03
Authenticate and request

Authenticate the domain via an HTTPS challenge, fix the before/after conditions and criteria, and submit.

STEP 04
Issue and hand over

If observation and evaluation PASS, the certificate is issued. Hand it over as a public URL or an offline package.

PORTAL / API
For issuers

Request and issue from the Portal, or via API, OAuth and MCP. Every entry point applies the same authorisation and limits, with API keys, audit logs and the other management features included.

PUBLIC / OFFLINE
For recipients

From the public ID alone, a browser verifies signature, key, time, transparency and revocation state. An offline package supports verification where no network is available.

04 / Who uses it

For every handover of a network change

Not a record for your own files — it exists to hand certainty to the other side.

Network operations providers

Deliver completion to customers as a verifiable certificate, ending the back-and-forth over whether a report is genuine.

SIers and partners

Issue for yourself, and manage invited customers, issue volumes, plans and billing under one roof.

Corporate IT

Receive completion of outsourced changes as independent observation plus rule-based verdicts, not the contractor's own report.

Audit and review

Present change-management evidence — when, what and against which criteria — in a form third parties can verify.

05 / Safety

Designed so the certificate deserves trust

Whether a certificate is trusted depends on what is observed and how verdicts are reached. Both are defined precisely from the start.

Observes only the approved scope

Observation runs only against authenticated targets, within what the signed job permits. There is no probing beyond that scope.

No discretion in verdicts

Pass or fail is decided deterministically by version-pinned rules. AI is limited to explanation and has no part in the verdict.

Results are not rounded off

PASS, FAIL and INCONCLUSIVE are returned as distinct outcomes. An inconclusive check is never counted as a pass.

The same controls at every door

Portal, API, OAuth and MCP all apply the same authorisation and limits, with two-factor authentication, API key management and audit logs.

06 / FAQ

Frequently asked questions

Do recipients need an NCC account to verify?

No. Opening the public URL in a browser verifies signature, key, time, transparency and revocation state. Offline-package verification is also supported.

What does it take to get started?

Signing up with an email address and choosing a plan. There is no sales process and no prior screening.

Is AI used to decide pass or fail?

Not in the verdict. Pass or fail comes from a deterministic evaluation by pre-fixed rules, and the same input yields the same result. AI only helps explain the outcome.

Does a certificate mean the change itself was right?

No. It shows that observation ran against the approved target and conditions, was evaluated by fixed rules, and was issued tamper-evidently. The soundness of the change and future availability are separate matters.

What happens when a verdict is INCONCLUSIVE?

No certificate is issued. INCONCLUSIVE is kept distinct from both PASS and FAIL and is never rounded up to a pass. You can revise the conditions and request again.

From your next change, hand over a certificate.