Council of Country Code Administrators

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The Council of Country Code Administrators (CoCCA), officially CoCCA Registry Services (NZ) Limited, is an Auckland, New Zealand-based nonprofit organisation. Originally incorporated in Christmas Island on 29 June 2004 first as an incorporated society,{{Cite web|url=https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2013-is7929|title=Dissolution of Incorporated Societies - 2013-is7929 - New Zealand Gazette|website=gazette.govt.nz}} then as a company {{Cite web|url=https://connectonline.asic.gov.au/RegistrySearch/faces/landing/SearchRegisters.jspx?_afrLoop=3003402451040482&_afrWindowMode=0&_adf.ctrl-state=twn0jjnal_4|title=Search Company and Other Registers|website=connectonline.asic.gov.au}} CoCCA moved to being based in New Zealand in early 2009.[https://app.companiesoffice.govt.nz/companies/app/ui/pages/companies/2204828/detail New Zealand Companies Office] In addition to developing open source Shared Registry System software{{Cite web |last=LaPlante|first=Roland|title=Another Free Registry Software Option |url=https://circleid.com/posts/20161019_another_free_registry_software_option |access-date=2024-04-16 |website=CircleID |language=en}} used by domain name registries of country code top-level domains (ccTLDs),{{Cite web|url=https://www.iana.org/reports/2009/ng-report-07apr2009.html|title=IANA — Report on the Redelegation of the .NG Top-Level Domain|website=www.iana.org}} CoCCA also acts as a forum for collaboration and harmonised policy development among member ccTLDs, has a Complaint Resolution Service, and offers purchasable support for TLD managers that includes training, data escrow, and failover sites. As of 2023, of the 308 ccTLDs that have been delegated by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, CoCCA software is used to manage 57, as well as being used for six non-country top-level domains.

In 2023, they may have been involve in a security incident.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thestack.technology/dot-ai-domains-hacking-registries/|title=Hackers gained ability to access every single .ai domain|date=14 June 2023|website=The Stack}}