Ko te Quad9 he kaiwhakatau DNS recursive a te ao katoa e whai ana ki te tiaki i nga kaiwhakamahi mai i te kino me te hītinihanga. Ko te Quad9 e whakahaeretia ana e te Quad9 Foundation, he turanga painga-a-iwi a Swiss, ehara i te mea-painga me te kaupapa ki te whakapai ake i te noho tūmataiti me te haumaru ipurangi o nga kaiwhakamahi Ipurangi, kei Zurich te tari matua. Koia anake te kaiwhakatikatika mo te iwi whanui e whakahaerea ana ehara i te mea-painga, hei painga mo te iwi. Kei raro katoa a Quad9 ki te ture tūmataiti a Swiss, a ka tukuna e te kawanatanga o Switzerland taua whakamarumaru o te ture ki nga kaiwhakamahi a Quad9 puta noa i te ao, ahakoa he tangata whenua, he whenua noho ranei. I tenei wa ko Quad9 anake te kaiwhakatika recursive o te ao kaore i raro i te ture o te United States, i te mea ko etahi atu kei roto i te rohe o San Francisco Bay, ka whakahaerehia e te Takiwa o te Raki o California US Federal Court.