DNS delegation of 0.172.204 updated: May 25, 2013 6:41:19 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
204.172.0.in-addr.arpa.
.
(l,h,j,a,k,m,i,e,c,b,d,g,f).root-servers.net.
2
204.172.0.in-addr.arpa.
in-addr.arpa.
(f,d,b,a,c,e).in-addr-servers.arpa.
We pick l.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about 204.172.0.in-addr.arpa and learn that in-addr.arpa is delegated to six name servers (2), so we ask f.in-addr-servers.arpa and get the following answer: