DNS delegation of 10 updated: May 26, 2013 6:07:33 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
10.in-addr.arpa.
.
(k,a,b,i,m,h,f,l,j,g,c,e,d).root-servers.net.
2
10.in-addr.arpa.
in-addr.arpa.
(a,c,e,d,b,f).in-addr-servers.arpa.
3
10.in-addr.arpa.
10.in-addr.arpa.
(blackhole-2,blackhole-1).iana.org.
We pick k.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about 10.in-addr.arpa and learn that in-addr.arpa is delegated to six name servers (2), so we ask a.in-addr-servers.arpa where we learn that 10.in-addr.arpa is delegated to two name servers, including blackhole-2.iana.org (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: