| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,d,a,l,m,h,c,b,j,e,g,k,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,e,d,b,c,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | 121.in-addr.arpa. | ns3.apnic.net. ns1.apnic.net. ns2.lacnic.net. apnic1.dnsnode.net. sec1.authdns.ripe.net. ns4.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. |
| 4 | 152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | 152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | (ns5,ns4,ns2,ns3,ns1).yahoo.com. |
We pick