| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 99.152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,h,b,e,l,f,g,i,c,m,j,d,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 99.152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,b,a,c,e,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 99.152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | 121.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. ns1.apnic.net. ns4.apnic.net. sec1.authdns.ripe.net. ns2.lacnic.net. apnic1.dnsnode.net. ns3.apnic.net. |
| 4 | 99.152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | 152.101.121.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns5,ns1,ns4,ns3).yahoo.com. |
We pick