| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 41.1.106.131.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,m,c,k,j,i,g,h,e,a,b,d,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 41.1.106.131.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,a,f,e,c,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 41.1.106.131.in-addr.arpa. | 131.in-addr.arpa. | (z,v,w,t,u,y,r,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 41.1.106.131.in-addr.arpa. | 106.131.in-addr.arpa. | uucp-gw-1.pa.dec.com. xinet.com. auth00.ns.uu.net. auth60.ns.uu.net. uucp-gw-2.pa.dec.com. |
We pick