| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 198.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,m,g,i,k,c,e,h,b,l,d,j,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 198.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,e,c,a,f,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 198.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 141.in-addr.arpa. | pri.authdns.ripe.net. sec1.apnic.net. sns-pb.isc.org. ns3.nic.fr. sec3.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. |
| 4 | 198.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns1,ns4).serverstack.com. |
We pick