| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 53.100.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,i,h,g,k,l,b,f,j,m,c,a,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 53.100.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,f,d,a,e,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 53.100.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | 144.in-addr.arpa. | (z,u,w,t,x,v,y,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 53.100.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | 212.144.in-addr.arpa. | ns2.mathworks.com. ns3.mathworks.com. ns.uu.net. ns.mathworks.com. |
We pick