| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 72.248.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,b,c,g,i,l,h,e,m,k,j,d,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 72.248.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,a,d,f,c,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 72.248.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | 144.in-addr.arpa. | (y,u,w,t,v,r,z,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 72.248.212.144.in-addr.arpa. | 212.144.in-addr.arpa. | ns.mathworks.com. ns2.mathworks.com. ns3.mathworks.com. ns.uu.net. |
We pick