| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 155.165.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,d,f,m,a,l,e,k,i,j,b,c,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 155.165.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,d,b,e,f,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 155.165.in-addr.arpa. | 165.in-addr.arpa. | (z,x,r,y,w,v,u,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 155.165.in-addr.arpa. | 155.165.in-addr.arpa. | ns1.nycboe.net. ns1.fast.net. ns2.fast.net. ns2.nycboe.net. |
We pick