| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 21.253.167.168.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,a,c,g,m,e,b,h,i,f,k,l,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 21.253.167.168.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,f,c,b,e,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 21.253.167.168.in-addr.arpa. | 168.in-addr.arpa. | (w,x,dill,u,v,y,t,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 21.253.167.168.in-addr.arpa. | 167.168.in-addr.arpa. | (vpsm,ns1,ns4).btc.bw. |
We pick