| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 1.1.168.172.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,f,g,b,h,d,c,i,e,m,a,k,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 1.1.168.172.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,a,c,b,d,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 1.1.168.172.in-addr.arpa. | 172.in-addr.arpa. | (w,r,y,u,t,x,z,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 1.1.168.172.in-addr.arpa. | 168.172.in-addr.arpa. | (daha-02,daha-07,daha-01).ns.aol.com. |
We pick