| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 207.144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,d,k,m,j,g,b,f,c,h,i,l,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 207.144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,a,d,f,e,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 207.144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | 178.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. ns3.nic.fr. sec3.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sec1.apnic.net. sns-pb.isc.org. |
| 4 | 207.144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | 144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | ns.second-ns.com. ns1.your-server.de. ns3.second-ns.de. |
| 5 | 207.192/27.144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | 144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | ns1.your-server.de. ns3.second-ns.de. ns.second-ns.com. |
| 6 | 207.192/27.144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | 192/27.144.63.178.in-addr.arpa. | (ns01,ns00,ns02).xencon.net. |
We pick