| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 67.70.173.184.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,b,d,g,k,m,j,e,f,h,i,l,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 67.70.173.184.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,c,a,f,d,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 67.70.173.184.in-addr.arpa. | 184.in-addr.arpa. | (y,u,x,w,v,r,z,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 67.70.173.184.in-addr.arpa. | 173.184.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).arpa.global-datacenter.com. |
We pick