| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,f,h,d,k,g,a,c,l,m,i,e,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,a,e,f,d,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (x,w,y,v,z,u,r,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 50.0.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 168.192.in-addr.arpa. | (blackhole-2,blackhole-1).iana.org. |
We pick