| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 35.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (i,b,f,m,h,k,g,c,a,e,d,j,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 35.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,a,b,d,c,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 35.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (x,y,w,z,r,v,u,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 35.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 168.192.in-addr.arpa. | (blackhole-2,blackhole-1).iana.org. |
We pick