| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 1.11.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,i,e,k,h,c,g,b,f,j,l,m,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 1.11.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,c,e,b,f,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 1.11.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (x,u,v,r,w,z,y,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 1.11.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 168.192.in-addr.arpa. | (blackhole-2,blackhole-1).iana.org. |
We pick