| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 12.92.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,e,h,d,c,i,k,l,m,a,j,f,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 12.92.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,f,b,a,c,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 12.92.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (y,z,u,v,r,x,t,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 12.92.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 168.192.in-addr.arpa. | (blackhole-1,blackhole-2).iana.org. |
We pick