| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 77.255.171.193.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,a,l,g,c,h,m,d,f,e,i,b,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 77.255.171.193.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,f,a,b,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 77.255.171.193.in-addr.arpa. | 193.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. sec3.apnic.net. sec1.apnic.net. ns3.nic.fr. sns-pb.isc.org. pri.authdns.ripe.net. |
| 4 | 77.255.171.193.in-addr.arpa. | 171.193.in-addr.arpa. | ns7.univie.ac.at. ns3.univie.ac.at. ns8.univie.ac.at. ns4.univie.ac.at. ns.ripe.net. |
| 5 | 77.255.171.193.in-addr.arpa. | 255.171.193.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3ext,ns4ext).univie.ac.at. |
We pick