| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 10.17.171.194.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,k,e,h,j,i,m,d,a,l,f,c,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 10.17.171.194.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,f,b,e,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 10.17.171.194.in-addr.arpa. | 194.in-addr.arpa. | sec3.apnic.net. sns-pb.isc.org. sec1.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. ns3.nic.fr. |
| 4 | 10.17.171.194.in-addr.arpa. | 171.194.in-addr.arpa. | ns.ripe.net. ns3.surfnet.nl. ns0.ja.net. ns2.surfnet.nl. ns1.surfnet.nl. |
| 5 | 10.17.171.194.in-addr.arpa. | 17.171.194.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns1).surfnet.nl. |
We pick