| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 20.161.34.195.in-addr.arpa. | . | (i,m,e,l,j,a,g,h,c,d,b,k,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 20.161.34.195.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,e,d,a,b,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 20.161.34.195.in-addr.arpa. | 195.in-addr.arpa. | sns-pb.isc.org. sec1.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sec3.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. ns3.nic.fr. |
| 4 | 20.161.34.195.in-addr.arpa. | 161.34.195.in-addr.arpa. | (rdns1,rdns2).internetx.de. |
We pick