| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 53.132.43.199.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,m,f,b,j,a,l,h,e,i,c,g,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 53.132.43.199.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,e,c,a,d,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 53.132.43.199.in-addr.arpa. | 199.in-addr.arpa. | (v,z,u,w,t,y,r,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 53.132.43.199.in-addr.arpa. | 132.43.199.in-addr.arpa. | b.iana-servers.net. c.iana-servers.net. a.iana-servers.net. ns.icann.org. |
We pick