| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 35.255.109.208.in-addr.arpa. | . | (e,g,d,m,l,a,c,k,f,b,i,j,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 35.255.109.208.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,d,e,b,a,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 35.255.109.208.in-addr.arpa. | 208.in-addr.arpa. | (y,r,t,u,x,w,z,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 35.255.109.208.in-addr.arpa. | 109.208.in-addr.arpa. | (cns1,cns2).secureserver.net. |
We pick