| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 89.24.63.50.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,c,m,e,g,i,k,a,h,b,l,f,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 89.24.63.50.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,d,a,f,b,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 89.24.63.50.in-addr.arpa. | 50.in-addr.arpa. | (w,z,r,v,t,x,u,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 89.24.63.50.in-addr.arpa. | 63.50.in-addr.arpa. | (cns1,cns2).secureserver.net. |
We pick