| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 20.168.114.65.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,m,a,d,b,f,e,g,l,k,i,c,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 20.168.114.65.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,c,e,d,b,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 20.168.114.65.in-addr.arpa. | 65.in-addr.arpa. | (r,y,u,z,t,v,x,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 20.168.114.65.in-addr.arpa. | 114.65.in-addr.arpa. | (authns2,authns1).qwest.net. |
We pick