| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 11.229.171.69.in-addr.arpa. | . | (c,h,a,d,e,j,l,f,k,b,i,m,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 11.229.171.69.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,d,b,c,f,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 11.229.171.69.in-addr.arpa. | 69.in-addr.arpa. | (w,t,z,x,v,r,u,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 11.229.171.69.in-addr.arpa. | 229.171.69.in-addr.arpa. | (a,b).ns.facebook.com. |
We pick