| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 6.235.30.72.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,l,g,f,h,i,k,d,b,e,c,j,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 6.235.30.72.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,e,f,b,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 6.235.30.72.in-addr.arpa. | 72.in-addr.arpa. | (v,z,x,w,r,y,u,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 6.235.30.72.in-addr.arpa. | 30.72.in-addr.arpa. | (ns5,ns1,ns3,ns2,ns4).yahoo.com. |
We pick