| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 27.127.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,h,j,l,a,i,m,f,k,c,b,e,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 27.127.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,f,d,b,a,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 27.127.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (t,w,y,v,r,x,u,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 27.127.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick