| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 85.132.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,c,h,m,f,b,i,e,g,a,l,k,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 85.132.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,e,c,a,b,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 85.132.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (y,w,t,r,u,v,x,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 85.132.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns4,ns2).google.com. |
We pick