| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 100.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,m,f,d,i,b,a,j,l,k,e,g,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 100.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,e,a,b,c,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 100.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (z,r,w,t,x,u,y,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 100.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns1,ns4).google.com. |
We pick