| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 104.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,k,b,l,g,c,j,m,i,e,f,h,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 104.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,c,b,f,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 104.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (z,r,u,x,t,w,v,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 104.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns4,ns3,ns2).google.com. |
We pick