| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 85.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,j,e,c,a,f,d,l,i,g,m,b,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 85.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,e,a,f,c,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 85.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (w,x,r,z,t,y,v,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 85.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns4,ns3).google.com. |
We pick