| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 104.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,l,b,h,f,k,g,a,d,i,c,e,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 104.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,b,a,e,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 104.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (v,w,z,x,r,u,y,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 104.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns1,ns2).google.com. |
We pick