| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 87.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,l,e,h,f,j,g,k,a,d,i,c,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 87.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,a,c,d,f,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 87.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (u,w,r,y,t,v,z,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 87.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns3,ns1,ns2).google.com. |
We pick