| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 52.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,f,i,c,k,m,l,g,a,e,d,j,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 52.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,b,f,a,c,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 52.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (y,w,r,x,u,z,t,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 52.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns2,ns1,ns3).google.com. |
We pick