| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 88.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,i,k,a,e,c,d,h,f,j,b,l,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 88.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,d,b,e,c,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 88.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (u,t,r,z,x,y,v,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 88.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick