| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 65.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,b,k,i,m,a,j,c,l,g,f,e,d).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 65.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,d,a,f,c,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 65.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (z,u,r,w,t,y,x,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 65.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick