| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 68.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,h,a,c,l,b,g,f,e,i,d,j,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 68.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,f,d,b,c,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 68.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (t,u,w,v,z,y,x,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 68.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick