| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 70.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,a,h,l,k,b,c,e,d,f,m,g,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 70.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,b,c,f,d,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 70.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (x,z,t,w,y,v,r,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 70.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns3,ns1).google.com. |
We pick