| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 241.184.238.77.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,g,f,l,k,b,e,d,h,i,c,j,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 241.184.238.77.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,e,b,a,c,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 241.184.238.77.in-addr.arpa. | 77.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. sec3.apnic.net. sns-pb.isc.org. sec1.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. ns3.nic.fr. |
| 4 | 241.184.238.77.in-addr.arpa. | 184.238.77.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns4,ns3,ns5).yahoo.com. |
We pick