| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 74.32.245.80.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,e,k,f,h,m,l,g,a,d,i,c,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 74.32.245.80.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,c,f,b,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 74.32.245.80.in-addr.arpa. | 80.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. sec3.apnic.net. sec1.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sns-pb.isc.org. ns3.nic.fr. |
| 4 | 74.32.245.80.in-addr.arpa. | 32.245.80.in-addr.arpa. | (auth4,auth2,auth1,auth5).dns.cogentco.com. |
We pick