| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 148.120.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,g,l,k,d,c,f,h,j,i,e,m,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 148.120.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,b,a,e,d,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 148.120.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | 87.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. ns3.nic.fr. sec3.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sec1.apnic.net. sns-pb.isc.org. |
| 4 | 148.120.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | 120.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns5,ns1,ns2).yahoo.com. |
We pick