DNS delegation of www.bearitos.com updated: May 22, 2013 3:08:45 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
www.bearitos.com.
.
(c,b,m,l,d,g,f,i,j,h,e,k,a).root-servers.net.
2
www.bearitos.com.
com.
(e,l,m,d,c,a,h,j,i,k,g,f,b).gtld-servers.net.
3
www.bearitos.com.
bearitos.com.
(ns3,ns4,ns2,ns1).ctea.com.
4
bearitos.com.
bearitos.com.
(ns4,ns1,ns3,ns2).ctea.com.
We pick c.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about www.bearitos.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask e.gtld-servers.net where we learn that bearitos.com is delegated to four name servers, including ns3.ctea.com (3), so we ask that one where we see a CNAME from www.bearitos.com to bearitos.com, so we have to start all over again. We already know that ns4.ctea.com is authoritative for bearitos.com (4) and ask it about bearitos.com and get the following answer: