DNS delegation of e.beau-coup.com updated: Jun 19, 2013 1:01:00 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
e.beau-coup.com.
.
(e,f,m,a,l,k,b,j,d,i,h,c,g).root-servers.net.
2
e.beau-coup.com.
com.
(f,a,e,g,c,h,l,m,j,d,b,k,i).gtld-servers.net.
3
e.beau-coup.com.
beau-coup.com.
(ns,ns2).rackspace.com.
4
e.beau-coup.com.
e.beau-coup.com.
(d,e,b,f,c,a).ns.e.beau-coup.com.
We pick e.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about e.beau-coup.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask f.gtld-servers.net where we learn that beau-coup.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns.rackspace.com (3), so we ask that one and learn that e.beau-coup.com is delegated to six name servers (4), so we ask d.ns.e.beau-coup.com and get the following answer: