DNS delegation of hotmail.ch.com updated: Jun 19, 2013 5:34:55 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
hotmail.ch.com.
.
(j,m,c,b,l,d,e,h,g,a,k,i,f).root-servers.net.
2
hotmail.ch.com.
com.
(e,j,f,d,m,a,g,b,c,h,k,i,l).gtld-servers.net.
3
hotmail.ch.com.
ch.com.
(ns28,ns27).domaincontrol.com.
We pick j.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about hotmail.ch.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask e.gtld-servers.net where we learn that ch.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns28.domaincontrol.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: