DNS delegation of www.copatoon.com updated: May 18, 2013 5:18:27 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
www.copatoon.com.
.
(g,a,c,k,h,b,j,f,d,m,l,e,i).root-servers.net.
2
www.copatoon.com.
com.
(g,c,f,j,h,e,i,a,b,k,d,m,l).gtld-servers.net.
3
www.copatoon.com.
copatoon.com.
(ns5,ns3,ns1).timewarner.net.
4
copatoon.com.
copatoon.com.
(ns3,ns1,ns5).timewarner.net.
We pick g.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about www.copatoon.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask g.gtld-servers.net where we learn that copatoon.com is delegated to three name servers, including ns5.timewarner.net (3), so we ask that one where we see a CNAME from www.copatoon.com to copatoon.com, so we have to start all over again. We already know that ns3.timewarner.net is authoritative for copatoon.com (4) and ask it about copatoon.com and get the following answer: