DNS delegation of less.evilcode.com updated: Jun 19, 2013 10:04:42 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
less.evilcode.com.
.
(a,i,k,c,l,f,b,e,g,j,d,h,m).root-servers.net.
2
less.evilcode.com.
com.
(k,b,i,h,f,e,j,g,l,a,c,d,m).gtld-servers.net.
3
less.evilcode.com.
evilcode.com.
(ns2,ns1).hover.com.
We pick a.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about less.evilcode.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask k.gtld-servers.net where we learn that evilcode.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns2.hover.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: