DNS delegation of ns0.facebook.com updated: May 20, 2013 12:02:15 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
ns0.facebook.com.
.
(k,c,a,e,h,g,b,f,l,d,j,i,m).root-servers.net.
2
ns0.facebook.com.
com.
(m,c,a,i,d,e,l,h,f,j,g,b,k).gtld-servers.net.
3
ns0.facebook.com.
facebook.com.
(b,a).ns.facebook.com.
4
ns3.facebook.com.
facebook.com.
(b,a).ns.facebook.com.
We pick k.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about ns0.facebook.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask m.gtld-servers.net where we learn that facebook.com is delegated to two name servers, including b.ns.facebook.com (3), so we ask that one where we see a CNAME from ns0.facebook.com to ns3.facebook.com, so we have to start all over again. We already know that b.ns.facebook.com is authoritative for facebook.com (4) and ask it about ns3.facebook.com and get the following answer: