DNS delegation of hellsocks.com updated: May 23, 2013 6:18:37 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
hellsocks.com.
.
(m,j,f,d,b,c,e,k,h,g,i,l,a).root-servers.net.
2
hellsocks.com.
com.
(c,e,k,h,a,g,f,j,m,l,d,b,i).gtld-servers.net.
3
hellsocks.com.
hellsocks.com.
(ns09,ns10).domaincontrol.com.
We pick m.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about hellsocks.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask c.gtld-servers.net where we learn that hellsocks.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns09.domaincontrol.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
Hellsocks.com is a domain controlled by two domain name servers at domaincontrol.com having a total of four IP numbers. Two of them are on the same IP network. Incoming mail for hellsocks.com is...