DNS delegation of inktomisearch.com updated: May 25, 2013 9:15:27 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
inktomisearch.com.
.
(h,a,d,e,b,j,i,c,k,l,f,g,m).root-servers.net.
2
inktomisearch.com.
com.
(h,e,a,j,d,g,k,f,c,m,b,i,l).gtld-servers.net.
3
inktomisearch.com.
inktomisearch.com.
(ns3,ns5,ns1,ns4,ns2).yahoo.com.
We pick h.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about inktomisearch.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask h.gtld-servers.net where we learn that inktomisearch.com is delegated to five name servers, including ns3.yahoo.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: