DNS delegation of whois.joker.com updated: May 24, 2013 7:31:54 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
whois.joker.com.
.
(b,i,a,f,g,d,h,l,c,j,m,k,e).root-servers.net.
2
whois.joker.com.
com.
(g,k,a,b,d,m,i,j,l,f,e,h,c).gtld-servers.net.
3
whois.joker.com.
joker.com.
(l,k,j).ns.joker.com.
We pick b.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about whois.joker.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask g.gtld-servers.net where we learn that joker.com is delegated to three name servers, including l.ns.joker.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
