DNS delegation of www.nstld.com updated: Jun 19, 2013 8:25:22 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
www.nstld.com.
.
(a,e,m,h,g,f,i,d,k,c,l,b,j).root-servers.net.
2
www.nstld.com.
com.
(b,j,k,a,i,g,f,h,d,c,m,l,e).gtld-servers.net.
3
www.nstld.com.
nstld.com.
(c2,f2,d2,a2,g2,e2,l2).nstld.com.
We pick a.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about www.nstld.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask b.gtld-servers.net where we learn that nstld.com is delegated to seven name servers, including c2.nstld.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: