DNS delegation of root-servers.com updated: Jun 18, 2013 10:41:00 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
root-servers.com.
.
(b,k,g,f,a,i,h,l,d,e,m,c,j).root-servers.net.
2
root-servers.com.
com.
(l,d,a,m,j,k,g,e,b,c,f,i,h).gtld-servers.net.
3
root-servers.com.
root-servers.com.
(ns1,ns2).hostleasing.net.
We pick b.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about root-servers.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask l.gtld-servers.net where we learn that root-servers.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns1.hostleasing.net (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: