DNS delegation of wwww.taged.com updated: May 19, 2013 10:25:13 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
wwww.taged.com.
.
(h,a,b,j,g,f,d,l,c,i,m,k,e).root-servers.net.
2
wwww.taged.com.
com.
(k,b,f,e,l,j,c,a,d,i,g,h,m).gtld-servers.net.
3
wwww.taged.com.
taged.com.
(ns2,ns1).pql.net.
4
taged.com.
taged.com.
(ns1,ns2).pql.net.
We pick h.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about wwww.taged.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask k.gtld-servers.net where we learn that taged.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns2.pql.net (3), so we ask that one where we see a CNAME from wwww.taged.com to taged.com, so we have to start all over again. We already know that ns1.pql.net is authoritative for taged.com (4) and ask it about taged.com and get the following answer: