DNS delegation of dns.terra.com updated: May 21, 2013 9:33:43 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
dns.terra.com.
.
(c,d,h,f,b,k,j,e,m,a,i,l,g).root-servers.net.
2
dns.terra.com.
com.
(l,m,k,c,e,f,i,j,b,h,g,d,a).gtld-servers.net.
3
dns.terra.com.
terra.com.
(ns4,ns3,ns5).terra.com.
We pick c.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about dns.terra.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask l.gtld-servers.net where we learn that terra.com is delegated to three name servers, including ns4.terra.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: