DNS delegation of www5.tucows.com updated: Jun 19, 2013 9:19:58 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
www5.tucows.com.
.
(c,j,f,g,l,k,a,m,d,e,i,b,h).root-servers.net.
2
www5.tucows.com.
com.
(j,m,g,b,h,e,a,k,c,l,i,d,f).gtld-servers.net.
3
www5.tucows.com.
tucows.com.
(ns2,ns1,ns3).tucows.com.
We pick c.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about www5.tucows.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask j.gtld-servers.net where we learn that tucows.com is delegated to three name servers, including ns2.tucows.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
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