DNS delegation of winsite.com updated: May 26, 2013 7:31:51 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
winsite.com.
.
(e,l,h,f,i,k,c,j,g,a,b,m,d).root-servers.net.
2
winsite.com.
com.
(g,h,l,m,a,k,c,f,b,i,d,e,j).gtld-servers.net.
3
winsite.com.
winsite.com.
(ns2,ns1).winsite.com.
We pick e.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about winsite.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask g.gtld-servers.net where we learn that winsite.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns2.winsite.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: