DNS delegation of st2.xhamster.com updated: May 25, 2013 8:40:15 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
st2.xhamster.com.
.
(d,m,e,a,c,b,h,j,k,i,l,f,g).root-servers.net.
2
st2.xhamster.com.
com.
(a,l,k,f,b,m,c,j,e,d,g,h,i).gtld-servers.net.
3
st2.xhamster.com.
xhamster.com.
(ns1,ns2).xhamster.com.
4
et2.xhamster.com.
xhamster.com.
(ns2,ns1).xhamster.com.
We pick d.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about st2.xhamster.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask a.gtld-servers.net where we learn that xhamster.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns1.xhamster.com (3), so we ask that one where we see a CNAME from st2.xhamster.com to et2.xhamster.com, so we have to start all over again. We already know that ns2.xhamster.com is authoritative for xhamster.com (4) and ask it about et2.xhamster.com and get the following answer: