DNS delegation of googlecom.net updated: May 25, 2013 8:38:25 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
googlecom.net.
.
(a,b,f,c,d,i,m,l,e,k,g,j,h).root-servers.net.
2
googlecom.net.
net.
(a,j,m,k,g,i,e,c,h,d,l,b,f).gtld-servers.net.
3
googlecom.net.
googlecom.net.
(ns3,ns1,ns4,ns2).google.com.
We pick a.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about googlecom.net and learn that net is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask a.gtld-servers.net where we learn that googlecom.net is delegated to four name servers, including ns3.google.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
