DNS delegation of root-servers.net updated: May 22, 2013 9:33:35 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
root-servers.net.
.
(e,j,k,c,h,a,l,g,f,d,m,b,i).root-servers.net.
2
root-servers.net.
net.
(a,d,i,f,l,k,g,b,h,m,j,c,e).gtld-servers.net.
3
root-servers.net.
root-servers.net.
(e,j,k,c,h,a,l,g,f,d,m,b,i).root-servers.net.
We pick e.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about root-servers.net and learn that net is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask a.gtld-servers.net where we learn that root-servers.net is delegated to 13 name servers, including e.root-servers.net (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
Root-servers.net is a domain controlled by 13 domain name servers at root-servers.net themselves having a total of 22 IP numbers. All 22 of them are on different IP networks.
