| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | us-bcp.mail.am0.yahoodns.net. | . | (m,j,f,b,g,i,a,h,e,d,c,k,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | us-bcp.mail.am0.yahoodns.net. | net. | (l,g,d,f,h,k,b,i,m,c,e,j,a).gtld-servers.net. |
| 3 | us-bcp.mail.am0.yahoodns.net. | yahoodns.net. | (ns2,ns3,ns1,ns4,ns5).yahoo.com. |
| 4 | us-bcp.mail.am0.yahoodns.net. | am0.yahoodns.net. | (yf2,yf1).yahoo.com. |
We pick