DNS delegation of dot.tk updated: May 25, 2013 2:18:56 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
dot.tk.
.
(l,d,k,f,a,m,g,j,i,b,e,c,h).root-servers.net.
2
dot.tk.
tk.
(b,d,a,c).ns.tk.
3
dot.tk.
dot.tk.
(ns4,ns2,ns1,ns3).dns.tk.
We pick l.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about dot.tk and learn that tk is delegated to four name servers (2), so we ask b.ns.tk where we learn that dot.tk is delegated to four name servers, including ns4.dns.tk (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
Dot.tk is a domain controlled by four domain name servers at dns.tk having a total of eight IP numbers. All eight of them are on different IP networks. Incoming mail for dot.tk is handled by one mail server at taloha.net. Dot.tk has one IP number (91.215.158.51), but the reverse is akauloa.proxy.taloha.net.