DNS delegation of api.facebook.com updated: May 20, 2013 4:00:04 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
api.facebook.com.
.
(m,c,d,j,h,i,k,l,f,b,a,g,e).root-servers.net.
2
api.facebook.com.
com.
(e,c,d,a,g,m,b,f,i,k,l,h,j).gtld-servers.net.
3
api.facebook.com.
facebook.com.
(b,a).ns.facebook.com.
4
star.c10r.facebook.com.
facebook.com.
(b,a).ns.facebook.com.
5
star.c10r.facebook.com.
c10r.facebook.com.
(b,a).ns.c10r.facebook.com.
We pick m.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about api.facebook.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask e.gtld-servers.net where we learn that facebook.com is delegated to two name servers, including b.ns.facebook.com (3), so we ask that one where we see a CNAME from api.facebook.com to star.c10r.facebook.com, so we have to start all over again. We already know that b.ns.facebook.com is authoritative for facebook.com (4) and ask it about star.c10r.facebook.com and learn that c10r.facebook.com is delegated to two name servers (5), so we ask b.ns.c10r.facebook.com and get the following answer: