DNS delegation of googleemail.com updated: May 23, 2013 12:00:15 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
googleemail.com.
.
(m,k,c,h,b,i,d,f,g,a,l,j,e).root-servers.net.
2
googleemail.com.
com.
(e,k,l,a,j,d,b,h,c,i,g,f,m).gtld-servers.net.
3
googleemail.com.
googleemail.com.
(ns3,ns2,ns1,ns4).google.com.
We pick m.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about googleemail.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask e.gtld-servers.net where we learn that googleemail.com is delegated to four name servers, including ns3.google.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer:
