DNS delegation of mail.hilton.com updated: May 24, 2013 6:38:38 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
mail.hilton.com.
.
(m,c,a,b,f,g,h,d,j,i,l,e,k).root-servers.net.
2
mail.hilton.com.
com.
(e,m,d,g,c,f,a,l,i,h,b,j,k).gtld-servers.net.
3
mail.hilton.com.
hilton.com.
ns1.nycl.twtelecom.net. ns1.chrl.twtelecom.net.
We pick m.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about mail.hilton.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask e.gtld-servers.net where we learn that hilton.com is delegated to two name servers, including ns1.nycl.twtelecom.net (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: