The resolving algorithm (simpl’d)
Parse Query
Lookup
Match?
Answer
Yes?
No?
NS?
Yes?
Referral
No?
SOA?
Yes?
Answer
NXDOMAIN
No?
Wildcard?
Yes?
Answer
No?
Strip leftmost
label
Empty?
No?
Yes?
Server failure
Lookup
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