Local Host                |   Remote
                                                     |   Storage
                                                     |
                                                     |    +---------+
                                                     |   /         /|
                                                     |  +---------+ |
+-----------+ (1)      +----------+                  |  |         | |
|           |          |          |      (4)         |  | Record  | |
|Application|----------| Resolver |------------------|->| Storage | |
|           |<---------|          |<-----------------|--|         |/
+-----------+ (8)      +----------+      (5)         |  +---------+
                          A    A                     |
                          |    |    (6,7)            |
                    (2,3) |    +----------+          |
                          |               |          |
                          |               v          |
                       +---------+    +------------+ |
                      /   v     /|    | System DNS | |
                     +---------+ |    | Resolver   | |
                     |         | |    +------------+ |
                     |  Start  | |                   |
                     |  Zones  | |                   |
                     |         |/                    |
                     +---------+                     |