what the "scope" disagreement is about

[Keith Moore]

> The reason I
> occasionally pick on DNS is that it is a service that is explicitly out
> of step with the way the network is deployed and run. The participants
> in the area know that because they ship or run products that go beyond
> the IETF specs to deal with the reality they find themselves in. 

how is this any different than IP?  IP router vendors ship and run products
that go beyond the IETF specs for IP routing, and which violate the
architectural assumptions of transparency and separation between layers.  that
doesn't however mean that such practices are appropriate for every situation
or that they should be made standard.