draft-ietf-calsify-rfc2447bis-02.txt says in Section 3 ("Security Considerations"):
It is possible to receive iMIP messages sent by someone working on
behalf of another "Calendar User". This is determined by examining
the "sent-by" parameter in the relevant "ORGANIZER" or "ATTENDEE"
property. [iCAL] and [iTIP] provide no mechanism to verify that a
"Calendar User" has authorized someone else to work on their behalf.
To address this security issue, implementations MUST provide
mechanisms for the "Calendar Users" to make that decision before
applying changes from someone working on behalf of a "Calendar
User".
This is hand waving, as the document doesn't describe any way of achieving this
MUST. So the text should either be changed to remove normative requirement, or
at least give some pointers on how to do this.
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