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I will never understand why basic authentication in ES was locked behind a X-Pack license. That's always seemed absolutely bonkers to me.

• vageli 7y ago
  > I will never understand why basic authentication in ES was locked behind a X-Pack license. That's always seemed absolutely bonkers to me. Security is an enterprise feature. Dealing with this now trying to enable SAML in a few SaaS apps, for example.
  • tyingq 7y ago
    It's not just locked behind the X-Pack...if you choose a trial, it works. Then, when the trial expires, poof...it's wide open. Surely there's a better way to handle that.
    • user5994461 7y ago
      As horrible at it sounds, it's just business. Large companies have a checklist that databases MUST be protected by authentication, so they always pay for the enterprise edition just to get authentication, and corollary the only way as a software editor to get money is to have authentication behind a pay wall.
      • tyingq 7y ago
        Sure, but fail "circuit open", not closed.
    • neurostimulant 7y ago
      Wow is this true? Instead of disabling access or shut down the db server they simply removed authentication and left the db wide open when trial expires?
      • tyingq 7y ago
        Was true in 2017. It has apparently been fixed since.