Github user Parth-Brahmbhatt commented on the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/storm/pull/448#issuecomment-76764354
We should fail close, however currently if the acl authorizer is no set we
fail open. Not sure why did we make that choice but I did not want alternating
behavior. My personal preference is to fail close on any potential security
configuration mistake.
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