Add flag to disable Basic Auth.

[fernandocarletti]

This is an excerpt from @valdisrigdon's PR #4799, Since the source branch was removed and the work in the PR appears to be stopped. It adds a flag to remove the basic authentication as requested on #290.

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[fernandocarletti]

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[mikesplain]

/ok-to-test

[chrisz100]

I’ve been waiting for this, thanks!

/lgtm

[fernandocarletti]

@justinsb & @chrisz100 I just rebased it to fix the conflicts. Shall we merge it?

[chrisz100]

Good to go from my POV. Unsure if we shouldn't wait for after 1.11 is stable?
@mikesplain what do you think?

/lgtm

[chrisz100]

/area security

[fernandocarletti]

Just my two cents here, the original PR (#4799) was already set to the 1.10 milestone, but due to the abandonment, it wasn't released. Also, RBAC is enabled by default, so I don't think there is anything risky in here, specially when the flag is just to disable it, so by default Basic Auth is still enabled.

[chrisz100]

It’s more about the risk of this breaking the application or introducing more bugs. But it’s fine to make 1.11 from my side.

[justinsb]

I'm a little uneasy to introduce a flag that deviates from the kubernetes flags, but we can do it and eventually it will just be the default. (And because these options map to kubernetes flags, which are themselves frequently deprecated / changing, these are considered "power options" anyway)

So: It does make things more secure, and while I'd like to make it the default, this is a good first step. And by creating the flag, we minimize the risk of breaking anyone.

/approve

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