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Bharat Viswanadham commented on KAFKA-3567: ------------------------------------------- [~ewencp] But it is really helpful when using kerberos, as it is mandatory to use protocol when all brokers are using SASL, so it will be helpful for users to know about this option. It will be helpful for beginners, as i see many new beginners using Kafka miss this. So, that is the reason for having this option. > Add --security-protocol option to console consumer and producer > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > Key: KAFKA-3567 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/KAFKA-3567 > Project: Kafka > Issue Type: Improvement > Affects Versions: 0.9.0.0 > Reporter: Sriharsha Chintalapani > Assignee: Bharat Viswanadham > Labels: needs-kip > -- This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.3.4#6332)