Undertow with proactive-authentication=false still attempts authentication and gives 401 response for unsecured pages with Elytron EAP 7.1

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Issue

  • Undertow attempt authentication for unsecured pages when request header has Authorization: Basic "anystring".

Environment

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application 7.1
    • proactive-authentication=false in Undertow
    • Elytron for authentication/authorization

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