> @gregsfortytwo said:
> Any particular reason to do this in the Pipe directly instead of at the beginning of the CephX functions?

@somnathr said:
> No, but shouldn't it be the responsibility of the caller to invoke it only when the config option says so ?

Well, we can either make it a precondition of calling sign_message(), or we can have sign_message() check the flag for you. I know which of those sounds like less cognitive load!