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Add readme note for running TabPy unauthenticated.
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@@ -27,6 +27,18 @@ Consider reading TabPy documentation in the following order:
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* [Authoring Python calculations in Tableau](docs/TableauConfiguration.md).
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* [TabPy Tools](docs/tabpy-tools.md)
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Important security note:
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* By default, TabPy is configured without username/password authentication.
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We strongly advise using TabPy only with authentication enabled. For more
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information, see
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[TabPy Server Configuration Instructions](docs/server-config.md#authentication).
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Without authentication in place, if the TABPY_EVALUATE_ENABLE feature is
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enabled (as it is by default), there is the possibility that unauthenticated
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individuals could remotely execute code on the machine running TabPy.
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Leaving these two settings in their default states together is highly
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discouraged.
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Troubleshooting:
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* [TabPy Wiki](https://github.com/tableau/TabPy/wiki)

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