[sgt]

I am just worries that things like 3rd parties integrating with your Kafka broker will stop working or experience issues. Also, I wonder if SASL_SSL is implemented exactly the same way etc.

[agallego]

hi @sgt - yup SASL_SSL due to the client protos have to be compatible, including the hack you are thinking of.

from a user perspective, existing SASL + SSL + SCRAM will be released next wednesday - so no code changes.