Security Rules: checking for null auth

2015-12-02T09:19:47

For each security rule, is it necessary to always check auth !== null? It seems redundant to have to do this for every child rule.

I checked Firebase's own Firechat security rules and the enforcement is not consistent at all. There are rules that use auth.uid but do not check for null auth.

What happens if auth is null and auth.uid is used in the rule?

And what is the recommended practice regarding checking auth !== null?

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