# Problem shield - kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-shield-kibana/40954>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-security\
**Created:** [February 4, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-shield-kibana/40954 "2016-02-04T11:58:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Massimo\_Carro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@Massimo\_Carro](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Massimo_Carro)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2016, 8:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/problem-shield-kibana/40954/3 "2016-02-05T08:51:46Z")

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I've not configured to use ssl.  
If I insert shield.encryptionKey kibana ask me to insert info for ssl authentication, but I've not said kibana to use ssl and neither to elasticsearch.

How can I check really that kibana doesn't use ssl? because seems that is use it...I'm just a bit confused

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