if spok {
		// Looks like subpolicy is set and is a string, if set then its
		// base64 encoded, decode it. Decoding fails reject such
		// requests.
		spBytes, err := base64.StdEncoding.DecodeString(sp)
		if err != nil {
			// Base64 decoding fails, we should log to indicate
			// something is malforming the request sent by client.
			authNLogIf(GlobalContext, err, logger.ErrorKind)