diff --git a/op-signer/app.go b/op-signer/app.go
index 50c8b561..380e58dd 100644
--- a/op-signer/app.go
+++ b/op-signer/app.go
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ func (s *SignerApp) initMetrics(cfg *Config) error {
 
 func (s *SignerApp) initRPC(cfg *Config) error {
 	var httpOptions = []httputil.Option{}
+	var authMiddleware oprpc.Middleware
 
 	if cfg.TLSConfig.Enabled {
 		caCert, err := os.ReadFile(cfg.TLSConfig.TLSCaCert)
@@ -141,8 +142,13 @@ func (s *SignerApp) initRPC(cfg *Config) error {
 		}
 
 		httpOptions = append(httpOptions, httputil.WithServerTLS(serverTlsConfig))
+
+		// Set the auth middleware to the default auth middleware
+		authMiddleware = service.NewAuthMiddleware()
 	} else {
-		s.log.Warn("TLS disabled. This is insecure and only supported for local development. Please enable TLS in production environments!")
+		s.log.Warn("TLS disabled. This disables authentication and is INSECURE! Please enable TLS in production environments!")
+		s.log.Info("Using anonymous authentication. You must explicitly set the 'auth[].name' config field to 'anonymous' to allow unauthenticated anonymous usage.")
+		authMiddleware = service.NewAnonMiddleware()
 	}
 
 	rpcCfg := cfg.RPCConfig
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ func (s *SignerApp) initRPC(cfg *Config) error {
 			Host:       rpcCfg.ListenAddr,
 			Port:       rpcCfg.ListenPort,
 			RpcOptions: []oprpc.Option{
-				oprpc.WithMiddleware(service.NewAuthMiddleware()),
+				oprpc.WithMiddleware(authMiddleware),
 				oprpc.WithHTTPRecorder(opmetrics.NewPromHTTPRecorder(s.registry, "signer")),
 				oprpc.WithLogger(s.log),
 			},
diff --git a/op-signer/provider/config.go b/op-signer/provider/config.go
index 64182060..03760d5a 100644
--- a/op-signer/provider/config.go
+++ b/op-signer/provider/config.go
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ func ReadConfig(path string) (ProviderConfig, error) {
 	}
 
 	if !config.ProviderType.IsValid() {
-		return config, fmt.Errorf("invalid provider '%s' in config. Must be 'AWS', 'GCP', or 'LOCAL'", config.ProviderType)
+		providerTypesStr := GetAllProviderTypesString()
+		return config, fmt.Errorf("invalid provider '%s' in config. Must be %s", config.ProviderType, providerTypesStr)
 	}
 
 	for _, authConfig := range config.Auth {
diff --git a/op-signer/provider/provider.go b/op-signer/provider/provider.go
index 0a0137e8..4e0f38e7 100644
--- a/op-signer/provider/provider.go
+++ b/op-signer/provider/provider.go
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ package provider
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
+	"slices"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/log"
 )
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ type SignatureProvider interface {
 	GetPublicKey(ctx context.Context, keyName string) ([]byte, error)
 }
 
-// ProviderType represents the provider for the key management service
+// ProviderType represents the provider for the key management service.
 type ProviderType string
 
 const (
@@ -22,14 +24,28 @@ const (
 	KeyProviderLocal ProviderType = "LOCAL"
 )
 
+func GetAllProviderTypes() []ProviderType {
+	return []ProviderType{KeyProviderAWS, KeyProviderGCP, KeyProviderLocal}
+}
+
+// GetAllProviderTypesString returns a string of all the provider types separated
+// by commas and wrapped in single quotes. This is useful for logging the available
+// provider types.
+func GetAllProviderTypesString() string {
+	types := GetAllProviderTypes()
+	result := make([]string, len(types))
+	for i, t := range types {
+		result[i] = string(t)
+	}
+	if len(result) == 1 {
+		return result[0]
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("'%s' or '%s'", strings.Join(result[:len(result)-1], "', '"), result[len(result)-1])
+}
+
 // IsValid checks if the KeyProvider value is valid
 func (k ProviderType) IsValid() bool {
-	switch k {
-	case KeyProviderAWS, KeyProviderGCP, KeyProviderLocal:
-		return true
-	default:
-		return false
-	}
+	return slices.Contains(GetAllProviderTypes(), k)
 }
 
 // NewSignatureProvider creates a new SignatureProvider based on the provider type
diff --git a/op-signer/service/auth.go b/op-signer/service/auth.go
index ffba405c..ea800512 100644
--- a/op-signer/service/auth.go
+++ b/op-signer/service/auth.go
@@ -38,6 +38,21 @@ func NewAuthMiddleware() oprpc.Middleware {
 	}
 }
 
+// NewAnonMiddleware is a middleware that sets the client info to "anonymous". This is applied when mTLS is disabled to
+// ensure a value is set for the ClientInfo.ClientName, but should only be used for local development. This effectively
+// disables authentication.
+func NewAnonMiddleware() oprpc.Middleware {
+	return func(next http.Handler) http.Handler {
+		return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			clientInfo := ClientInfo{
+				ClientName: "anonymous",
+			}
+			ctx := context.WithValue(r.Context(), clientInfoContextKey{}, clientInfo)
+			next.ServeHTTP(w, r.WithContext(ctx))
+		})
+	}
+}
+
 func ClientInfoFromContext(ctx context.Context) ClientInfo {
 	info, _ := ctx.Value(clientInfoContextKey{}).(ClientInfo)
 	return info