Github user necouchman commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/incubator-guacamole-client/pull/183#discussion_r140645414
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guacamole-ext/src/main/java/org/apache/guacamole/properties/CipherGuacamoleProperty.java
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+package org.apache.guacamole.properties;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.IllegalArgumentException;
+import java.security.InvalidKeyException;
+import java.security.KeyFactory;
+import java.security.NoSuchAlgorithmException;
+import java.security.PrivateKey;
+import java.security.spec.InvalidKeySpecException;
+import java.security.spec.KeySpec;
+import java.security.spec.PKCS8EncodedKeySpec;
+import javax.crypto.Cipher;
+import javax.crypto.NoSuchPaddingException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.GuacamoleException;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.Environment;
+import org.apache.guacamole.environment.LocalEnvironment;
+
+/**
+ * A GuacamoleProperty whose value is derived from a private key file.
+ */
+public abstract class CipherGuacamoleProperty implements
GuacamoleProperty<Cipher> {
+
+ @Override
+ public Cipher parseValue(String value) throws GuacamoleException {
+
+ try {
+
+ final Environment environment = new LocalEnvironment();
+
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Absolute path is fine - I think there are a few other similar properties
(basic user mapping, even) that do that, so it isn't without precedent. I
guess it just seems like assuming it'll be in GUACAMOLE_HOME feels a little
cleaner from a configuration perspective - admins don't have to keep guessing
which properties assume absolutely paths and which are relative to
GUACAMOLE_HOME - but as long as it's properly documented it should be okay.
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