PircDef commented on a change in pull request #319: ACCUMULO-4737 Clean up 
cipher algorithm configuration
URL: https://github.com/apache/accumulo/pull/319#discussion_r149473710
 
 

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 File path: core/src/main/java/org/apache/accumulo/core/conf/Property.java
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 @@ -48,10 +48,18 @@
       "Fully qualified class name of the class that implements the 
CryptoModule interface, to be used in setting up encryption at rest for the WAL 
and "
           + "(future) other parts of the code."),
   @Experimental
-  CRYPTO_CIPHER_SUITE("crypto.cipher.suite", "NullCipher", 
PropertyType.STRING, "Describes the cipher suite to use for the write-ahead 
log"),
+  CRYPTO_CIPHER_SUITE("crypto.cipher.suite", "NullCipher", PropertyType.STRING,
+      "Describes the cipher suite to use for rfile encryption. If a WAL cipher 
suite is not set, it will default to this value. The suite should be in the "
+          + "form of algorithm/mode/padding, e.g. AES/CBC/NoPadding"),
   @Experimental
-  CRYPTO_CIPHER_ALGORITHM_NAME("crypto.cipher.algorithm.name", "NullCipher", 
PropertyType.STRING,
-      "States the name of the algorithm used in the corresponding cipher 
suite. Do not make these different, unless you enjoy mysterious exceptions and 
bugs."),
+  CRYPTO_WAL_CIPHER_SUITE(
+      "crypto.wal.cipher.suite",
+      "NullCipher",
+      PropertyType.STRING,
+      "Describes the cipher suite to use for the write-ahead log. Defaults to 
'cyrpto.cipher.suite' and will use that value for WAL encryption unless 
otherwise specified."),
+  @Experimental
+  CRYPTO_CIPHER_KEY_ALGORITHM_NAME("crypto.cipher.key.algorithm.name", 
"NullCipher", PropertyType.STRING,
+      "States the name of the algorithm used for the key for the corresponding 
cipher suite. The key type must be compatible with the cipher suite."),
 
 Review comment:
   If the key name is not set, but the cipher suite is, then the key will try 
to be initialized with a null value, which causes an InvalidKeyException

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