loadX509KeyPair := func(certFile, keyFile string) (tls.Certificate, error) {
				// Manually load the certificate and private key into memory.
				// We need to check whether the private key is encrypted, and
				// if so, decrypt it using the user-provided password.
				certBytes, err := os.ReadFile(certFile)
				if err != nil {
					return tls.Certificate{}, fmt.Errorf("Unable to load KES client certificate as specified by the shell environment: %v", err)