OpenSSH - how to make scp use certificates from ssh-agent

[Senyahnoj]

Hello. I am using OpenSSH on Windows 11.We are using private key/certificate based authentication (not public/private key auth). In Powershell we can use the ssh-add command to add an issued certificate to ssh-agent. (For background information we have an issuing authority which gives us short-lived certificates for authentication to our ssh hosts - great article here SSH Security Best Practices using Certificates, 2FA and Bastions (goteleport.com))Once added to ssh-agent (and entering our passphrase to unlock the private key), we can very simply ssh to a host system usingssh $user@$hostThis i

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