SSH.NET Authenticate via private key only (public key authentication)

Question

Attempting to authenticate via username and privatekey only using the current SSH.NET library. I cannot get the password from the user so this is out of the question.

Answer 1

to perform private key authentication, you will also need the passphrase, which together with the private key, will allow authentication.
What is really needed is for RenciSSH to get with the times and write a publickeyauthentication method.