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Title: Clarify linked CA requires Step CA Pro by tashian · Pull Request #489 · smallstep/docs · GitHub

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Description: Summary Update docs to clarify that linked CA functionality is now available exclusively through Step CA Pro Changes "hosted or linked authority" references to "hosted authority (or linked via Ste...

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