@@ -98,8 +98,13 @@ What's new in ppp-2.5.3
9898 are no longer functional, and just cause an error message to
9999 be printed.
100100
101- * There is now a dhcpv6relay plugin, which provides a DHCPv6
102- relay for the local system inside pppd.
101+ * There is now a dhcpv6relay plugin, which can be used to provide
102+ IPv6 RAs to the remote side and relay the subsequent incoming
103+ DHCPv6 requests to a DHCPv6 server. Note: This is to delegate
104+ IPv6 to the remote side, not to configure IPv6 locally; in other
105+ words, this is generally only useful for service providers.
106+ For configuring IPv6 at an endpoint, projects like dhcpcd
107+ and/or radvd may be useful.
103108
104109* VRF (Virtual Routing and Forwarding) support has been added
105110 to pppd on Linux. There is now a 'vrf' option which tells
@@ -108,14 +113,16 @@ What's new in ppp-2.5.3
108113 the main routing table.
109114
110115* The pppoe (PPP over ethernet) plugin now supports maximum
111- packet sizes greater than 1492 bytes if configured to do so
112- and the server agrees.
116+ packet sizes greater than 1492 bytes if configured to do so,
117+ a larger size is agreed upon during the PPPoE negotiation,
118+ and the peer agrees.
113119
114120* CBCP (Callback control protocol) support can still be selected
115121 at configuration time, but now a warning message will be
116122 printed, warning that CBCP support will be removed in a
117123 future version. If you use CBCP in pppd, let the maintainer
118- know.
124+ know, for example by adding to the issue at:
125+ https://github.com/ppp-project/ppp/issues/530
119126
120127* Various other bug fixes and minor enhancements.
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