I created an issue for this in the tls13 repo so that we can settle on whether 
or not we need to change.

spt

> On Jul 28, 2016, at 10:59, Benjamin Kaduk <bka...@akamai.com> wrote:
> 
> Jeff Hodges came up with a slightly different proposed rewording at
> https://www.ietf.org/mail-archive/web/tls/current/msg19092.html the last time 
> this came up, which apparently was just a mail on the list and not an erratum 
> submission.
> 
> -Ben
> 
> On 07/26/2016 08:40 PM, RFC Errata System wrote:
>> The following errata report has been submitted for RFC5246,
>> "The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2".
>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> You may review the report below and at:
>> 
>> http://www.rfc-editor.org/errata_search.php?rfc=5246&eid=4750
>> 
>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> Type: Editorial
>> Reported by: Adrien de Croy 
>> <adr...@qbik.com>
>> 
>> 
>> Section: 4.3 Vectors
>> 
>> Original Text
>> -------------
>> The length of
>>    an encoded vector must be an even multiple of the length of a single
>>    element (for example, a 17-byte vector of uint16 would be illegal).
>> 
>> Corrected Text
>> --------------
>> The length of
>>    an encoded vector must be a whole multiple of the length of a single
>>    element (for example, a 17-byte vector of uint16 would be illegal).
>> 
>> Notes
>> -----
>> Original text implies vectors can only contain even (0,2,4,6,8...) numbers 
>> of elements.  The example does not resolve this but indicates the intent is 
>> that parts of elements are not allowed. It is clear from other examples that 
>> odd numbers of elements are permitted.
>> 
>> Instructions:
>> -------------
>> This erratum is currently posted as "Reported". If necessary, please
>> use "Reply All" to discuss whether it should be verified or
>> rejected. When a decision is reached, the verifying party (IESG)
>> can log in to change the status and edit the report, if necessary. 
>> 
>> --------------------------------------
>> RFC5246 (draft-ietf-tls-rfc4346-bis-10)
>> --------------------------------------
>> Title               : The Transport Layer Security (TLS) Protocol Version 1.2
>> Publication Date    : August 2008
>> Author(s)           : T. Dierks, E. Rescorla
>> Category            : PROPOSED STANDARD
>> Source              : Transport Layer Security
>> Area                : Security
>> Stream              : IETF
>> Verifying Party     : IESG
>> 
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