Reject.  The text refers to the output of the AEAD.  The contents of the
"aead-cipher struct" are the inputs.
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 2:17 AM RFC Errata System
<[email protected]>
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/eid5352

> --------------------------------------
> Type: Technical
> Reported by: Loic Etienne <[email protected]>

> Section: 6.2.3.3.

> Original Text
> -------------
> struct {
>      opaque nonce_explicit[SecurityParameters.record_iv_length];
>      aead-ciphered struct {
>          opaque content[TLSCompressed.length];
>      };
> } GenericAEADCipher;

> Corrected Text
> --------------
> struct {
>      opaque nonce_explicit[SecurityParameters.record_iv_length];
>      aead-ciphered struct {
>          opaque content[TLSCiphertext.length];
>      };
> } GenericAEADCipher;

> Notes
> -----
> 6.2.3.3. says: "The aead_output consists of the ciphertext output by the
AEAD encryption operation. The length will generally be larger than
TLSCompressed.length, [...]".

> The definition is duplicated at A.1., and needs the same adjustment.

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> --------------------------------------
> 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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