state is entered if the entropy source fails while the DRBG is seeding or reseeding. The last case ensures that the DRBG automatically recovers from the error as soon as the entropy source is available again.</p>

<h2 id="Manual-Reseeding">Manual Reseeding</h2>

<p>In addition to automatic reseeding, the caller can request an immediate reseeding of the DRBG with fresh entropy by setting the <i>prediction resistance</i> parameter to 1 when calling <a href="../man3/EVP_RAND_generate.html">EVP_RAND_generate(3)