defined number of generate requests. The selection of the trusted entropy sources is configured at build time using the --with-rand-seed option. The following sections explain the reseeding process in more detail.</p>

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

<p>Before satisfying a generate request (<a href="../man3/EVP_RAND_generate.html">EVP_RAND_generate(3)</a>), the DRBG reseeds itself automatically, if one of the following conditions holds:</p>

<p>- the DRBG was not instantiated (=seeded