[openssl-project] Entropy seeding the DRBG

[Salz, Rich]

I had not realized that we just increased the “entropy” requirements by 50%, from 256 to 384. The original DRBG submission that I did only required 128 bits.  I think that is wrong, and I think the PR that did it (#5503) should be reverted.

I am concerned that we are trying to meet requirements that we really don’t have.  The original code was a huge improvement.

Requiring 384 bits of random seed is silly.  I think it is ridiculous.  One way or another we HAVE to fix that before the release.

Thoughts?

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