1. A method for generating a random output bit sequence in which a configuration of state machines is used, the method comprising: providing 2 n identically designed state machines which each include n state bits, each of the state machines always taking on a different state than the other ones of the state machines; supplying, via an input stage, an identical input signal to each of the state machines at an input end; generating, by each of the state machines, n signature bits, which together form a signature bit sequence, each of the state machines forming its respective n signature bits as a function of the respective state of the state machine; and generating the random output bit sequence by selecting, via at least one multiplexer, individual bits from the signature bit sequence of all of the state machines; wherein n is an integer greater than zero.