What is the most secure seed for random number generation?

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What are the most secure sources of entropy to seed a random number generator? This question is language and platform independent and applies to any machine on a network. Ideally I'm looking for sources available to a machine in a cloud environment or server provided by a hosting company.

There are two important weaknesses to keep in mind. The use of time for sending a random number generator is a violation of CWE-337. The use of a small seed space would be a violation of CWE-339.

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