Sometimes people don't have choice - it's colocation, dc doesn't offer management vpn/firewalling, you can't install separate vpn router unless you pay for anot

Sometimes people don't have choice - it's colocation, dc doesn't offer management vpn/firewalling, you can't install separate vpn router unless you pay for another unit in a rack. And iLO/LOM/WTF at least offers https... what can you do? Well, some people call dc to have their LOs (un-)plugged for maintenance time.