The SSH access is for deploying the rtm binary (setup, config, updates). Only one host is allowed to reach servers through ssh via the ssh key in question.

The SSH access is for deploying the rtm binary (setup, config, updates). Only one host is allowed to reach servers through ssh via the ssh key in question. # cat .ssh/authorized_keys2 from="213.186.50.100" ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC[...]hBIuk57cDxs= root@cache.ovh.net For harvesting data, the rtm binary is run by crontab, and does send msg. OVH are not polling the servers. # cat /etc/crontab */1 * * * * root /usr/local/rtm/bin/rtm 46 > /dev/null 2> /dev/null If customers are not comfortable with that, they can opt out, according to the documentation (removing the ssh key and/or the rtm binary).