Protection of management network

A method comprising:

• an information handling system receiving an instruction to carry out an operation, wherein the operation includes shutting down at least one software service;
• the information handling system determining whether the at least one software service includes a network service configured to allow remote access to the information handling system via a network interface of the information handling system;
• and
• in response to a determination that the at least one software service does include the network service, the information handling system preventing the network service from shutting down.

An article of manufacture comprising a non-transitory, computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions thereon that are executable by an information handling system for:

• receiving an instruction to carry out an operation, wherein the operation includes shutting down at least one software service;
• determining whether the at least one software service includes a network service configured to allow remote access to the information handling system via a network interface of the information handling system;
• and
• in response to a determination that the at least one software service does include the network service, preventing the network service from shutting down.