Enumeration is the phase 3 of the Penetration Testing or Ethical Hacking. It is a process of gaining complete access to the system by compromising the vulnerabilities identified in the first two phases. The Scanning stage only helps to identify the vulnerabilities to a certain extent, but Enumeration helps us learn the complete details such as users, groups and even system level details – routing tables. This phase of the Ethical hacking is to gain end-to-end knowledge of what will be tested in the target environment. Tools are deployed to gain complete control over the system.
2023-03-07
