NETWORK ENUMERATION

Enumeration helps identify a user account or system account for potential use in hacking the target system.

• It isn’t necessary to find a system administrator account, because most account privileges can be escalated to allow the account more access than was previously granted.
• Enumeration involves active connections to systems and directed queries.
• The type of information enumerated by intruders:
  * Network resources and shares
  * Users and groups
  * Applications and banners