🎯 What You'll Learn
- Enumerate SMB, NFS and file services
- Probe mail, DNS and SNMP
- Footprint databases and remote-management services
- Build a service-driven attack plan
Overview
Behind every open port is a service with its own quirks and misconfigurations. This lab is a tour of the services you meet on almost every network and how to extract value from each.
Core Topics
- SMB/NFS enumeration
- SNMP and DNS
- Mail services
- Database footprinting
Prerequisites
A working KaliRange lab environment and comfort with the Linux command line.
Recommended Workflow
- Spin up the target in your KaliRange lab environment and confirm connectivity.
- Enumerate the target thoroughly before touching any exploit — information first.
- Reproduce each technique by hand so you understand why it works, not just the command.
- Capture evidence (commands, output, screenshots) as you go.
- Write a short note on how a defender would detect or prevent what you just did.
Only ever run these techniques against systems you own or have explicit written permission to test. Practise inside your own KaliRange lab.
Your Goal
Work through every task in your own lab, document your findings as you would on a real engagement, then note the defensive takeaways.
Ready to practise. Work through the steps above at your own pace, then move on to a related lab.