To be a successful ethical hacker, you need to be good at gathering information. In this course, you'll explore the concept of enumeration, including what it is, how it's done, and the importance of the details gathered during this process. Next, you'll learn how to enumerate a target's useful or sensitive information using both SMB and NetBIOS. You'll move on to learn how you can use SNMP to access information about target systems. Finally, you'll explore the details of the LDAP protocol and some tools that use LDAP to help you enumerate your targets. This course is one in a series that helps to prepare you for the Certified Ethical Hacker v11 (312-50) exam.