Profiling a target system

Profiling your target systems is important as it helps you determine the running operating system and the service pack level. By understanding the operating system version, you'll be able to search for and discover security vulnerabilities on those systems, and even create exploits and payloads that have been specifically crafted to work on the target's operating system. Additionally, when profiling a target, you'll be able to identify the service versions of open service ports. Such information will be useful as there are many systems within organizations that run outdated and vulnerable applications. These vulnerable services can be exploited by a penetration tester during a penetration test engagement.

To get started with this exercise, please use the following instructions:

1. Ensure Kali Linux, Metasploitable 2, and Metasploitable 3 are powered on.
2. On Kali Linux, use Nmap to identify the operating system, service versions,...