When we want to act on the information we've gathered using the tools both native to and outside of NetHunter, we typically start with a series of scans. To probe the target, we will use a series of tools designed to perform different types of scans, each designed to group the information using certain criteria. These scans will help us locate valid hosts to target, network structures, running services, and vulnerabilities. The scanning process further refines and processes the information we have gained from Chapter 3, Intelligence-gathering Tools, to provide you with a better understanding of the target as well as to help you pick areas to better carry out the enumeration process (more on that in Enumeration with NetHunter section).
Scanning can help us gather the following important information, which will prove useful in later in the exploitation process...
