A sort of computer attack known as active reconnaissance involves an intruder interacting with the targeted system to learn about its security flaws. This may be done manually or by automated testing using tools like ping, traceroute, netcat, etc.
What is reconnaissance?
The term "reconnaissance" refers to a collection of procedures and methods used to acquire and surreptitiously learn as much as possible about a target system, including enumeration, scanning, and footprinting. To find and steal sensitive information, reconnaissance is a crucial step.
The goal of a reconnaissance mission is to learn more about an enemy or potential enemy's actions and resources, as well as the meteorological, hydrographic, and geographic aspects of a certain region, by visual observation or other detection techniques.
The organization of network devices and services to meet client device connection requirements is referred to as network architecture.
Switches and routers are common examples of network hardware. Some examples of services include DNS and DHCP. Servers, client devices, and smart objects are examples of client devices.