This is one of the most frequently asked ethical hacker interview questions for freshers in recent times. Enumeration is the primary phase of ethical hacking, which is information gathering. In this phase, the attacker builds an active connection with the victim, tries to gain as much information as possible to find out the weaknesses or vulnerabilities in the system, and attempts to exploit the system further.  Enumeration collects information about:  Network shares  Passwords policies lists  IP tables  SNMP data, if they are not secured properly  Usernames of different systems