LDAP enumeration
The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) is used to query a database or directory type of service. A common example is a corporate environment with an Active Directory (AD) server that manages the user accounts of the entire organization. End devices such as desktop computers need to query the AD server each time a user is attempting to log in to that desktop computer.
LDAP uses port 389 by default; however, packets are sent across the network in plaintext. Additionally, using LDAPS (LDAP Secure) ensures that the information sent between a client and the LDAP server is encrypted by default; LDAPS uses port 636 by default. We can use Nmap to scan for devices on a network that has ports 389 and 636 open.
We can use ...
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