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Server Message Block

Server Message Block (SMB) is an application layer protocol primarily used for sharing files, printers, and so on. SMB uses TCP port 445 for communication.

Let's go through some of the following SMB auxiliaries:

smb_version: This auxiliary module probes the target to check which SMB version it's running.

Its auxiliary module name is auxiliary/scanner/smb/smb_version, and you will have to configure the following parameters:

- RHOSTS: IP address or IP range of the target to be scanned

smb_enumusers: This auxiliary module connects to the target system via the SMB RPC service and enumerates the users on the system. ...

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