In this chapter, we will describe the process of discovering devices on a target network using various tools in Kali Linux, as well as other tools available from GitHub. We will be looking into the following topics:

• A description of the target-discovery process
• The method used to identify target machines using the tools in Kali Linux
• The steps required to find the operating systems of the target machines (operating system fingerprinting)
• Automated scanning with Striker
• Anonymization with Nipe

To help you understand these concepts easily, we will use a virtual network as the target network.