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Metasploit for Beginners

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Product type Book
Published in Jul 2017
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788295970
Pages 190 pages
Edition 1st Edition
Languages
Author (1):
Sagar Rahalkar Sagar Rahalkar
Profile icon Sagar Rahalkar

Table of Contents (11) Chapters

Preface 1. Introduction to Metasploit and Supporting Tools 2. Setting up Your Environment 3. Metasploit Components and Environment Configuration 4. Information Gathering with Metasploit 5. Vulnerability Hunting with Metasploit 6. Client-side Attacks with Metasploit 7. Web Application Scanning with Metasploit 8. Antivirus Evasion and Anti-Forensics 9. Cyber Attack Management with Armitage 10. Extending Metasploit and Exploit Development

Playing around with msfconsole

Now that we have a basic understanding of the structure of the Metasploit Framework, let's get started with the basics of msfconsole practically.

The msfconsole is nothing but a simple command-line interface of the Metasploit Framework. Though msfconsole may appear a bit complex initially, it is the easiest and most flexible way to interact with the Metasploit Framework. We'll use msfconsole for interacting with the Metasploit framework throughout the course of this book.

Some of the Metasploit editions do offer GUI and a web-based interface. However, from a learning perspective, it's always recommended to master the command-line console of the Metasploit Framework that is msfconsole.

Let's look at some of the msfconsole commands:

  • The banner command: The banner command is a very simple command used to display the Metasploit Framework...
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