Throughout this chapter, we covered scanning extensively over various types of services such as databases, FTP, HTTP, SNMP, NetBIOS, SSL, and more. We looked at how the stuff works for developing custom modules and dismantled some library functions and modules. This chapter will help you answer the following set of questions:
- How do you scan FTP, SNMP, SSL, MSSQL, NetBIOS, and various other services with Metasploit?
- Why is it necessary to scan both TCP and UDP ports?
- How can a Metasploit module be edited inline for fun and profit?
- How are various libraries added to Metasploit modules?
- Where do you look for functions used in a Metasploit module to build a new module?
- What is the format of a Metasploit module?
- How do you print status, information, and error messages in Metasploit modules?
You can try the following self-paced exercises to learn more about the scanners:
- Try executing system commands through MSSQL using the credentials found in the tests
- Try finding a vulnerable...