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The Complete Metasploit Guide

By : Sagar Rahalkar, Nipun Jaswal
Book Image

The Complete Metasploit Guide

By: Sagar Rahalkar, Nipun Jaswal

Overview of this book

Most businesses today are driven by their IT infrastructure, and the tiniest crack in this IT network can bring down the entire business. Metasploit is a pentesting network that can validate your system by performing elaborate penetration tests using the Metasploit Framework to secure your infrastructure. This Learning Path introduces you to the basic functionalities and applications of Metasploit. Throughout this book, you’ll learn different techniques for programming Metasploit modules to validate services such as databases, fingerprinting, and scanning. You’ll get to grips with post exploitation and write quick scripts to gather information from exploited systems. As you progress, you’ll delve into real-world scenarios where performing penetration tests are a challenge. With the help of these case studies, you’ll explore client-side attacks using Metasploit and a variety of scripts built on the Metasploit Framework. By the end of this Learning Path, you’ll have the skills required to identify system vulnerabilities by using thorough testing. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: Metasploit for Beginners by Sagar Rahalkar Mastering Metasploit - Third Edition by Nipun Jaswal
Table of Contents (28 chapters)
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Summary and exercises

Throughout this chapter, we introduced the phases involved in penetration testing. We also saw how we can set up Metasploit and conduct a penetration test on the network. We recalled the basic functionalities of Metasploit as well. We also looked at the benefits of using databases in Metasploit and pivoting to internal systems with Metasploit.

Having completed this chapter, we are equipped with the following:

  • Knowledge of the phases of a penetration test
  • The benefits of using databases in Metasploit
  • The basics of the Metasploit framework
  • Knowledge of the workings of exploits and auxiliary modules
  • Knowledge of pivoting to internal networks and configuring routes to them
  • Understanding of the approach to penetration testing with Metasploit

The primary goal of this chapter was to get you familiar with penetration test phases and the basics of Metasploit. This...