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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)
Title Page

Summary

In this chapter, we have seen how the Metasploit Framework is structured and some common console commands. In the next chapter, we'll practically start using the Metasploit Framework for performing information gathering and enumeration on our target systems. For using most modules within the Metasploit Framework, remember the following sequence:

  1. Use the use command to select the required Metasploit module.
  2. Use the show options command to list what all variables are required in order to execute the selected module.
  3. Use the set command to set the values for required variables.
  4. Use the run command to execute the module with the variables configured earlier.