Metasploit

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The Metasploit Project is a computer security project that provides information about security vulnerabilities and aids in penetration testing and IDS signature development. The framework is maintained by Rapid7 and the community. Its best-known sub-project is the open source Metasploit Framework, a tool for developing and executing exploit code against a remote target machine. Other important sub-projects include the Opcode Database, shellcode archive and related research. The Metasploit Project is well known for its anti-forensic and evasion tools, some of which are built into the Metasploit Framework.

Installation

Rapid7 recommends using the binary installer for the desired version. The installer comes with a guide that aims to help during the installation process. If someone wants to develop and contribute, there's a guide to set up a development enviroment.

Note
This guide makes the next assumptions:

You have a Debian-based Linux environment
You have a user that is not root. In this guide, we're using msfdev.
You have a GitHub account

USE flags

Cannot load package information. Is the atom net-analyzer/metasploit correct?

Emerge

Warning
On maintainer's words: Very delicate package

root #emerge --ask net-analyzer/metasploit

Configuration

Usage

Metasploit comes with its own CLI. For a detailed list of available commands refer to Offensive Security guide.

For a GUI, refer to Armitage project.

Removal

Unmerge

root #emerge --ask --depclean net-analyzer/metasploit

External resources

Downloads by version (official) - Metasploit's versions.
Metasploit unleashed - Offensive security's Metasploit course.
Rapid7 free tools - some free tools from Rapid7
Community's documentation - some comunnity's documentation
Armitage - Metasploit front-end UI

Metasploit

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