Installing MSFC

In this section, we will look at Metasploit Community. This is a web GUI that uses Metasploit, but it has features other than exploiting vulnerabilities. It can be used to discover open ports, just like Zenmap, and install services, but it doesn't stop there. It also maps these ports and services to existing exploits in Metasploit and existing modules. From there you can literally exploit a vulnerability straight away using Metasploit. Let's see how we can use it, and it will become clearer what it can be used for.

The tool is not included in Kali Linux. We need to download it from https://www.rapid7.com/products/metasploit/metasploit-community-registration.jsp. We will also need to use our email address because we will need ...

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