Metasploit Toolkit for Penetration Testing, Exploit Development, and Vulnerability Research

Appendix A

Advantages of Network Vulnerability Testing with Metasploit 3.0

Solutions in this chapter:

 Vulnerability Scanning

 How Metasploit Gives Sys Admins a Vulnerability-Testing Advantage

Introduction

Metasploit offers a wealth of security information. It’s not just about exploits—it’s a complete framework for network security. Most users’ experience with Metasploit involves targeting a specific machine with a specific vulnerability for purposes like penetration testing, but these users never consider employing Metasploit in a wide-scale ...