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Understanding the Metasploit structure
From the course: Metasploit Essential Training
Understanding the Metasploit structure
- [Instructor] So let's talk about the Metasploit structure. In order to understand the structure, you need to know the penetration testing lifecycle and how Metasploit fits into it. Metasploit is a penetration testing framework that helps you find and exploit vulnerabilities in systems. It gives you everything you need from scanners to third-party integrations that you will need throughout an entire penetration testing lifecycle. It includes reconnaissance, scanning, exploitation, privilege escalation and maintaining access. Metasploit offers you a few key components to find and exploit vulnerabilities on a network. This includes exploits, payloads, auxiliaries and so on, which are directly mapped to folders within the file system. Exploits are pieces of code that take advantage of a vulnerability in a system. A payload is a piece of code that runs through the exploit. Auxiliary modules help you perform custom functions…
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