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| author | Marco Bonetti <sid77@slackware.it> | 2010-05-13 00:36:29 +0200 |
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| committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-05-13 00:36:29 +0200 |
| commit | ba584d77f79b3431a1937673f1b269d519b0c225 (patch) | |
| tree | 3afe469a22f78bcc46085c0fbb9b53d2b031cbde /network/framework/README | |
| parent | 6d38d71586879b8bf10edce47d52a75ff59296bd (diff) | |
| download | slackbuilds-ba584d77f79b3431a1937673f1b269d519b0c225.tar.gz | |
network/framework: Updated for version 3.3.2
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diff --git a/network/framework/README b/network/framework/README index b8e95701c2..1b19ae69d9 100644 --- a/network/framework/README +++ b/network/framework/README @@ -1,20 +1,16 @@ -The Metasploit Framework is a development platform for creating -security tools and exploits. The framework is used by network -security professionals to perform penetration tests, system -administrators to verify patch installations, product vendors to -perform regression testing, and security researchers world-wide. -The framework is written in the Ruby programming language and -includes components written in C and assembler. +The Metasploit Framework is a development platform for creating security tools +and exploits. The framework is used by network security professionals to +perform penetration tests, system administrators to verify patch +installations, product vendors to perform regression testing, and security +researchers world-wide. The framework is written in the Ruby programming +language and includes components written in C and assembler. -This is just a repackaged version of the tarball you get from the -Metasploit download page. To succesfully run the framework web -interface, install the rubygems package (avalaible on SlackBuilds.org) -and then get the Ruby On Rails gem via the commannd: +This is just a repackaged version of the installer you get from the Metasploit +download page. As the framework now depends on ruby-1.9, which is not yet +mainstream, the Rapid7 Metasploit team decided to distribute an all-in-one +installer with everything needed inside it, both for the ruby side and the +subversion one. -# gem install -v=1.2.2 rails - -If you want to use the Autopwn feature of metasploit, install the -PostgreSQL database server (also avalaible on SlackBuilds.org) and -create a "metasploit3" database. -Finally, if you want to run the selfupdate feature, be sure you -have subversion installed. +An optional cron script to keep the framework up to date is distributed inside +the /usr/doc/framework-3.3 directory. Also, note that the install directory +has been switched to /opt/metasploit3. |