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diff --git a/network/framework/README b/network/framework/README new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b8e95701c2 --- /dev/null +++ b/network/framework/README @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +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: + +# 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. |