Using Metasploit to Auto-Attack
One of the coolest new Metasploit 3 features is db_autopwn. Imagine if you could just point Metasploit at a range of hosts and it would “automagically” go compromise them and return to you a tidy list of command prompts. That’s basically how db_autopwn works! The downside is that you’ll need to get several moving parts all performing in unison. Db_autopwn requires Ruby, RubyGems, a working database, nmap or Nessus, and every binary referenced in each of those packages in the system path. It’s quite a shuffle just getting it all working.
Rather than giving the step-by-step here, we’re going to defer the db_autopwn demo until the next chapter, where it all comes for free on the Backtrack CD. If you’re anxious to ...
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