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Metasploit Quick Tips for Security Professionals

In this chapter, we will cover the following recipes:

Installing Metasploit on Windows
Installing Linux and macOS
Installing Metasploit on macOS
Using Metasploit in Kali Linux
Setting up a penetration testing lab using VMware
Setting up SSH connectivity
Connecting to Kali using SSH
Configuring Metasploit to use PostgreSQL
Creating workspaces
Using the database
Using the hosts command
Understanding the services command

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