MSFC scan

Now, we are going to log in using the username and password that we set when we installed the tool. As we can see in the following screenshot, we have a web interface for using the tool:

Web Interface of Metasploit community

Now, we can access the account and go to our user settings or log out. We can also check for software updates.

The first time we log in, it will ask us to enter the activation key. The activation key will be sent as an email to the email address that we put when we downloaded the tool. Make sure you put a valid email address when you download the tool.

We're going to start a scan, and we are going to click on Project | New Project. We are going to call this project metasploitable, we are going to leave the Description empty, and then it's asking us for a Network range. We can set that the same way we did with Zenmap. We can set it to a...